St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-04
FEBRUARY WEATHER.

Special Bulletin Issued BY the Signal Umce.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 1.-The aver
age temperature during the month OF Febru-
airy was decidedly below the normal in all
districts east of the Rocky mountains, and it
was slightly above the normal in the districts
on the Pacific coast. The greatest departures
fran the normal temp erature, ranging from
100 to Is . occurred in the lake regions,
the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys, while
it was generally 10 below the normal from
the central portions of the Gulf states and
South Atlantic states northward to the British
possessions. At stations on the Atlantic
coast the temperature ranged from SO to 10
below the normal. At extreme Northern
Rocky Mountain stations and in the plateau
regions the temperature varied slightly from
the average temperature of February.
The winter which has just closed has been
colder than the average winter in all districts
east of the Rocky mountains. The Temporal
ture ranged from 5 to 100 below
the normal in the lake region, northwest,
Tennessee, and the Ohio valley, the greatest
departures being reported from illinois,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas and Ne
braska. In districts on the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts the winter temperature was from
2 to So below the average, while
on the Pacific coast it was near the normal
The unusually low temperature of 63. l below
zero occurred at Poplar River, Mont, on
Jan. l.
The precipitation for the month was below
the average in the lake regions and in all
states within the Mississippi, Ohio and Mis-
souri, valleys, and in the interior of New
England and in Northern New York. At
stations along the Atlantic coast the rainfall
was about the average for the month, except
at New York and Kitty Hawk, where an ex-
cess of over two inches occurred. In Oregon
and Washington Territory the rainfall differs
but slightly from the normal while in Cali,
fornia the rainfall has been very slight, and in
the grain regions of that state the deficenc Y
for the month ranges from three to four
inches.
During the past winter the precipitation
has been largely in excess in the lower Mis-
sissippi valley and along the Gulf coast. In
| the Ohio, the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys, in the lake regions, and at stations
along the Atlantic coast the precipitation diff
fers slightly from the normal. In the Pacific
coast regions the rainfall was slightly below
the normal, except at Olympia, where a de-
ticiency of over twelve inches was reported.
The month of February opened with gen.
orally fair weather. which continued until the
3D., except in the most Northern districts,
where light SHOWS occurred. The first Sc
we're storm of the month originated in the
Gulf states on the 5th; it passed eastward to
the South Atlantic coast and thence following
the general direction of the Gulf stream dur
ing the 9th and 7th, causing dangerous gales
from Cape Hatteras northward to Nova SEQ
tia. This storm was followed by second
disturbance, originating in the Gulf states on
the Sth and passing nOrtheastward over the
Ohio valley to the St. Lawrence valley by the
morning of the 10th. This was the most
violent storm of the month, and was fol-
lowed by cold wave which extended over
all districts east Of the Rocky mountains,
causing the temperature to fall below zero as
far south as Tennessee and below freezing in
Northern Florida on the 18th.
On the 18th disturbance developed in
the Southern Rocky Mountain regions and
passed to the southeastward to Indian terri
tory, thence northeastward over the lake
regions on the 18th with increasing energy
When this storm was central north of the
lake region a secondary disturbance de-
veloped on the North Carolina coast on the
18th, which moved northeastward along the
coast, attended by dangerous winds.
The second decided cold wave of the
month extended over the central valleys ON
the 18th, and the weather con tinued very
cold in these regions until the 23d.
A severe norther occurred in the West
Gulf states on the 9th and 10th, the tempera-
tnre continuing near freezing until the l4th.
w. B. HAzEN,
Chief Signal Officer, U. S. A.