Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-08
THE WEATHER
sn,c,s, pniI. Tin for febrnary--A Review
sp'o 80 ,no Eisra ents for the Last Month.

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s,axu orucA WAN DEPARTMENT,
wAsnlNGroN CRY, March !, 1886.
rre mou,n opepc>i with q cold wave in
,he extreme northwest, when, moving IN
y sonthernly direction ana passing over
ell districts, disappeared into tne Atlan,
t1c ON the lth. Cold waves also passed
over the country on the li--lOtn, 49,
DIST, q --27th.
-Four severe storms occurrep uurlnH tne
month. the frst developed IN IeNos on
the ID. II moved in northeasterniy
direction, increasing greatly IN energy az
II renhed the South Atlantic coasl on tne
lth, causing very high winds On .ne
llth there also devclopenln leNash nosneI
s,nrm, II moved with great rapidity IN q
~, haos ternly direction passing ovcrthc
49, C,ulf states the Ohio Valley and Ten
nrssee ibe Middle and New England
Dtatcs cansine gales on the coast. On
| nc lgth secondary depression formed
/ IN ire upper lake region, which moved IN
! southeasternly direction TO the New
/ England coast, being quite severe ~ tnat
| district and ia tho lake regions. inc So
,errst storm Of the month made It's ap-
nparance North Of Dakotn on the 200.
mil storm also moved In southensl-
lcrnly direction, increasing ~ energy ny ~
reached the New England states on lle
ggth. II was accompanied ny gnerW
rains or snow in the northern districts
lnud general rains inthc southern dlstflcls
The winds on the Atlantic coast pleN
with n velocity ranging from 40 to Z,
miles an hour; 1870 miles an hour were re-
corded on Mount Washington.
There has been an excess OF preclplta
zion i'm thcNew England states OF irom2 tt
inches. and in the Middle Atlantlcstetei
nj from TO 20 inches, aud IN the we teri
nortiou of the West Gull states OF about
: inch The precipitation has been abou
: normal In the northern, middle ana south
U crn slopes Of the Missouri valley II
. other districts there has been a genera
9 doAclcncy. In the North Pacific coRst Ic
zion IL was from 8 TO inches below IN
y normal. In Northern California ABOUT
X inches. and In Southern California abou
. inches, and the South Atlantic stare
V from / TO inches; In the East Gun stat'
from TO 4 inchesi in the ONO van,
!, and Tennessee about inche', ana '.
II lower lake region about an inch IN u
upper Mississippi Valley about ! INC
and IN the eastern portion oil the we
Gulf states from 10 SO inches.
rhe temperature has been below u
mem III all ulNbIlSNS VI hS"S"
ley. ranging in the Middle Atlantic s'at
from to in the south Atlantic Al
Il Fast Gulf states, the Ohio Valley, nc
III ncssec, lower lake region, and southe
he norton OF the Mississippi Valley aDo
ro- II has been nearly normal IN !
re- sonthern portion Of the Missouri va J,
hut about & above the normal IN |
northern portion; from this district w
to the Pacific Ocean the temperature, J
been above the average Tor the month !
the northern slope, ranging from b
ing IG I; In the middle slope, from D TO
In the middle plateau region IN
southern plateau region %
ISL In the district bordering on the rae
Dad II has been from 8 to b above the u
ing NAL,
at In New England there was FROM ! ''
in inches of snow on the ground at the
,o,t Of The month; in the lower lake req
Wv from q 10 inches; in the upper !
~ region, from 90 II inchesi the up
mo Mississippi Valley, from TO 10 lncf
AZ, i the Missouri Valley from . to incl
md and in the northern slope, from = !
UNIV inches. w. Il, lIAzE'
e nj Brig & Byt Mai Gen'l. Chief Si'
Win Officer L. $. A,