Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-22
MT. WASHINGTON SIGNAL SERVICE.
Winter Experience of the Observers Frost
Nork-Temperatnre Wind.

New York W '"'t
II is a mistaken notion hat the OBJ
servers are showed in during the win
ter. The snowfall i'll Aovem ,cr was
-. inches lie, cmbtr. I. inc eS: Jan.
uary. It., and cir arv, = inches.
he totai OF a little more tnan i've f. t
for tine four months WIS Much less than
tie fall at TIE l'a>c or TIE ~ .cys be-
Noui. In" summit Is often hare of
snow, the h 81 winds Swernln" the little
that is Deposited down the il ountain
sde cspite this. the dull colored
rocks and weathrr-stained buildings
throughout the long winter are trans.
70 med into mon m,ntS and nalisole-
unlS white "a arrar marble
This effect is pro,uc Il I'y frost work
1t is one OF the most interesting. rs well
as beautiful phcn0m H.. OF toli weather
" hen the wind blows from tie north or
west the vapo. loi"es on Irojetting
points. Tie frost work is span out into
irathcry misses, delicate lace work or
lea Ter masses Ike III seled marble OF
,arly whiiencSs and exquisite symmetry
these al'pcndages sometimes attain pro
dlgioL> lengths. tnce during the win
ter II violent slcct>tOrm visited the
ri nit. The windward side OF
TIE station was lncruStrd with Il
soi!d MASS of Ice eight inches
thick. outside of this coating frost
feathers We're formed eleven feet long
AT various times they attained lengths
of from five to seven feet, and were
spun out into crystal threads finer and
more delicate than the glass blowers ART
has yet been able to produce.
These teathery forms are not onl.
beautiful, tut c>tremrly useful. The
practical observers are wholly dependent
on them for their water supply. tn
more occasions than one has this frost
work been godsrnd to them, and their
habitation has been quickly stripped of
its ornaments to be melted and to in
crease a scanty water supply. In JAN
uary frost work formed on all but two
days, february on twenty-One days and
March twenty seven days.
he lowest temperature in November
was 10 degrees below zero, and the
highest velocity of the wind 100 miles
an hour. In December the coolest day
was +. degrees below zero, and on three
DAYS the wind blew at the rate of ninety
miles an hour. The only thunderstorm
during the winter was in February. The
coolest day was tho I'd, when it was 81
degrees below gro. Tho maximum We
locity of the wind was 10S miles an
hour, although on another day the total
al. cunt of wind was 2,0.i1 miles. /,
was As degrees below zero on March
>iSt, and on the same day the highest
velocity OF the season was reached, 10
miles an hour, and 1000 miles for the
twcniyfour hours.
The highest ever recorded ut the sta
ton was So miles an hour on Jan. II,
1875. That was northeast wind In
April the lowest temperature was 10 de
grces below zero, and the greatest wind
velocity ninety-six miles an hour Flee
tric storms are of frequent occurrence
during some seasons. but last winter
there was only one. That was Feb. )
on the preceding day the thermometer
registered 3S degrees below zero. The
air was SO highly charged with electric
ity at that time that two persons touch
ing one another would experience per-
ceptible shock