New-York tribune., 1880-02-29
THE LAST DAY OF WINTER.
END OF A REMARKABLE SEASON.
SPRING WEATHER IN WINTER MoNTHs-A CoMPARi-
SON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS

SPRING WEATHER IN WINTER MONTHS-A COMPACT
SON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS.
| This Is the last day of Winter, and tO-mor-
row Spring will begin. according TO the almanac An oi
meteorological observer remarked yesterday Spr'hN
really began three months ago, but has suHereo c"
slight touches OF Winter" There have been very Ie"
storms when compared with other years, ana the mos
severe and most disastrous Of these occurred III the
| carly mart of the present month, when sew
| eral wrecks we're reported at sea, ana some
damage WAS done aorg the coast There were less tha
ten DAYS during the whole season when snO" Iei anu "
most Of these it melted, leaving the S'ree's III
nItbv condition Admirers Of sleghing we're treated
to two DAYS which they could enjoy that sport "he
the skaters have had conented with exercising on
artificial lee Travel has suffered only slight nterrup
| tion and the rivers and harbOrs have Deeh
| remarkably free from ice. The weather chahs'r
| freouently and suddenly at times and
.ome physicians say that many persons changed thei
WRAPS with each great change in the weather. thercpS
| causing sickness. Nevertheless, gardeners say th"'
the sap has not flowed in the trees any more freely
than in other Winters when the weather has been severe
| throughout the whole season
What do You think OF this Winter = an expert mc'c
| orologicalist was asked yesterday.
ct think we have had most remarkable
season almost without precedent. guess" he replied
The reason is not really known There have been many
bvpotheses but they suDsantated by any proof
In Europe some scientific lay 1t to the suns spots
Ru the weather has been Just remarkable IN other
places this Winter has been here the hemisphercS
seem TO balance each other. They have had teffpe
Winter 20, Rome. In Paris the weather has been very
severe The gas and waterppes have been fiozen ana
they have had lots Of ice and plenty OF seighns The
weather has been severe IN the SOUTH "hcrc Is uu"
rs there not time enough yet FOR very severe
"0h we are not going to have any Winter now. Al
though there is time enough yct Ior 10"
tie cold WEATHER that Is 10 come this season VIII not
Mr. Lv1ch Who has recently succeeded Mt Don
hauser IN charge OF the Signal Service station at ms
! uort said: I'VE have never had a Winter like tins
iincc thc Hurcau was established IN ISL Why last
nont the temperature WAS lG3 above the mean average
for Japuary other Ne@IN The average Tor january
generally ~ 2Io while this year 81 was ioo In 1879 II
Ls 37o: in Is7s 80; In 1877 2so in 1876 80 This
/ mouth has probably been Inc COld'st one "t
| tLc seas H. aud Tic average thus far is about
| AZ Willie tb, me m average Is about 33- Last
Frlru1ry the average was about 20; in ISIS, 81 l
is77 369 III 1876 80. The highest temperature I'M,
no1tb WAS on the Z7tu when the thermometer reached
G5o On the 2d IL was the colic-t being l02 and ON
TIE l2th n l2e. The same showing Is made h D
cember 1879 first month Of the Winter season THIS
wear. The thcTmOmeler then was 81 10 1870 II "as
80 III 1871 iO5 IN 1876. % IN $50, 80 10 ], -
the mean average for December was 9 higher thau De
| cember Of the present season. -
! In the beginning of the winter" he added, DC
| cember we had a regular thunder storm with very
heavy rain something not very often seen IN Winter:
fail Of snow. aud the next day there
! was a little also. There was light fal
Of at intervals on the last day OF Decemh'r IN
January there comparatively No snow. On JahuaIF
70 moderate snow Idll ih"l from iHl l't
ia tho 9Ot d. Inclusive there rcmaf kahc ft-s ana
Gains aud lght winds Inc iogs were very d'n.c'
and tbcy were caused O course by the dncrcucc ~ the
trInrcr9tnrc between the earth and the atmnsphrr"
| February 3 was "a Winter day. There was considerable
4uoy and heavy gale blowing at ia" rate ~ forty
eight mites hour This was the day when Inc WRECKS
were tcpur:cd along the coust snow fel moderately
an thc eth Oa the 9th there lsht fdl OF snow
but II qsed all day. c.lc blew at the rate OF idify
TWO miles an hour On the 2Oh and me next AFTERNOON
| there was little snow. Those are all the storms we
| had during the Whole season."
| DID you display many storm signals during The
Winter T.
There 20 eau ionary signal. IN al In Dece'n,
her tnrre were III January %, AMI there have been
| so Tar this month";
| The ave rage amount OF SHOW In December for ten
wears WINS : G7 inches In December. 1879. the begin
ming or tho present season. Il Was 537 mches The
greatest amount Ihat fc IN December during the a-i
Ten wears In 1872, whcu II amounted To y irc -
nIs77 no snow fell IN that month. In January, lsSo
There were inches ~ and the average Tor tc
wears l. . 80 inches. The greatest amount N January
during TIC last years was 20 Inches In l-fG the
lcas was I2 inches IN 1870. In February. 1850 thcr,
were inches OF For the last ten years the great
est snow fall February was In 1874 when there were
10 inches the least WAS 81 inches In lS77.