Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-01-01
Advance Bulletin issued for General Publ
cation by the New England Meteor
illogical Society,
SUMMARY ~ TIE WEATHER IN NEW ING
LAND FOR NOVEMBER, 1890.

SUMMARY ~ TIE WEATHER IN NEW Eng
LAND Tor NOVEMBER. 1890.
The weather for New England for
the month Of November, 1890, WAS
above the normal III the amount Of
sunshine very near the normal in bar
ometric pressure and temperature. and
below in precipitation and number OF
rainy days Tie average pressure was
highest In the south. with no extreme
ranges and few rapid changes.
The mean temperature varied from
, degrees below the normal to degree
above. ID the north, and from o ! he.
gree> below to H. degrees above, in
the south The maximum occurred on
either the 9th or >th, ranging from Is
to % in the north, and from g. to Il
in the south. The minimum tcmpera-
turc was generally ON the 2Nth. al
though in some localities the mercury
went lowest on the 2ith Or 29ih. The
Hampshire and Vermont, ranging from
10 to ( degrees above zero H. the
south the lowest Was from IS 10 = de-
grecs above. The most rapid change
occurred GENERALLY on the afternoon of
the 10th. when the temperature fell
rapidly and continued low through the
18th and l2th. Ihcre was also a nearly
contiuuou, though slow fall from near
noon Of the 10Th through the 2Gth and
21th to tile early morning If the 2sth.
Tie precipitation was everywhere
below the normal. the greatest valia-
ton being in the south and the least
in the north The total mean depart
ure was over % inches. and varied
from O..s inches ii the north 10 ; -
inches IN the south. No station report
al total precipitation Of over three
inches. while many had less than three
fourths inch: it nearly all falling be-
tween :he Sth and 18th and the 18th
aud 18Th. Snow fell at different places
in the north on the 3t. llth. 18th.
20th. 22d. Odd, and 25th ; aud in the
south on the 18th. l7th. 23d and 27th
In the latter section it all occurred in
tiurries. coming with The shift of the
wind to westward in advance OF the
high barometer areas. and remained on
the ground bat a short time. But in
the north from one to five inches fell,
and at >tralford, y. H.. and Lunen-
burgh, VT, about one inch remained
on the ground at the end of the month
1t was the driest November for several
wears and was in great contrast with
the preceding month.
Twelve low barometer areas and
eight high pressure areas-an unusual
is large number for any month-in-
iuenced the weather during November.
OF the cyclonic areas the seventh
moved from the southern lakes rapidly
across New England and up the coast
on the l1th-lSth. while all the others
passed either north of New England or
across its northern edge. Several were
so far north that they gave only threat
ening weather or very light rain. Solar
halos were observed on the 18th, oath,
and Goth, and lunar halos on the 25th
and 26th Auroras were seen on the
9TH. oth, 18th and 9th. That on the
9TH was very brilliant. the observer at
Concord, Mass, gave its z eatest
brilliancy at about $50 p. NJ. with
streamers and dark purple waves NOV
ing in rapid succession from west to
PROF. w. NJ. DAVIS.
Cambridge, Mass,
Director.
j. WARREN SMITH.
Signal Corps, Assistant.
Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 18th, 1890.