The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03
THE SNOW STORM.

The storm last night in the mountains
about L-advil.e, Colo, was the most
sever. in years. There was heavy snow
fall. accompanied by high winds.
Throughout Kansas the storm was gen
eral but no great hardship was experienc-
ed Al Fort Scott the SNOW was accom-
ponied by brisk wind and dr!fted badly
Al "A late hour it was still coming down
and street cars and trains were Threatened
with delay.
At Leavenworth the first storm of the
season set in, four inches Of snow falling.
Al II o'clock p. m. the thermometer was
several degrees below Zero, and still fall
lug.
At Emporia there was six hours fall of
snow, but no indications of IA blizzard
AT Arkansas City the snow fell contnu-
ousiy from 2 O'Clock In the afternoon, with
a gradual fail of the Thermometer.
Fears are expressed for the settlers on
the Cherokee strip, as but few caDlns have
even been plastered. A storm is raging
ali over Oklahoma territory 1t is said to
be he most severe known since the OPEN
ing of the country to settlement. The
storm is accompanied by high wind,
which is drifting the snow badly.
NOVEMBER WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2-The month Of No.
vember was colder than usual in all agri-
cultural districts east Of the Rocky mount
aims, the only regions reporting slight eX-
cess of temperature being Maine. north
ern Michigan ard the Central Rio Graude
valley. The month was also cooler than
usual to he west of the Rocky mountains.
although here are porl ions of northern
California, Oregon aud Nevada from which
slight excess in temperature was re-
ported. Generally throughout the central
valt.VG 1pflnHiuD nt. yJuter heat halt
the average temperature for the month
WAS from 2 degrees To degrees per day
below the normal During the first half
of the month in this section the temper
ature was above the normal and favorable
for the growth of fall wheat, but this
growth was checked by the cold wave
which extended over the region named oil
the 18th and 10th. carrying freezing
weather 10 the East Cult coast and causing
frosts in northern Florida, of which timely
notice WAS announced by this bureau.
The month was cold JIM southern CALI
fornia, and the unusual occurrence of
frost and snow in the orange belt of that
section was reported during the latter part
of the month, without, however, causing
any serious damage to crops
The month closed with the most severe
cold wave of the season and the tempera-
ture was near zero throughout the winter
wheat belt, with prospects of still colder
weather. The lowest temperat ure of the
season, 42 degrees below Zero occurred at
Prince Albert, n. W. T., the night of No
Vemt,er so.
Over the greater portion of the country
the rainfall Tor the month was much less
than usual. Throughout the central
valleys aud the eastern portion of the
cotton region, the month was comparative
ly dry and the weather was especially
favorable for farm work. In the central
Mississippi valley. east gulf states and the
greater portion of the Middle Atlantic
states and New England, the rainfall for
the month was from l to inches brlow
the normal, while in the eastern portion of
New Z gland aud from northern Alabama
to Virginia the deficiency in rainfall for
the month ranged from TO 3 inches. Texas
aud portions Of Nebroka and South Dakota
report a slish excess, while on the Vir-
ginia and North Carolina coasts. and on
the Pacific coast, north of San Francisco,
the rainfall was unusually heavy, the ex-
cess amounting to 5 inches on the Virginia
coast and from 3 TO inches on the Oregon
and Washingt on coasts. AT the end of the
month snow covered The ground from the
lower lake region westward to the Rocky
mountains, the amount ranging from 10
to 12 inches in the mort ihern portion Of
Michigan and from to 6 iucbes from
southern Michigan westward over Iowa.