St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-10
GAS TO THE WEATHER.
Some Very Interesting Statistics
Cleaned From the March Report
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Some Very Interesting Statistics
Cleaned From the March Report
of the State Weather Service.
When one is at loss for something to
talk about, the weather is the subject
most generally resorted to. With the
view Of giving facts that cannot be con-
troyerted, the following excerpts from
the report of E. C. Brandenberg, in
charge of the Minnesota weather
service, for the month of March fis
given:
> The temperature was abnormally 10y.
The average for the state is 15.S deg. This
is 9.7deg. below that of thecorresponding
month of 1887, IL below that of 1886, and
S.4 below that of 1885. At st. Paul it was
90 below the normal of fifteen years;
La Crosse, 81 below; Duluth, 10 be-
low; Moorhead, ga below; and st.
Vincent, SO below. This is the lowest
mean temperature recorded for the
month of March since the stations were
established at La Crosse and st. Paul.
The highest mean temperature was re-
ported from La Crosse when it was 22.g2,
while the lowest was rs at st. Vincent,
thus showing range between the
northern and southern portions of the
state of 14.4. The warmer portions of
the month were: Sth and 9th, 18th to
10Th, 18th to 10Th, 26th to 31st. The high
est temperatures generally occurred
periods. The maximum for the
on the 18th at Rolling Green and Pine
River Dam. The mild weather of the
latter portion of the month caused the
snow to meltrapidly. The colder portions
of the month were Sd to 9th, 10th to 18th,
21st and 22d. On these dates the mini
mum temperature was generally below
zero. The greatest cold was experienced
during the last of these terms, when the
temperature fell to 80 deg. below zero
at Pakegema Falls Dam and Pine River
Dam. On the same date at st. Vincent
it was 1913 deg. below zero; Leech Lake
dam, 90 deg. below; Argyle, 26.5 deg.
below. The average temperature for
the state is 80 deg, while the greatest
range for any station is also 80 deg,
and reported from Pine River Dam.
The smallest ranges of temperature
were reported in Southern Minnesota,
the least being 80 deg. at Minneapolis.
The precipitation was mainly in the
form of snow and unequally distributed,
the greatest amount having fallen in the
southeastern portion of the state, while
the least fell in the northwestern and
south central portions. The average
precipitation for the state was 1.79
Gin inches). This was above the average
of March for the past three years in
this state by the following amounts:
LIS in 1885, 0.70 in 1856, Las in 1887.
At the close of the month from Is to 36
inches of SNOW remained on the ground
in the region of the 'Great Woods"
while in the southeastern portion of the
state it averaged "a inches, and in the
southwestern portion from 6 to IA
inches. Attic close of the correspond
ing months of the preceding three years
snow had almost entirely disappeared,
except in localities where there had been
severe drifts. At La Crosse the precip-
itation was over two inches above the
average of fifteen years, while at st.
Paul and Duluth it was slightly below.
The dates on which precipitation was
Gnclusiye), 10th and 18th in northern
portion, 10Th and 21st, 23d, 25th to
2Sth and 30th. The greatest amounts
fell during the prevalence of the storms
of the 1st and I'd, 10Th, 25th and Goth.
Stations reporting an inch or more OF
precipitation were: Red Wing and La
Crosse, 1.24, March l; La Crosse, 1.22,
18th; Rochester, 1, Goth; Delano, 1.333,
Goth. Some of the largest total monthly
precipitations reported were: La
Crosse, 1926; Rochester, 402; Orton7
vile, $50: Red Wing, 1856; Excelsior,
8. IA; Delano, SOL. The least amounts
were: Redwood Falls, 0.27; Morris,
0.35.
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