Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-06
Fort Worth, Sept. 2s, 1856.
Special Buns,,n for september.

SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Oct ], 1885.
The month of September has been gen
orally warmer than the average Septem-
Der weather In all sections east OF the
Rocky mountains, excepting in the north
ern part of the New England states,
Northern New York, aud the northern
parts Of Michigan, Wisconsin and Min
nesota. In the Rocky mountain districts
the temperature has heen slightly below
the normal.
The departure from the normal aver
ages about two degrees, and does not
exceed Ave degrees at any point. The
greatest departures from the normal tenn
perature occurred at the following sta
lions, viz; Above the normal-St. Louis
and Lamar, Mo ~; Huron, ID. T., g..
Below the normal--Duluth, Mimi, and
Sandy Hook, N. j., %; Helena, Mont, 80
The average temperature at Washington
City WAS 10 above the normal.
The rainfall for the month presents
marked departures from the average Sep.
TENDER rainfall; there is an average de.
llciency OF about three inches ia all the
states bordering upon the Atlantic and
east Gulf, extending inland to the noun
Aoih A0ukNNt n III bnt hAlooVui
valley, except at st. Louis; and also upon
the Pacific coast. In the lower lax,
region, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys
and In Texas, there is an excess, ranging
from one half inch to 1--we and one-hali
inches; there is also slight excess IL
the whole Rocky Mountain region.
The maximum departures from The
normal occurred at the following stations
viz Above the normal-,Galveston Tex.
81 inches; ST. Louis, Mo-, 5.s inches
Des Moines, Iowa, 4,5 inches; Chicago
H., a. inches; San Antonio, Tex, q {
inchesi Springfield, Ill SO inches
Toledo, o., IS Inches; Fort Davis, Tex
80 inchesi Little Rock, Ark, 80 inches
Memphis, Tenn, 81 inches. Below tn,
normRl--Lamar, Mo, 2 inches; Pensa
cola, Fla, : inches; Kitty Hawk, N. G.
10 inches; Savannah, Ga, Al inches
Charleston, 5. O., SO inches; Sand,
Hook, N. j., 8,2 inches; Chattanooga
Tenn, inches; Atlanta, Ca, and Knox
Vile, Tenn, 2S inches; Mobile, Ala, o.
Inches; Philadelphia, Pa, 2.S inches
Washington City, 22 Inches.
The Atlantic and East Gulf coasts en-
joyed entire immunity from the usua
September gales, no storms havlnl
passed along the coast during the month
A West india cyclone evidently passe,
into the Gulf OF Mexico on the 18th, an,
caused threatening weather in the gull
for an entire week; aud severe storm
was felt in Southern Texas on the 20,
and esd.
Five storms OF moderate severit,
swept over the Northwest and the LAX
regions during tho month. The flrst ap
peared In Northern Dakota on the litl
and was joined an the 10Th by a storm
which formed In Northern Kansas, theme
united they passed eastward, moving GU
OF the st. Lawrence valley on the nth
The second appeared In the Indian Terri
tory on the lstn aud moved very rapidl
eastward, passing out OF the ST. Law
renee valley on the 10Th. The thir,
formed in Colorado on the gath and, NOV
Ing northeastward. disappeared north O
Lake Huron on the 2eth. The fourtl
formed In Colorado on the 26tl
and, passing northeastward, passed on
OF the st. Lawrence valley on the 2sth.
The Nth appeared north II Minnesota
on the 29ih, and moved rapidly eastward
with unusually low barometer, TO tn,