Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-05
SPECIAL BULLETIN.
Department. Report OF the weather for
December.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT.
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WASHINGTON, jan, !, 1856.
The month Of December has been gen
orally warmer than the average December
temperature in all districts but the de-
parture from the normal temperature
varied only from to 80 in the Northern
states east of the Mississippi. la the
East Gulf and South Atlantic states
and in East Tennessee the
temperature was Slightly below the nor
nal Tor the month, the greatest departure
being along the East Gulf coast and in
Northern Florida, where It was from to
3 colder thse the average December tent
perature.
In the Northwest and at northern and
central Rocky Mountain stations the
month has been unusually warm, the
average temperature ranging from G. to
l69 above the normal, the greatest de-
partures being reported from Montana
and Western Dakota. 1t was slightly
warmer in all districts on the
Pacific coast and in the West Gulf states,
and IL was about above the normal in
New England and the Middle Atlantic
states, while at stations in the interior OF
Indiana and Ohio IL was slightly below
the normal. The maximum departures
from the normal occurred at the following
stations: Above the normal, Fort AS
sinaboine, l6'; Fort Buford, lG9; Fort
Custer, 1872; Deadwood, ll59; Helena,
1876; Cheyenne, 6'.lj Denver and ST..
Louis, SIS. Below the normal; Jack
sonville, 80; Pensacola, 81; Mo-
bile and New Orleans, III. The
mean temperature for the month ut
some of the principal stations was as fol-
lows; Boston, 1872; New York, Phlladel-
phia and Washington, 37'; Jacksonville
and New Orleans, $685. Chicago, 81 st.
Louis, 40; Denver, 36'; st. Paul, 81 /;
San Diego, 569.
The rainfall for the month has been
generally less than the average, except In
the central Pacific coast region aud at
isolated stations In the Lake region and
Northwest and along the East Gulf and
south Atlantic coasts, where an excess OF
rainfall is reported. The deficiency
ranged from two to four inches in the in
terror Of the east Gulf states
and Georgia, and thence northward
to the Lake region and at
stations on the west Gulf coast. In New
England and the Middle Atlantic states
the rainfall was about inch less than the
average for the month The maximum
departures from the average rainfall oc-
Cured at the following stations; Below
the normal; Atlanta, 3.4 inches; yicks-
burg, 80 inches; Galveston, 2.S inches
Above the normal: Jacksonville, 40
inches Charleston, ~ inches Savan-
nah, 81 inchesi Escanaba, 0 inches.
The snowfall for the month has been
much less than usual, and all stations east
of the Rocky mountains reporting "snow
on ground" at the end of the month were
north of the forty-second parallel OF lati-
tude. Passport, 0swego, Alpena, Saint
Paul, Moorhead and HeleDa report half
an inch of snow on ground on the last day
OF the month; IA Crosse and Fort Assina-
boinc, one inch; Marquette, Escanaba,
Denver and Salt Lake, six inches.
The'most severe storms of the month
occurred on the 4th, 9th and 9th, and
from the 2dth TO the goth, the former
passing over the Lake region from the
northern Rocky Mountain regions and
the latter passing along the Atlantic
coast, the center at no time
being within the limits OF the stations
OF observation; each of these storms was
followed by cold wave which extended
over all districts east of the Rocky noun
tains. KILLING frosts occurred in the lower
Rio Grande valley on the 18th, at New
Orleans on the 10th, and freezing weather
occurred in Northern Florida on the 27th.
w b. HAzEN,
Brig and Bret. Maj .-Gea'l. Chief Sig.
nal Officer, u. s. A.