Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-06


s1n NeW York, and one 81 "a inches (
\, y we sacmmcntoriyc salky; elsewhere
y, ~ Naniefnla the rainfall has been normal.
lne greatest deficiency has been ia
sNvs'iierl Michigan and Wisconsin, being
rom Three 70 four inches. while in thc
Nhuuie Atlantic states K has been from
Two to threc inches, aud over southern
New England and in Northern Ohio from
one TO two inches
Inc zone Of normal tempelature naSspS
through Central Minnesota southwest
waFu % Colorado, thence soythesstWard
70 the Texas coasts il also ekirtS the
south Atlantic and cast gull coast. North
and east OF this belt The tensheratpre has
been helow the normal, except In Arxan.
sas, Where there has been slight ex-
cess. The greatest deficiency, AZ
degrees, occurs IN New York
departure below ,he normal Of about four
degrees exists IN New England the
middle Atlantic states. and the upper
OHIO valley. IN tennessee, the upper
mississippi valley, and the upper lake re.
gion the deficiency Is from two to three
degrees. On the Pacific coast, In the
ROCKY mountain region, and the North
west an excess OF from two To four lie.
grces above the mean temperature has
occurred.
During the month o. september tenlow
oarcmetric areas and ten high haromeiric
areas have appeared within the United
States aud Canada. Five of these low or
cyclohic areas developed unusual cncrnv.
The first occurred ON tho I'd, near Lake
Superior; The second during the 5th, Sih
and 9th, passing from Kansas toNcw En-
gland Incident 70 this cyclone occurred
unusually severe gales on the lakes with
much damage 20 shipping, and tornadoes
IN Ohio, which destroyed about a million
dollars worth OF property, with the lcsl
OF siNlives at Washington Court House,
ONO, ON the Sth. Severe hurricanes oc.
CURED ut the same time In Michigan, Ia
Indiana, and IN Ohio. AT many OF these
places there were torrential rains, and
washouts IN Kansas, Missouri aud lit.
nois. The third cyclonic area occurred In
the Northwest on the eth, passing from
Kansas TO Minnesota. The other two
energetic cyclones originated, respect
lively, IN the west gulf ON the 18TH and Ia
Manitoba on the 2lst, developing uuus-
ual force and uniting over New England
on the Esd The gulf cyclone continued
stationary from the 18th TO the aist, then
moved along the Atlantic coast, being
; especially. severe over New England. The
low area moving near the lake region
caused severe gales during It's passage.
The weather conditions In the Gulf
states have been governed by Che cyclon-
ic disturbance IN the Gulf Of Mexico,
which left on the 2lst, and which caused
excessive rains, especially on the Texas
coast, and by another which lowered over
the east gulf from the Path to the months
end, causing heavy rains IN Florida and
on the east gull coast, resulting in wash
outs These abnormal ruinfalls damaged
the sugar tobacco, and cotton crops to a
very great extent.
The characteristic movement OF the
mti-eyclone areas has been from the
North Pacific or the northwest down the
Missouri valley, then eastward TO the
Atlantic coast, then dividing, one portion
knowing over Maine and Nova Scotia, the
other south to the Middle Atlantic coast,
these divided areas lowering rs perma-
Z nent highs from the Caroliuas 70 Nova
Scotia During the first part % the
month this phenomenon occurred three
successive times al intervals OF i've days,
and was again repeated on the 2ltli, the
movements and energy being almost
identical
A cool wave accompanied the high
area Of the 9TH, advancing southeast
ward in an elongated oval extending
, from New England TO Northern Texas
The most decided cool wave commenced
: moving from the Northwest on the I'D,
extending from Lake Superior TO Colo
RADIO, advancing southeastward 20 the
gulf aud Atlantic coasts, disappearing on
the 24th another came from the Pacific
coast and moved eastward over the Rocky
mountain region and over the Missouri
valley, there disappearing on the 2Tlh;
another slight cool wave oversprcad Dako-
Ia and the upper lake region during the
goth and 80tb.
Frosts occurred In the Northwest from
September to 9, doing great damage
in Michigan and Wisconsin ON the lth
and 18th. On the Sd light frosts visited
New England, and on the Esd the Ohio
valley, New York and northward. ON
the 2ith an extensive frost area over.
spread the Ohio valley and the Atlantic
states north Of North Carolina, including
New England.
SNOW fell during the 23d in New York
state, Massachusetts, Vermont, and light
flurries of snow occurred as far south as
Maryland.
H. b. JoNEs,
Captain and Assistant Quartermastcr
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