The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1889-12-28
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me WarmesE and DFyest Winter WexIh-
eF on Record.

yesterday is the eighteenth eonsec-
utive day that the temperature has
been above 70s, and was the warmest
December day on record for New Or
leans" said Signal Officer Kerkam, in.
response to an inquiry by reporter
yesterday. @This is unparalleled, aud
has no comparison in the past twenty
years. We have had warm spells in
December lasting three or four days
days on which the temperature kept
above ZOE, never going higher than
7Se, and but once in the past twenty
years was there warm spell covering
twelve days, viz; From Dec. 2l, 1875,
TO and including January. 1876. In
this period the highest daily tempera-
ture ranged between 7Ss and 7se.
Yesterday, the temperature, be-
tween and 2 p. III, rose to 81 IS, or
5 1-2e higher than in any prior De-
cember day since 1870. The average
Of the highest daily temperature since
the 4th instant is 1884; the average
Of the same period of December days
in the past twenty years is 6Se.l, or an
excess in the daily temperature of
l2o.s, as compared with the normal.
"As regards our rainfall this month
We have had but 0.02 Of an inch on
the 9th. During the whole month of
October we had but 0.26 of an inch. and
in November but 2.18 inches. From
Sept. rs to date we have had hereto
fore but 2.S6 inches of rain, when we
should have had about ~ inches.n
aWhat is the cause of this drouth
and high temperatures.r
"The cause lies in the fact that the
low area storms developing on the
eastern slope Of the Rockies have been
traversing the northern and middle
attitudes to a much greater extent
than usual, and that but few have ef-
fectei this section by giving US our
accustomed December rains. We had
several West Gulf low-area storms, or
cyclones, during November, but they
did not pass in such manner as to
give South Louisiana general rains, al
though North Louisiana had an aver
age of over six inches of raiE daring
that month, and some stations report
ed rainfalls exceeding nine inches for
the month.
at will take q low-ares storm OF
considerable intensity Il. e.. accompa-
MED by heavy rsinfalls) 10 breath the
drouth now existing As soon a. we
have one such cyclone pass over us and
give US moist atmosphere, storms will
follow each other in rapid succession
and we will have our fill of rains"
"When will this intense low-area
storm put In an appearance p
aI might answer, as soon IS the
high area Of pressure that has been
over the Atlantic States, particularly
the Southern States, shall have passed
of, leaving path for the low-areas t.
follow.
"The cause Of the unusually higt
temperatures In the North Is explain
ed in the statement that the low-arei
storms have been passing across th,
, Northern States almost entirely Of late
since low areas of pressure are accom-
panied by clopdiness, rain and com
/ paratively high temperature, wherea
high areas have for an accompaniment
J fair aud cold weather.
While this locality had more rain Il
, November than is recorded for New
: Orleans, the December weather expe
! rience Of the two latitudes is quit,
like. The statement Of condition ant
! cause is instructive.
! The rainfall for the Fall month
. as recorded at the Greenyille static
!. was about the average and reads as fo
q lows; September, 4.03 inches, October
: (always the dry month) Ito, Noven
9 Der 5.24 In December there was n
9 rainfall until the 23rd.