Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-08
DECEMBER BLASTS.
Signal Service Hazens Special Bulle-
tin for December.
Four Decided Gold Waves Crossed the
Country During the Month.
sGGNAL 0FFICE, Wan DEpARTatRNr, ,
WABHINCroS, JAN. 1, 1855. J

WAsHINcroE, JAN. 1, 1855.
During the month Of December,
1884, the average temperature has been
below the normal temperature Of the
month in the upper lake region, upper
Mississippi and Missouri valleys, the
extreme Northwest. the Northern and
Middle slopes, the ranges being from
/ to 10; the greatest departures were
in Montana, Dakota and Colorado;
the temperature was also below the
normal at the greater number of sta
tons in the Ohio valley and Tennes-
see and West Cult states. II was above
the normal in the Atlantic, East Gulf
and lower lake regions, ranging
from L to A..
The rainfall was very near the aver
age for the month In the lower lake re-
| gion, South Atlantic states, Missouri
| valley, the extreme Northwest, Mon
| tana and Colorado; it was above the
average In New England, middle Az
lantic states, tho Gulf states, the upper
| Mississippi and Ohio valleys, and Ten.
nessee, the upper lake reglon, Arizona
and the Pacific coast districts. The
greatest excess occurred at Shreveport,
10 inches; Little Rock, II inches;
| NIckaburg, 81 inches: Memphis, 8
inches; New York city, inches;
LynchbuTg, s. inches Fort Yuma,
| inches.
The weather was generally fair in
al parts of the country until midnight
| OF the 4th, when "a storm developed In
the Indian territory, and after remain
| ing In Arkansas until the morning of
| the 9Th commenced moving north
easterly, passing over the lake regions
and thence down tine saint Lawrence
| valley on the 18th il was accompanied
! by general rain Ia ali districts; on the
lover lakes the winds were very high,
reaching atButialoa velocity of58 miles
per hour. Another storm OF the same
character started In Texas on the 18th,
ana moved almost ia the same direc-
tion but passed off tile New Jersey coast
on the afternoon of the l2th, causing
high winds on the lakes and on the
| Atlantic coast from HatteTas to Block
Island on the 18Th. On the 14th u
third storm commenced ia Texas aud
moved over the lake regions and caused
very high winds on the lower lakes. al
Buffalo reaching velocity of fifty-two
|
on the lakes, with very high winds,
the velocity at Buffalo reaching fifty.
nine miles; and on the same date O
"nOrtherp visited Texas, with winds
at Galveston twenty-elght miles and
lndianola ihirty-six miles. On the
Goth storm passed along the AtlantiC
coast, causing heavy seas and high
winds from Smithville 10 Block
Island until the 18th. On the Both i
storm developed in Illinois and moved
northeasterly, the winds on the lake.
being very high. On the morning o
| the 3lst another 'nortbern visited tn,
Texas cnast.
rhundsr-storIns occurred at Pales
tine, Texas, aud New Orleans, La OF
the llth; at Augusta, Ga, on the u Il
at Palestine and Galveston, Texas, OF
the 18th, and at Shreveport, La, OF
, the 9th.
-Four decided cold waves crossed thu
country during the month, for which
cold-wave signals were ordered from
twenty-f0ur to thirty-aix hOurs In al
vance on the following days: 18th
18th, I'D, and Goth, aud warning Ii
each case was given of the prob4bl,
fall ~ temperature Reports receives
chow that the display ofthe eold-wAv'