Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-06
FEBRUARY BLASTS.
The Closing Month of an Unusually
Severe Winter.

/
Hevere Winter.
| SPECIAL BULLETIN FOR FEBRUARY.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAN DtrARr.
MENr, WASHINGTON CITY, March /.
The average temperature during the
month of February was decidedly be.
low the normal in all districts east OF
the Rocky mountains, and il was
slightly above the normal In the dis.
tricts on the Pacific coast. The great.
est departures from the normal tenn
perature, ranging from ten 20 fifteen
degrees, occurred In the Lake regions,
the Ohio ndupper Mississippi valleys,
while 1t was generally ten degrees be.
low the normal from the central por-
tioDs of the Gulf states and South At
lantio states northwaTd TO the British
| possessions. AT stations on the At
lanuc coast the temperature ranged
from five to ten degrees below the
normal, AZ extreme northern Rocky
mountain stations and in the plateau
regions the temperature varied eight.
" 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 Noun.
tains. The temperature ranged from
five TO ten degrees below the normal In
the lake region, Northwest, Tennes-
see, and the Ohio valley, tho greatest
departures being reported from ILL
nois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kan
sas and Nebraska. In districts On the
Atlantic and Gul coasts the winter
temperature was from two to five dc.
grees below the average, while on the
the Pacific coast Ii was near the nor
NAL. The unusual low temperature
Of sixty-three aud one.tcnth degrees
below zero occurred Rt Poplar river,
Montana, on January frat
The precipitation for the mon th was
below the average in the lake regions
and In all the states within the Nils.
siseippi, Ohio, and Missouri valleys.
and in the interior Of New England
and In Northern New York. At hts-
lions along the Atlantic coast the rain
fall was about the average for the
mouth, except at New York and
Kitty Hawk, where an excess Of over
twg Inches occurred. In Oregon and
w hchliihNOh tbilllOiJ iAlt IhHIhlt VII
fers but slightly from the normal,
while In California the rainfall has
! been very slight, and In the grain re-.
glons of that state the deficiency for
the month ranges from three TO four
inches.
During the past winter the precip-
itstion has been largely in excess IN
the lower Mississippi valley and along
, the gulf coast. In the Ohio, the upper
! Mississippi and Missouri valleys, In
the lake regions and stations along the
Atlantic coast the precipitation differs
slightly from the normal. In the Pa
life coast regions the rainfall was
slightly below the normal, except at
: Olympia, where a deficiency OF twelve
Inches was reported.
The month of February opened with
generally fair weather, which con.
tinued until the Sd, except In
the most northern districts,
where light SHOWS occurred. The
first severe storm OF the month
originated in the Gulf states on the
! 5th 1t passed eastward TO the south
Atlantic coast and thence following
the general direction Of the gulf
stream during the 9Th and 9TH, causing
dangerous gales from Cape Hatteras
northward TO Nova Scotia. This
storm was followed by a second dis.
; turbance, originating in the Cult
states on the Sth and passing north
eastward over the Ohio valley TO the
Saint Lawrence valley by the morn
: Ing OF the 10Th. This was the most
violent storm OF the month, and was
l followed by cold wave, which ex-
tended over all districts east Of the
Rocky n ountaine, causing the tenn
Q peraiure to fall below zero as far south
as Tennessee and below freezing In
Northern Florida on the lltb.
Co the 18th s disturbance developed
, in tho southern Rocky mountain
] regions and passed 10 the southeast
= ward 10 Indian territory, thence north.
{ eastward over the lake regions OF the
, 18th With lncreasing energy. When
] this storm was central north OF the
:: lake region a secondary disturbances
y coast on the 10Th, which moved north
! eastward along the coast, attended by
y dangerous winds.
+ The second decided cold wavs OF the
. month EXTENDED over the central val
: leys on the 18th. and the weather con.
= tinued very cold In these regions until
e the 23rd.
|, a severe n0rther appeared IN the
. west gulf states on the 9th and 10th,
the temperature continuing near freeZ'
!, Ing until the l4th. w. IL. HAzBH,
] Brig. and Bvt. Msj Gen. Chief Signal
e Office, u. =. A.
/ Gen Grants Condition Improved.
III New YORK, March 5.--Dr. Douglass