Dodge City times., 1889-11-28
cha acteristIcs Of the Weather

I 4aLI. VI III 1DtAtS- ~ ttat -Ae--AS
tic cost from the 3rd to the 18th, inclu-
sive. The course Of this storm, togeth-
er with the tides attending it. caused a
considerable amount OF damage along
the New Jersey and the western part
Of the Long Island coasts. The proxi
mity Of this storm to the great com
lnerciai centeres OF the country, togeth-
er with the prostration Of telegraph lines
aad interruption Of railroad travel, gave
rise to the belief and statement that
this storm was one Of the great hurrl-
canes Of the century. The coilated OBJ
seryation. however, whether considered
with reference to the low point reached
by the barometer, to the steepness Of
barometric gradinte, to the violence OF
attending winds or their sudden
and changing direction, or whether
from the mere important points OF dam
age TO maritime interests by delays Of
vessels or other losses, or finally with
reference to the loss OF human life, this
storm presents in all these characters
ties conditions less marked and fatal
than have frequently occurred in con
necti9n with other West India storms.
The data on this point will be found with
/ the De tailed description Of the storm.
! The sassage Of this cyclone was fore
/ ras, 5Y this oiaee in manner so sue
/ cassful as to indicate not only the value
Of this service, but the degree OF ac-
( cr-acy which can often be attained in
/ the display OF cautionary and storm sig
mails. The storm failed at Woods Holl,
/ Massachusetts,. to even reach q half gale
while at Cape Hatteras the wind velocity
wa larely half that which has been be-
| fore reached and the gale was by no
means severe. During this time the
! Signal Service warnings specifically III
1 3icatcd dangerous winds between Nan
tn Set and Cape Hstteras, and ship ow
ners were informed that vessels could
sal to the norhward from Nantucket,
but not to the southwark, and on the
/ North Carolina coast could sail to the
sou'hwdrd but not to the uorthward.
acknowledgements of the material
value from warnings of this Office ap-
pear in the description of the storm.
This storm was not particularly destruc-
tive over the West Indies, and the track
Of the centre Of this disturbance can
only be approximately located from the
i.h 10 the Sth, owing to absence of re-
ports over an area ranging from four
to six miles in diameter covering the
region of lowest pressure. After pas
sing to the north of the thirtieth paral
| lei it doabtless increased in energy, and
was apparently forced to the westward
by an area Of high pressure to the north
| ward. and this abnormal movement of
the storm-centsc was attended by gales
Of hurricane force, which caused con-
siderable loss to shipping, ard unusually
high and destructive tides from New
England to the Carolinas Severe storms
also prevailed over mid ocean during the
presence Of this storm of the American
coast. An important West Indian
hurricane moved westward over the
Caribbean Sea from the 18th to the
18th, iaelu siye, and thence apparently
passed over Yucatan and recuryed to
the north central coast OF the Gulf
/ Of Mexico by the 22d Attend
ins the passage Of this hurricane,
this hurricane, storm, commencing
during the afternoon of the 18th, de-
vastatcd the coast of Compeche On
the morning Of thc 18th storm which
had suddenly developed great energy
was central OF the coast of Maine
whence it moved northward with rapid
decrease il energy. Severe local storms
were most frequently reported IN Texas
and Iudian Territory, where they were
noted for Eve dates. The Ariic ice re
ported near newfoundland corresponded
in distribution with, but in quantity was
somewhat in excess of, the average for
the month.
The month was generally cooler than
the average September, except in the
Saint Lawrence Valley, the Canadian
Maritime Provinces. northeastern New
York. the north central and northeast
ern parts OF the upper lake region, at
jacksonville. Fla, over tle southern
plateau. and on The PacEc coast Of the
Columbia River; The greatest depart
urcs below the average temperature oc-
CURED in north ccnterai Texas AMI In
dian Territory. when they were more
than Eve degrees The departures above
the aVG.s ge tempertatare were less than
four degrees. Tic highest means tenn
perl .urc reported frnm the month was
9I2 At Cactus, Cal, and the lowest
was 3I.T, at Pikes's Peak Colo At
New Tim, Tex, seventeen years record
tie mean temperature. T46. was one
degree below the lowest September mean
previously reported was lI.6 az Mojava
/ Cal and the lowest minimum tempera-
ture, exclusive OF Pixies PEAK. Colo
where ,. was registered. was : AZ D1jig
/ Warden Mines. Colo and s at Alma
and enridse Colo 1t one or
more stitions IN Nlauesotf. Coloraae
Arizona Washington Ty Louisiana.
aud AiaiBe, respectively, ,ae n,axima:n
/ temperature was as high OF higher than
F. previously noted for SEP, nbeF, waile
At Que or more stations in FLORIDA. Tex.
1 tl!insis, Iowa h4az.,-, Montana, In.;iaa
Ty, Arizona Utah, Idaha, 0,e-5u. and
/ Washington Ty. respectively. the miai-
mum temperature fell a< ia@ or lower
than reported for Septomi.ec Of proceed
ing years. Damaging frost was reported
in Nebrasks on ,he p: in Minnesota on
the 9th. in Wiscaasin on tie 18th, in
Iowa. On the 9,a iu Icwa Michigan.
and Wisconsin on the lsth;i in Iowa and
Wisconsin en- the 18th, ia Michigan
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