The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-06-20
THE WEATHER.
Notable Occurrences for the Week Ending June
1889.


BY LIEUT.. J. P. FINLEY, U. g. SIGNAL SERVICE.
Correspondence invited, suggestions desired
and information cheerfuly furnished Every eff
fort employed to make this Bureau of practical use
to the readers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. All
communications should be addressed Weather
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Office Washington, D. c. |
LOWS, Or AREAS OF WARM, MOIST AIR, CLOUDY
WEATHER, WITH GENERAL RAIN OR SNOW
AND HIGH WINDS.
Three such areas affected the weather of the
United States One came from Texas, one from
the California coast, and the third from the
Northwest Territory. Average progressive We
locity eastward 81 miles per hour. Average
duration four days.
orally CLEAR WEATHER, WITH MODERATE
WINDS.
Three such areas affected the weather of the
United States. Two came from the Northwest
Territory and the third remained stationary
off the Carolina coast, having developed in the
| East Gulf States on the 9th. Average pro-
gressive velocity eastward Is miles per hour.
| Average duration three days.
| Temperature.-The greatest fall in "a hours
! 900 occurred at Helena, Mont, on the 18th.
The greatest rise GAO occurred at Duluth,
Mimi on the 18th. The maximum 106e) oc-
Cured at Yuma, Ariz., on the 10th and 18th,
and at Red Bluff, CAL, on the 18th. The min
imum (300) occurred at Cheyenne, Wyo., on
| the 9th.
PrecipitGtion.-Rain has been reported from
every State aud Territory, except Utah, Nevada,
Idaho, Washington, and California. Saow fell
at Cheyenne, Wyo., on the 9Th. The heaviest
| precipitation tower one inch in "a hours) was
reported from Mississippi, Kentucky, New
| York, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri,
| Wyoming, North Carolina Florida. Louisiana,
| Texas, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee
| IL GA / 100
| inches) occurred at Montgomery, Ala on
the 14th and 18th. Floods were reported from
Indiana, Vermont, New Hampshire, Virginia
and Illinois on the 9th; Tennessee, 18th
Alabama, 18th.
| Winds.-The highest winds 40 miles per hour
| and over) were reported from Illinois, Yer.
| mont, Texas, and Arizona. The highest meas.
ured velocity IA miles per hour occurred al
Cairo, ILL.,, on the 9th. Local storms occurred in
Arkansas on the 9th; Missouri and Illinois
9Th; New York, Massachusetts, New Hamp,
shire and Vermont, 9th. Loss to property
about $3.50, 900.
Rioers.-The maximum rise (42 inches) oc.
Cured at Nashville Tenn, on the 18th. The
maximum fall (36 inches) occurred at Cincin.
natl, o., on the 18th.
Existing Conditions. principal losu is cen.
trail in Canada north of Lake Ontario. An.
| other l0,U is developing in the Southwest Ter
| ritory, north of Montana, and third is form
ing in Nevada and Utah. The principal high il
central off the Carolina coast, and another il
moving eastward from Minnesota. Rain in the
lower Missouri Valleyylower Lakes, and New
England. Elsewhere fair weather prevails.
Facts to be Remembered-1. The elaborate In
vestigations as to the establishment and value
of normal barometers, made at st. Petersburg
Paris, and Berlin, have served to exhibit thu
errors of the past barometric work in physics
and meteorology, and to show the possibility o
attaining results more nearly in accord will
the needs of modern science. 2. The STANDARD
of barometry adopted by recent meteorological
conventions is that of the International Bureau
of Weights aud Measures at Sevres, France
and extensive comparisons between the norma
barometers at that bureau and the standard
of the meteorological services of the world ar
In progress. g. Institutions that have no nor
NAL barometer frequently adopt high-grad
siphon barometer as provisional standard.