Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-07
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= WARRINGTON uiri, Feb. /, 1885
I The mo- lth opened with storm OF con.
siderable {, nergy In Texas, which moved
y by general ) reclptation In all districts
= and disappear cd In the Saint Lawrence
y valley. on the III. II was followed Nv i
: cold wave, WIKI h affected all the districts
!, east OF the ROCKY mountains, and caused
y "norther'i IN Texas. The seycresi
!. storm Of the mouA ,, aud which was fol
. lowed by an intense cold wave, developed
. IN Western Kansas | 'urlng the afternoon
4 OF the 9Th. At the TIA 'e of its formatlona
/ cold wave made itrN appearance north
OF Montana The $50 rin at first was
W weak depression aN ! was pressed
southward by the areA OF high pressure
/. "a IL reached tho Texas a east ON the 9TH.
II, sro us energy greatly lpN reased and the
are = altered IT, courpe a nd began to
mos aerthoastcrly. Tho cold wave
move with great rapldty southwark
causln 3 severe ''norther'N N Texas,
with in NtAse cold weather, VIA h was de.
structly, si,p animal Me and the A 1gar-cane
In the SUI sA'~growlna regions- 4 I Texas
and Lou Mna. This storm, cd thinning
IN It's mort NJ asterly movement, "a ~ cen
trail over thu Chesapeake bay al uk iuight
OF tho sth aisd was lass obserTed u y the
10th over the iulf Of ~. Lawrence
The nllnlmM N temperature forty the
month occurred la nearly al dls,s lets
during the paHa 90 OF the cold wa sc,
which was paat icnlary severe In he
Southern statos, where the lowest tsz y
peratures for q long number Of yoaa
were observed. On th9 18th anothea
storm made It's SApOaroncG Ia Texas aMa
moved northeastern rdly to she lakaregiou
where II was central 90 the 10th Il as,
appeared on the i7tl, and was followed
La. a..IH A 4 tt,A.4, ..tltI.
developed Ia Mlssoih,f on the istlu
moved IN northeasterly direction, nc
companied by rain and era)w and diaap.
pearcd on the goth. IL wa uiso followed
by cold wave on tho 2Ntl. stogm Of
considerable severity developed In Kan,
sus moving In northeusberly direction,
Il PASSED beyond the limits q obserya.
tIon IN the Saint Lawrence valley on the
I'D On this date a cold wave made its
appearance IN the northwest and grad.
ually oyerapread MI districtg; u caussd
severe "northofu In Texas. Several
weak deprcsslons passed over tAs country
during the last week OF the mouth, aud
general precipitation In nearly NIL dis
tricts was a marked feature. 80 con
tlnuous was the precipitation IL tho dis
trlcts east Of the Mississippi river Tint
there were but slight intervals Of far
weather.
The Temperature has been neagly nor
NAL 10 the New England states and tho
districts on the Pacific coast, clsowhereit
has been below the average Of the month
IL has been 3 colder In the Middle Attain
tic states, the lake regions and the eastern
portion OF the Ohio Valley, and from q To
10 in the South Atlantic and Gule states,
Tennessee, the western portion Of the
Ohio valley md the upper mississippi
and Missouri valleys. In the southern
portion Of the Missouri valley, Kansas
and Arkansas, the departnre from thG
normal has been between 10 aud i5s. In
Montana and Dakota IL has Boon about
| 10 below the normal for the month.
There has been an excess OF pFecipitar
/ ton In New England Of from ! 70 inches,
! In the northern and interior portions 81
! the Middle Atlantic states OF about g to-
! inches, but ON the coast there has been
slight deficiency. In the South atlantic
states there has been defciencyoi from
! q 10 nearly 2 Inches, except at Charles
ton, s. g., whore there has been an ex-
cess OF nearly inches. In the Rast Gulf
! etatas the excess has been from z 10
inches In the West Gulf states. there has
( been slight excess; In Tennessee
there has been deficiency Of
little over an inch, except at Knoxville,
where the precipitation was near She aver
age. There has been general excess IN
/ the Ohio valley Of abont ! inch, and Ia
the lower lake region from y 10 an inch;
IN the upper lake region there has beer
an excess Of from ! 10 Inches, and n
the upper Mississippi valley Of from ~
Inches. IN the southern portion Of she
Missouri valley the precipitation has heen
from 70 1 inches above this average, anti
In California, except In the extreme
northern portion, from 4 20 inches on,
tho north Pacific coast the excess has
been from 70 ? inches IN MoDtana there
has been deiiclency Of about inch.
The month, therefore, has been motel
~ the temperature being below the aver
age, and an excess Of precipitation 80
3 nearly all districts. w. 81 HAzKN.
Brig. & bret Maj.-Gen'l. Chlot Signal
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