New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
STOPNS OE THE WEEh.

Tho cyclone of this week has been remark
able in the magnitude OF It's movement, "h'c
il has not been phenomenal III any o'hcr Ic-
snoct Tho first centre OF depression 50 lar
,s if can be located with any degree OF posi-
,;,o,oss was Kansas, where high winds and
,,;n nrcva;lcd on Monday and Tuesday
Thorco there was a drift across Missouri 10
@ I,ous and central Illinois On Thursday
tbe storm centred about Lake Michlgah' DC
tween Milwaukee and Green Bay. Thence inc
cvclonr has swept with diminishing force down
tho valley of the st. Lawrence. East west
and south of the direct track OF this cyclone
,ho,o have been broad areas OF disturbance
T., tho Far West there have been snowstOrms
in Minnesota and the Dakotas. In AlaDama'
Mississippi and Texas there have been heavy
,airs and high winds. The Atlantic soaboard
has been drcnched with rain and swept with
gales and heavy weather with dense FOG Is
roror,ed nv incoming vessels aS extending Tar
ON, =, so,. If the phenomena on the Gulf and
Atlantic casts are to be attributed to the
correlation of cyclOnic causes, the storm can
bc said TO have had an almost continental reach
from the Rocky Mountains eastward and south
ward.
The conn aratiye record OF rainfall shows that
tbc maximum precipitation for the twenty-four
bours ending at 3 a. M. yesterday was in New
York and this can readily be believed by
those who had full experience OF the lnclemchc!
of the weather in this town. Toronto hoch-
ester. Buffalo, which were on tho edge OF the
lowest circle of depression, ranked after New
York and Jacksonville, long distance away
,ivalied them i'm the amount OF rainfall. Hat
teras and st. Paul were on even terms ana
high in the list, and Boston, Atlantic CITY ana
other coast towns shared the fate Of Pitsburg,
which was much nearer the storm centre. Inc
rainfall at Milwaukee. where the full force OF
tho cyclone was fclt and where the waterford
was swept away with great loss OF lie, was
comparatiyey low. 30 IT was also at Detroit,
Crccn BAY. Sandusky. Cleveland and other
points. where the storm ragged with tho great
est violence. Indeed, when the facts are crit
icaly studied the conclusion seems unaVoid-
able that the heavy rains on the Atlantic ana
Gulf coasts and in the lake region were cor
related effects indirectly produced by the
cyclone inland
If the precipitation of rain OH the seaboards
ha, been remarkable. 80 also has been the snow
fall in the Northwest. In Minnesota n dePh
of snow VARYING from 30 inches at 1t. Cloud
70 I6 inches in St Paul has been reported
This genuine snow blizzard has left rs trail
beyond the !. cky Mountains in the Cascade
range. Extreme conditions Of winter have been
thus produced in the last fortnight of April
Al Chicago. where the gale caused great dam
age at the Exhibition grounds on Thursday
the rain ended in a severe Snow>torm !cs'cr'
dav. Altogether the American Continent has
been favored with an extraordinary exhibition
Of the ccccntric!,cs of It's climate this week
II seem, hardly possible however, that Tho
Northwestern phenomena will be repeated on
the Atlantic scaboard although sharp ial
in temperature is not unlikely