The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30
Our November Floods.


Last weeks floods in Southern and
Western New York and the greater
part of Pennsylvania and New Ter.
sey. though not quite so severe as
either the May or September vista.
tons, have yet been notable, partly
because they occurred In what ia not
a particularly wet month as rule.
and partly because in this region the
years rainfall had already been ex.
cessive. At the Signal Station In
this city. for instance. the pncipita.
ton Of the last twenty-five days
1927 inches) has exceeded that of
any November since the service was
organized. nineteen years as. The
next best record was in 1877. when
only 5.48 inches were recordeCfor the
whole thirty days. Again, tie total
rainfall for 1889 In this city tribe
over So inches up to date) exceeds by
four or five inches the largest mount
in the corresponding eleven Nanth4
of any previous yeaf since-g4.
With only an average precipitation
next month, therefore. the current
year will be without a prallel In
nearly two decades. Andwhile pre-
else data are not at hand it is prob.
able that this is the case over a
tolerably widespread ARA.
No hasty differences should be
Lrawn, however, fromthese !acts. 1t
will not do to suppose that this has
been an excessively Amy year all
over the world nor. Indeed. all over
the United States. After all, these
occasional great deviaions from the
general climate of a region are. com.
parativeIy speaking, local. While
the torrents which wrought such
havoc In COnemaugt Valley early
| last summer were dropping from the
skies upon the Alleghsnies, Louisiana
planters were compla ming about the
extraordinary drouth from which
they were suffering. And during the
last ten days, while the area between
Arkansas and Missouri and the mid.
die Atlantic coast was being freshly
flooded. the "dry spell" which has
ruined so many Dakota and Mime.
sofa farmers this last summer and
fall has remained almost unbrOken.
Another curious feature of this re.
cent wet weather is the way In which
1t has disappointed the promise OF
early autumn. Beginning with Sep.
sember 10. and extending nearly to
the close of October, here in the Eat
we had abnOrmally dry, cold wealth
err and there was much reason TO We
lieve that the conditions tbekg Pc:
vaiIing would last for weeks, II not
months although the Tri6uns, Octo.
Der %. remarking upon the situation,
said: How long it will continue.
if at all into the winter, only the
goOsebope and muskrat prophets will
tell US with much confidence" Curl.
Ously enough, in sharp contrast with
the preceding six weeks. November
has been a warm, wet month; un.
usually so. Hereabout. the tempera'
ture has averaged 8 or 4 degree,
above the proper level for this time
of year.
Another difference Is interesting
Our summer rains were in part caus
ed by exceptional prevalence o
winds from the ocean. At that tint
the sea was cooler then the land ant
our July and August temperature
were perceptibly modified thereby
Our November deluees. proceeding
in a measure from like cause, Orcu
at a time when the ocean is warme
than the land, and accordingly
very different effect Is produced
However, there is time enough ever
yet for such shift in the barOmetri
distributions as to give us an old
fashioned winter, II only the weather
clerk so wills.-N Y. Tribune,