The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-04
Ill KINDS OF WEATHER.
DIARY or uBEDoUOlO03CAL CON-
OPTIONS At ST. MICHAEL
paays LeaD rre0,
w1tA Rain. ooaw anA 1loet Ever
PPeseat - . oiae Iasue-Day Isu-
ally Open Aheut June %.

An exceedingly interesting diary OK the
meteorological conditions At st. Nieaas.
during shs present year, troD January TO
june H. was kept by ]. p. ASnew. chief
accountant at g.. Michael sax the North
American Transportation and Trading
Company. The report shows tie condition
Of the weather, direction Of the wind and
temperature three times day. a. O'Clock
= m. p m and midnight
Changes In Three Years.
From the Alaska Commercial Cosnasny's
log the records Of iSSS. lSSs and iss1 were
taken. showing when the bay AT St NJ
enact Was opened In the different springs
In these three years thers was scarcely
any difference. June .. lsss, the Ice began
70 rot. and moved out thirteen days later.
the nrsE boats from the Yukon. p II.
Neare and Arctic, arriving June = In
hss ths ses eomnsneed e rot June l. ana
ter Bear made that port two days later.
TIE canal Was open and the Ice melting
!uEe u Of last year. the Ice finally leaving
Last spring was considerably earlier, tne
Ice along the shore ct s. Michael bay
showing signs Of breaking up May
=: w'th large cracks visible and
water appeared around Whale Island May
D: bat II WAS rot until June Is that the
lee moved eas q the bay The schooner
year. arrived there the same day.
A year age tbs bay fruze over October
g The las, boat 10 leave. tae schooner
experienced srea, difsculiy in getting
away, requiring the aid Of the steamer
fukone- to break course for her.
Conditions This Year.
Last January the coldes, day was the
2lst. AT Midnight, when the spirit Their
mometer fastened TO . pole away from al
euiid.nxs, registered thirty seven below
VIZ
ty-s.x above zero. at p. m, the sta, when
. Chinook wind was blowing. The sun
rose az a. m and set At p. N. the latte,
ar fo o. the monsa There we're three days
stormy. sixteen fair, one foggy, and six
when the highest point the ;hermomete Ter
reached was fourteen below zero.
FEBRUARY was Gear and cold, there being
sixteen Gays Ia succession, from the Sih
10 the list inclusive, when the spirits re-
tnainec constantly below zero. the warmes,
below aero. he codes. day Of the &c" Winter inter-
The Narmest time Of the month was at
above Zero was reached. From the LIST 10
travelling dificul,. but from then until
crust that was easy TO walk on. The last
third Of the month was marked by heavy
snow storms that drifted badly. There was
open water eigh, miles out from shore the
18th. In the last days the sun rose at
rs q. NJ. and set at i:i5 p. m
In March II began 20 get warmer, the
first day beginning at o'clock. with the
thermometer gausing Just four degrees
passed tbs warnsr days Of Spring became
more frequent. the spirits going up to
forty-seyen above zero at p m, the 9th.
There was but one day when the register
was below zero. which was at midnight the
18th. when IL was twelve below, the day
opening al nine above and dropping 10 two
below by o'eoick in the evening Il was,
teen Gear and fair days. There was open
water around Whale island all through the
month, ranging from FIVE miles out, the ID.
10 one mile clear the 9th The sun set at
COS .. m, the 18th. and rose at SIS the
next morning.
April was a comparatively fair month.
there being but two storms in the first sew
enteen days. The warnest period was the
18TH when Il degrees above zero was regis
tered II was seven above zero at midnight
of the Eth. the lowest point. The ground
was thawing .on the ilth. with tundra
the goth everything in sight was covered
with snow. The last dav OF the month
there was open water a mile out from the
island the Ice at the end of the wharf was
four fee, and five inches thick. 1t was
daylight from o'clock a. m. 10 10 =. m.
The sun rose at g. 80 a. N. and set at $50
D. IN.
May WAS a miserable month, with only
sixteen fair days and the remainder cold,
foggy. snowy. rainy and stormy. with thr
thermometer lower THE Erst few days than
II was in April. At midnight May l IL reg
istered above zero Toward the end OF
the month the weather became a little
warmer. registering as high as "A above
zero the ts,h. 9Th and 18Th. The sun rose
al 80 o'clock the morning or the 18th and