Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-10-15
Advance Bulletin Issued for General Pub
location by the New England Meteor
illogical Society.
SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER IN NEW ENG

illogical Society.
SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER IN NEW ENG
LAND FOR SEPTEMBER, 1891.
The weather crop bulletin Of the
Department of Agriculture, weather
bureau, for the month Of September,
1891, says: 1.-The month of September
has been warmer and drier than any
previous September Of which there is
any record in the weather bureau
over the principal agricultural districts
east Of the Rocky Mountains" In
New England the mean temperature
was from three to five degrees above
the normal for the month, with few
excessive ranges or rapid changes.
The maximum temperature-from so
deg. to 80 dec. g. occurred generally on
the 18th under clear skies and hot
southerly winds as the sixth cyclone
Of the month moved slowly from the
Upper Lakes 20 the st. Lawrence Gulf.
1t gave little or no rain in southern
New England but generating severe
thunderstorm in northern New Eng
land that did much damage by wind
and lightning The storm was gener-
ally of short duration and little rain
fell but the thunder was heavy, the
lightning sharp and the wind squalls
very severe. At Lunenburgh, VT. a
wind velocity was estimated of about
as miles an hour and several buildings
were wrecked and trees uprooted.
Light trosts occurred on the morn
ing of the 9th with the general mini
mum temperature Of the month-from
% deg. to 40 deg. in the south and
from 40 deg. to 80 deg. in the north.
Very little damage was done, some
tender vines and plants being slight,
injured in the north. The barometric
ric pressure was nearly one-tenth inch
above the normal aud was due to the
prevalence of aniicyclonic weather ov-
Ell cvclonic. Eight cyclones aud the
same number Of anticyclones influ-
enced the weather during the month,
but while the former moved with mod
crate speed and generally with little
energy the latter moved very slowly
and were we'll defined Anticyclonic
weather prevailed from the sth TO the
9th aud from the 18th to the 10Th.
There were few rainy days and a
small amount OF precipitation. the lat
ter being considerably below the nor
NAL over the greater part OF New Eng
land. Very little rain tell IN any part
Of New England after the 9TH except
III local showers from the 9TH to the
9TH during the passage Of the second
cycloni; area across northern New
England and the formation of the
third OFT our southern coast, which
moved up our coasts and Joined the
second over eastern Maine, very heav v
rains fell along our coast. At New
in.ton, Conn, $50 inches of rain fell
from 10 a. VI. of 9TH 10 . T.. NJ Of the
III. the rain falling almost continuous
ly. Al Randolph, Mass, 80 inches
fell from , +. VI. Of the 9th to p. VI.
of the 7th ; at Cotit. Mass, ,. 43
inches fell from , A. VI. to 4 +. NJ. OF
the 'th, and At Blue Hill, Mass
2.Jj inches fell on that date. At
Nantucket. Mass. 232 inches and at
Monsoon, Mass. 3 90 inches fell dur
ln- The storm.
The display of aurora was frequent
and on the 9th was very brilliant. The
observer at Concord, Mass, writes
The display began at sr. NJ. and
lasted until midu ght. Al times three
! distinct arches were observed, with
/ long yellow streamers reaching an al
titude Of 80 deg. One arch passed
through the zenith from east 10 west
visible from $40 till 9.45 and ap-
peared checkered or striped. Daring
the display. waves moved vertically
very rapidly, resembling putFs Of
smoke"
The sunshine and high temperature
! during the greater part Of the month
served to forward late crops and har-
vesting was well underway throughout
New England at the end Of the month.
PRoF. W. NJ. DAVIS,
Director.
J WARREN SMITH,
Assistant.
Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 9TH, 1891.