Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-02-18

never ralneu on more tnau tnree
days in January before the month
just past-the remaining precipi-
tation falling as snow, but January
just past, gave days on which
rain fell. This is not only an I'M
precedented January for this par
ticular place, but all over the GEN.
trail and eastern parts of the Unit
ed States, the same thing occurs,
while in the Rocky mountain plat
eau of the United States and the
greater portion of Europe, great
err amount of cold has been ex-
perienced than usual.
rHE AVERAGE PRESSURE ron JANUARY,
1873, was q. 1884 inches.
1874 was 30.0s9 inches.
1875, was 30l23 inches.
1876, was %. 9i7 inches.
1877 was 3O.05i inches.
1873, was Scoops inches.
1872 was 20 99S inches.
1880, was $4,000 inches.
The average temperature for
past eight years for January was
20.1 degrees, while the
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY,
1873 was 1876 degrees.
1874, was ZIG degrees
1875, was 100 degrees.
1876, was 2l5 degrees
1877, was l5s degrees
1875 was 236 degrees.
1879, was 2O6 degrees.
1880, was 292 degrees.
Average relative humidity for
January for seven years past was
1872 per cent. The
AVERAGE RELATIVE HUMIDITY FoR JANUARY,
1874, was $50 per cent.
1875, was SIS per cent.
1876 was sli per cent.
1877, was 76.7 per cent.
1873, was 500 per cent
1879, was I'LL per cent.
1880, was 79.S per cent.
The highest temperature for the
past eight Januarys will be found
below:
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY,
1873, was ~ degrees.
1874, was 81 degrees.
1875, was 20 degrees.
1876, was 80 degrees.
1877, was 10 degrees.
1878, was ~ degrees.
1879, was 4s degrees.
1885, was 50 degrees.
The lowest temperature for the
past eight years was as follows:
LOWEST TEMPERATURE For JANUARY,
1873, was q degrees below zero.
1874, was degree below zero.
1875, was rs degrees below zero.
1876, was degrees above zero.
1877, was II degrees below zero.
1s7s was degrees below zero.
1872 was degrees below zero.
1880, was degrees above zero.
The rainfall or melted snow for
January just past was more than
has fell here since January, 1876,
the average for eight years being
1.6l inches, while the
RAINFALL OR MELTED SNOW FOR JANUARY,
1873, was 1.43 inches.
1874, was 23l inches.
1875, was 092 inches.
1885, was 1852 inches
1877, was 1.4l inches.
1878, was 0.S2 inches
1879. was 1.63 inches.
1850, was 2.si inches.
The prevailing wind for January
past eight years is as follows:
PREVAILING WIND FOR JANUARY,
1878, was from the south.
1874, was from the west.
1875, was from the west.
1876, was from the northwest.
1877, was from the northwest.
1879 was from the northwest.
1879, was from the west.
$780, was from the northwest.
The total velocity of wind for
each January for past eight years
will be found below:
TOTAL WEI ocITY OF WIND FoB JANUARY,
1873, was 5995 miles.
1874, was 1876 miles.
1875, was 6,O07 miles.
1876, was 1901 miles.
1877, was 6,22O miles.
1873, was 5,6i7 miles.
1879, was 6,53s miles.
1880, was s,7s2 miles.
The highest velocity of wind for
eight years past, for January, was
as follows:
HIGHEST VELOCITY OF WIND FOR JANUARY,
1874, was 81 miles.
1875, was 40 miles.
1876, vas a. miles.
1877, was 30 miles.
1878, was 80 miles.
1879, was As miles.
1880, was 40 miles.
The general summary of wealth
er for January, 1880, will be found
in the following lines:
SUMMARY FoR JANUARY.
Mean barometer 10000 inches.
Highest barometer, S0.729, on the 10Th.
Lowest barometer, 29.S37, ON the 22nd.
Monthly range of barometer, 1892 inches.
Highest temperature, 50 degrees, on 4th & 18th.
Lowest temperature, degrees below zorro on
the 10Th.