350 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW AUGUST, 1926
The weather a t Honolulu was close to norma1;the mean temperature of 79' was only slightly above, as was
the precipitation, 1.30 inches. The total rainfall from January to August was 6.59 inches, and the accumulated
deficit for the period amounted to 11.38 inches. Winds continued easterly and the maximum velocity was 34
miles from the east, on the 22d. This may be coni- pared with the extreme August velocity of 36 miles in 1908.
Most of the infor- mation the Weather Bureau has at hand about those of the Far East is embodied in the attached report by the
Rev. Jose Coronas, of the Philippine Weather Bureau.
It may be added of the first typhoon described in this report, and noted as being lost sight of after passing
Shanghai on the 16th, that according to the Tokyo
Weather Charts it crossed the Yellow Sea and entered the continent to the northward on the 17th, thence
disappearing in southwestern Manchuria.
On the 17th to the 19th a storm which became violent on the 18th was experienced by the American steamer
West Carmona near 38' N., 150' E. The highest force of the wind was 11, east-southeast, lowest pressure 29.38.
At this writing it is impossible to say whether the storm was of tropical origin or whether it developed near the
place where it was reported by the West Carmona.
In the American Tropics two cyclones occurred, neither developing hurricane strength, so far as known.
The first seems to have been brewing as early as the Sth, near 12' N., 96' W.? a t which time and place the Amer-
ican steamer Victorzous, Panama to Honolulu, reported "wind shifting all around the compass, then back to
NE." On the l l t h , near 15' N., 109' W., the vessel encountered moderate gales, with somewhat depressed
barometer. Pressure fell slowly until the 15th, when
the lowest reading, 29.44, was piade, as shown in Table 1 .
The highest wind force was 10, on the same date. Heavy rain squalls occurred through the week of the disturh-
ance. The Victorious continued in the storm area, run- ning nearly in the course of the cyclone until the 16th,
the vessel then being a t Greenwich mean noon in 17O 33' N., 125O 40' W., pressure still low, a t 29.72, wind from the south, indicating that what remained of the
cyclone still lay to the westward. Dense fog accompa-
nied the storm on the 17th.
The second disturbance of this region occurred on the 22d-23d near where its predecessor was lost sight of a
week previously. The lowest observed pressure was 29.60, near midnight of the 22d, highest wind force 9
from the east, in 18' 38' N., 125' 36' W., as reported by
the American steamer Volunteer.
Several tropical storms occurred.
TYPHOONS AND DEPRESSIONS
ONLY TWO SEVERE TYPHOONS I N THE FAR EAST DURING
AUGUST, 1926
By Rev. Josh CORONAS, S. J.
IW'eather Bureau, Manila, P. 1.1
This month of August has been rather remarkable for
the lack of severe typhoons. There have been none over the Philippines. And even in the whole Far East there have been only two intense typhoons but of no great
extension. As they were both of a similar character so they followed also similar tracks.
The first typhoon appeared on the 12th over the
Pacific about 250 miles east of northern Luzon between
126' and 127' longitude E. and near 17' latitude N. probably moved north on the 12th and north-northwest
from the 13th to the 16th. In the afternoon of the 14th the center passed near to the west of Ishigakijima (in the Meiacosima group of islands) where the barometer had
fallen at noon to 735.5 mni. (28.96 inche,s) with a whole
gale from the northe,ast. We do not know the barometric minimum, which must have been observed in the after-
noon of the 14th. The typhoon entered China in the
aft,ernoon of the 15th near 121' longitude E. and 28'
lat,it,ude N. It passed west of Shanghai in the morning of t,he 16th, moving still north-northwest. It is not pos- sible with the data on hand to decide whether it contin-
ue,d moving north-northwest after passing west of Shang-
hai or whether it, recurved northeastward. [See preceding
article.] The steamer President Hccyes felt bhe influence of this typhoon on the, 15th over the northern part of
Formosa Channel. The ot,her typhoon was formed on the 20th about 200
miles east of northern Luzon, between 125' and 126O
E. longitude and near 17O N. latitude. It moved to the north on the 20th and 21st and in t,he morning of the
221, and to the north-northwest in the afternoon of the
32cl and on the 33d. The center passed over the Meia-
cosima group in t,he early hours of the 23d. The barome- tric re.ading at, Ishigakijima was 741 mni. (29.17 inches)
at 6 a. 111. of that day, the winds blowing at that time
with hurricane force from the south. The typhoon
ent8ered China in the niorning of the 24th, moving
west-northwest, but recurved to the north in the after- noon of the same day and to north-northeast on the 35t,h, the c.ent,e,r passing the we,st of Shanghai in the
afternoon of that day. In the early morning of the 27th the typhoon was 0ve.r the n0rthe.m part of Korea, moving
northeastward.
It .
.5C/.506 (73) DETAILS OF THE WEATHER IN THE UNITED STATES
GENERAL CONDITIONS and moved slowly eastward without gaining more than
Two tropical cyclones passed inland, O n e Over the slight intensity. TWO disturbances, however, were of
Louisiana coast the other Over the east Florida coast. tropical origin and developed hurricane intensity over a
Neither storm, exhibited great energy after passing the considerable portioll Of their respective paths. One of
coast line. The month 8s a whole was warm; raillfall these moved northward just west of Bermuda and was
was heavy in the Lower Lake region and the Ohio valley, last noted HS it pashed over Newfoundland with some- and normal or slightly above elsewhere, except in South what diniinished intensity. A barometer reading of
Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and in parts of ad- 28.90 inches was reported southwest of Bermuda on the
joining States where drought contiIiued. The usus] morning of the 6th. The other storm struck the extreme
details follow.-A. J . H. southern Loui4an:t coast on the evening of the 25th with barometer readings as low as 28.31 inches.
One of these CYCLONES AND ANTICYCLONES
By W. P. DAY cool-air masses, pushing southward along the coast from
eastern Canada, encountered a disturbance off Hatteras, whereupon a long cool rainy spell developed along the
Middle Atlantic coast from the 18th to the 22d.
Ten high-pressure areas were plotted.
Thirteen disturbances were sufficiently definite to be followed for a few observations or more. hlost of these
took form over the northern Rocky Mountain region