Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-30
ENGLISH WEATHER.
1879 One Of the Most Remarkable
Years Of the present Century A Wet
And Almost Sunless Season.

Anu AIHlOsL ouuIcSS SeHSOns
New York Herald
Since the great storms that carried
death and destruction into almost every
section Of the British Islands, between
the 9th of December and January 2,
the English newspapers TEEN with
meteorological tables and articles, all of
which 90 to prove that our friends on
the other side of the Atlantic have
passed through one of the most dis
astrous agricultural seasons ever ex-
perienced. Comparisons have been
made as to the rainfall of 1879 with
that OF sixty-four years back, and 1t was
found that during the first nine months
of the past year no less than 290 inches
of rain fell, while the nearest approach
to that amount was in 1928, and then
it was two and one-half inches short
During the quarter ending with Sep
tember rain fell fifty-three out OF
seventy-eight days, the total amount be.
ing 11.75 inches. In April, May and
June rain fell almost constantly and
the sun was bit rarely seen. The
month OF July was the most remark
able on record, lain falling every day
the frat half of the month, turning to
snow in some districts on the 4th, 9Th
and 9Th. August brought change for
the better, and agrioulturists began to
think that their misery was over. They
were doomed to disappointment, how
ever, for, although the middle of the
month was all they could desire, a sud
den change took place toward the lat
ter end, and at its close all hope of say.
ing even a moderate harvest was
able for its fine weather. No rain fell
during the first week, but the rest of
the month was in every way similar to
the preceding ones. The people have
no consolation in learning from the
scientists that they have examined into
the matter and that they are very unlike
ly TO experience recurrence of such
dismal season for many years to come,
for, as the table averages show, there
is gradual improvement of the climate
of England in respect to temperature,
that marked 1879.
THE STORM OF DECEMBER ~.
A Greenock (Scotland) correspondent
writes to the London Morning Post Of
December 80 about the storm during
which the Tay Bridge was blown down
rs folows:-"The storm warming from
New York last week regarding south
west gale which would reach the
British coast on the 9th saturday. was
fully verified over the west coast on
that day--a storm prevailing which for
L., al
Up till Friday night the barometer con.
tinued high, but thereafter it rapidly
fell and by daylight evidences of n
"buster," AZ the sailors term it, were not
wanting. BY noon on Saturday the
wind blew with great violence, and
up till an early hour this morning, with
brief intervals Of moderation, it blew as
it wad haze blawn its last >" Another
Scotch correspondent wrote to the
same joulnal:-"A storm unequalled in
violence for several years past prevailed
over the west of Scotland on Saturday
night and during the greater part of
Sunday. For some days the barometer
has been unusually high, but on Sat
urday morning sudden fall took place
and in the course of the afternoon
there was good deal of rain. Toward
evening the wind rose, and from six
o'clock the streets of the city were swept
by violent gusts, while rain fell at times
in perfect torrents. AS the night ad-
vanced the wind increased in violence,
and between midnight and three O'Clock
in the morning it blew quite a gale.
The morning in Glasgow dawned calm
and TRANQUILITY, but the effects of the
storm were seen in the mora exposed
localities in fallen chimney cans and
overturned hoardings, while in the
surburbs trees were found to have been
nrostrnted by the wind"