St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
METEOROLOGICAL.

Jan. Every cold weather all over the coun-
try. Ice formed in the City OF Mexico ana ther-
mometer was 40 degrees below zero at Water
Jan. 4-Snow fell foot deep in Louisiana
the heaviest ever known.
Jan. 5-FiVe inches of snow fell in Georgia
and Mississippi.
Jan. 6-Thermometer ranged from Sc below
zero at Moorehead, Mimi. to II below at Mil
waukee and was reported to have registered %
below at Aitlsin, Mimi, on the night OF the 9th
Jan. 6-Thermometer so below at Miles City,
M T., and Sc below at Pembina, D. T.
Jan. 19-Cold weather throughout the East
In the Mohawk Valley, N. Y, mercury ranged
from % to 35 degrees below zero.
Jan: 31-Mercury 81 below zero at ST. Vim
cent. MINI.
Feb 2-Severe blizzard in Dakota. Snow
compelled abandonment of all railroad trains.
Feb. 6-Earthquake shocks in Illinois, In
diana and Missouri.
in ten years. Many people and cattle persisted.
Feb. 22-Frst cyclone ever known west of
Rocky Mountains passed near Qroville, Cal.
Feb. 26-Trains throughout Northwest block
AIDED by terrific snow storm.
Mar. 23-Heavy SHOWS in East. At Glovers-
vile, N. Y, piled as high as store fronts.
Apr. 4-Trains delayed by heavy snow m Wis
consin and Michigan.
Apr. 15-Cyclone at St. Clairsville, O., wrecked
800 houses. Loss, 81, 000, 900.
Apr. 21-Cyclone in Vernon County, Mo,
killed about Is people. Cyclones destroyed
Prescott, Kan, and destroyed life and prop
erty in Arkansas. e. Heavy SHOWS in Northwest.
May 3-Severe earthquake shocks in South
ern Arizona and Mexico, 200 people killed in
latter country.
May 1l-Dryest season in forty years report
ed in Wisconsin.
May 1s-Five shocks earthquake at Nogales,
A. t.. Cyclone Ieveled houses and killed two
persons at Three Springs, Neb.
May 3o-Two shocks earthquake at Nogales,
A. II
June 3-Severe earthquake shocks in North
ern California and Western Nevada.
June 16-Hurricane Grand Forks, D. T., killed
epeople and destroyed $4,000 property.
June 17-Cyclone near Crookston, Mimi,
killed people. Great heat throughout North
west and Z cases sunstroke at Chicago.
June 2a-Snow fell in Pleasant Valley, MINI.
June 23-Frost injured crops in Dakota.
June 25-Mono County New marble quarry
Destroyed by earthquake. Loss, $1,0o0,00J
June 27-Tornado in Texas killed several peo-
July s-Mercury 90 in shade at Chicago and
intense heat throughout country.
July 12-Great heat in Northwest. At some
points mercury 1903 in shade.
July 16-17-Intense heat throughout country.
In Chicago 1877 deaths from sun-stroke, 12 in
Cincinnati. IS in ST. Louis, IA in Philadelphia.
July 1S-At Rockford, ILL.,, II children died
from severe heat.
July a9-Tornado destroyed half of David City.
Neb.
July 3i-Eight deaths from sun-stroke in Phil
adelphia and in New York.
Aug. 2-Body Of land near Golden Pond, KY,
sank half o dozen feet during an earthquake.
::-.Seventeen cases sun-stroke in Chicago and
Aug. drought inIndiana, Illinois and Wis
consin- unprecedented Thousands OF acres
burned over.
Aug. 11-Remille, Mimi, devastated by Aor-
nado.
Aug. 1s-Republican City, Neb., nearly de-
stroyed by hurricane; persons killed and
many injured.
Sept. 23-At Abercrombie, Mimi, mercury
registered above zero.
Sept. 24-Heavy frost in Northwest and about
Lynchburg Va.
Sept. 25-Snow at Pennington, Me.
Oct. 7-Heavy SHOWS in Dakota.
Oct. Thirst snow-storm in Wisconsin and
Michigan.
Oct. a4-Mercury at Billings, M. T., Is below
zero.
Oct. 25-In Northwest thermometer lower
than ever before in October.
Oct. 31-Snow in Southwestern Virginia.
Nov. 5-unpreoedented drought in Southern
Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
Nov. 21-Frost at Tampa, Fla; probably
killed yellow fever germs.
Nov. 2S-Thermometers in portions of Min
nesota, Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin marked
from IL to % degrees below zero.
Dec 15-Four to six inches OF snow in
Western Texas-heaviest ever known in that
section.
Dec 19-Blizzard and heavy snow fall through
out Northwest. Six feet OF snow in por-
lions OF New Jersey-heaviest fall for years.
Dec. 2O-Severe blizzard and extreme cold
weather in the Northwest
Dec 2l-unusually cold weather in the cattle
belt of Texas.
Dec 2a-Earthquake shock at New Bedford,
Mass.
Dec 25-Eight inches of snow in Louisiana
and Mississippi.