Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-04

Features of the Weather During
Autumn's Second Month.

Autumn's Second Month.
The month of October was colder than
usual in the districts east of the Rocky
mountains, and warmer in the Rocky
mountain regions and thence westward
to the Pacific coast; the line of normal
temperature extending from Manitoba
sOuthwestward TO New Mexico. The only
portion Of the country east Of this line
where the temperature was above the
normal is the northern portion of Name,
the station at PASSPORT showing a tenn
perature | deg. above the average for the
month. The greatest departures occurred
in the Gulf and South Atlantic states and
In the upper Ohio valley, where the tenn
perature ranged from to deg. below
the normal; IN the lake regions and
Northwest it was from , to deg, and IN
the Middle Atlantic States and New Eng
land from to deg below the average
October temperature. On the Pacific
coast the temperature ranged from 10
7 deg. above the normal, the greatest
excess being in the North Pacific coast.
The rainfall over the greater portion Of
the country was less than the average
rainfall for the month. although there was
an excess OF rainfall generally in the dis
tricts on the Atlantic coast, in the south
ern portion of the lake region, and in the
Central Mississippi and Lower Missouri
valleys. The greatest rainfall occurred
in Eastern Tennessee, western portions OF
North Carolina and Virginia, where the
excess ranged from to . inches. In the
Gulf States, whore the rainfall was large
ly in excess during the preceding month,
the deficiency ranged from , to 4 inches.
In all Rocky Mountain districts, in the
extreme Northwest, and on the Pacific
coast the rainfall was below the average,
the greatest deficiency being on the north
Pacific coast, where il ranges from to
inches. The maximum departures from
the average rainfall occurred at the toll
lowing stations:
Below the average--Galy SOB;
Portland, Ore, 3.1S; Jacksonville, 1903;
New Orleans, 2.97; MoOrhead, ,. 20; Olym-
pla, 2.64; Memphis, 255; Mobile, 2.54;
Vicksburg, 2.52; La Crosse, 2.4S; Little
Rock, 2.44; Duluth, 2.34.
Above the average-Lynchburg, 5.75;
Washington city, 5.73; Savannah, 5.21;
Knoxville, 4.96; ST. Louis, 4.75; Charles
ton, 4.23; Erie, 1856; Mount Washington,
3.76; Baltimore, 3.64; Hatteras, 3.6l
Charlotte, 3.37.
The most marked cold wave of the
month appeared in the Northwest on the
10Th, and passed southwark over the east
ern slope Of the Rocky mountains to the
Gulf States, following a severe storm
which moved from the west Gulf States
nOrthward over the lake region. This
cold wave caused killing frOsts on the 22d
as far south as the northern portion of the
Gulf States, and light frOsts on same date
at Pensacola, Augusta, and at Smithville,
n. G. The first killing frost at Boston
occurred on the It'll. The observer at
Montgomery reported killing frost at
that station on the morning of the 18th.
Killing lrOsts also occurred at New York
city and Philadelphia on the morning Of
the 3lst, and at Norfolk during the night
of the 31st.
The most severe storm of the month was
a cyclonlc disturbance which appeared
on the Florida coast on the morning of
the 18th, and swept over Savannah and
adjoining country with such violence.