Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-09
Special Bulletin for June.
SiGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASuGSGToS, CITY, July /, les

SiGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASnfNGToS, CITY, July |, less.
The average temperature for the
month In the different districts is as
follows: In the Middle and South At
lantlc states one to two degrees below
the normal; in the Ohio valley, the
Lake region, the Upper Mississippi
and Missouri valleys, and extreme
Northwest, from three to five degrees
below the normal; in New England
and the West Gulf states the tempera.
ture has been normal. The tempera-
ture on the Pacific coast has been from
one to three degrees below the normal.
The mean temperature for the month
from some OF the principal stations is
as follows:
Boston, 6Go; New York City, go;
Washington CITY, 7l9; Charleston, 7G9!
Jacksonville, 500; New Orleans, $50;
Cincinnati, zoe; Buffalo, 81; Chicago,
Coz; Saint Paul. 67o; Omaha, 10; Den
yer, ga; Portland, Oregon, 6lo San
Francisco, 81; San Diego, 81; Salt
Lake City, 64o;
In the North Pacific coast region the
rainfall has been slightly above and
in California slightly below the aver
age for the month. There has been n
deficiency of from one to two inches
in the Middle Atlantic and northern
portions of the South Atlantic states
there has also been slight deficiency
in the southern portions of the Gulf
states, and deficiency of from two To
four inches in the central portions OF
the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys. In the southern portion OF
the Lake region an excess of from one
to three inches, and in the northern
portion q deficiency OF from one to two
| inches Is reported In New England
there has been slight excess.
Five storms occurred during the
month of sufficient Importance to be-
noticed, The irst storm formed in
the Missouri valley on the 4,h, and
moved northeasterly to the Lake
region, accompanied by heavy rains
and high winds After passing ovel
the lakes 1t altered its course and dis
appeared off the coast of the Middle
Atlantic states on the 5th. During
its passage severe local Thunderstorm
occurred in all northern and eas err
districts. On the 9TH another severe
storm formed in the upper Mississippi
valley, occaslening high winds on tn,
lakes, but disappeared on the S.h by
the rapid advance Of an area OF higf
barometer from the extreme north
west. On the 18th storm was centra
in the Missouri valley. 1t moved
northeastwardly over the Lake region
accompanied by high winds and rains
and disappeared in the Saint Lsw
renee valley on the l4th.
immediately after the passage OF tn
above storm another depression forme,
in Colorado on the l4th, aud, pursuing
an almost identical course with tn,
former, IL disappeared on the 10th
on the goth weak depression formeC
in the Missouri valley; as it move,
eastwardly over the lake region it In
creased greatly in energy, causinl
severe gales on the lakes and Allan ii
coast; il disappeared in the Gulf O
saint Lawrence on the 22d.
Thunder storms were of freauent oc
currence during the month Ina all dis
tricts.
4 cool wave made its app earance IL
the extreme northwest on the morn
ing of the 7th, when the temperatur
fell 10 twenty-four hours from lOo I
2Oo. On the morning of the Sth IL COY
cred the upper Misslssipni and Nil
souri, valleys and Lake regions. Il
these districts the temperature fel
from 20o to 3Oo. and light frosts oC
CURED In Wisconsin. Sill contindin
a southeasterly movement, il passe
over the Ohio valley and Tennesse
and Middle Atlantic states during tb