U R C H , 1883. THE MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 16
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dependence Ia., l'ith, 6 to 8 n. m., se\iere hail storni. Cresco, Ia., 4th 17th. Guttenburg, Ia., 4th, 25th. Nora Spriugs,Ia., 4th 25tL. Cedar Rapids, Ia., 4th, 12th, 25th. Holton, hail., 26tB. Yates Centre, Kan., 8th. Gardiner, Me., 10th. 30th. Falston, Md., 21st. Deer Park, Md., 15th. Fa,ll River, &lass., 3d. Kalamazoo, Mich, 4th. Niles, Mich., 5th. Northport, Mich.., 2d, 5.30, p. m., hail storin lasting five minutes, nearlx covermg the ground with stones as hrge as buck-shot. New Ulm, Minn.,. 16th. Coiming, Mo., 36th, an escessiw raiu and
hail storm wsited the section of country about 30 miles north of this phce. It is reported by the Atchison county papers thst hail in some places drifted to depths of three and one ha,lf feet. Only the edge of the storm passed over this place. Protem, Mo., 31st, 3 a. m., heavy hail seven miles southeast of station, doing muchinjury to fruit trees andgardens. Lincoln, Neb., 36th. Free- hold, N. J.,.28th. Piinceton,N. J,.9th. Fayetteville,N. C.,lst. Bellefontaine, O., 36th. Bethel, College Hill, Westerrille and Wooster, Ohio, 27th. Jacksonburg Ohio, l4t11, 18th, 27th. New Athens, Ohio, 27th, 9.30 p. ni., h i 1 storm lmssed over sta- tion in an easterly direction. Twenty miles enst of' Wheeling, W. Va., consideratde da,ma.ge was clone to wiudows. Dj-bury,
Pa., Sth, 21st. Wellsboro, Pa., 9th, 18th. Mesclville, Pa., 37th. Stateburg, 5. C., 1st. Austin, Tenn., 17th, 2Sth. Murfreesboro, Tenn., l7th, 26th. Clarksville, Texas, 5th, 8th. Wyt8hcville, Va.., 15th. Fra,nklin, Win., dth, 17th. Ft. Myer, Va., 8th. Castroville., Tesns, 33d. Louisville, 27th. Logansport, Iud., 17th. Inclianapolis, 15th. Milwaukee, 35th. Alpena, Nich., 15th. Burlington, Iowa, 7th, 8.15 p. m., hail a.s large as peas, lasting one minute. Des Moines, 14th, l i t h . St. Paul, 4th, 20th. Madison, Wis.,' 4th. Davenport, Iowa, 17th. Fort Missoula, Mont., lGth, 17th. Deadwood, Dsk., 26th. Fort Assinnaboine, Mont., 1st. Griffin, Tes., Gth, Sth. Ft. Cum- mings, N. M., 25th, 26th. Sa,n Carlos, Aria., 36th. Tucson, Aria, 25th, 26th. Silver City, N. .M., 7th. Winnemucca, Nev., 16th. Dayton, Wash. Ty., 17th. Umatilla., Or., 18th. Colfas, Wash. Ty., 3d, 17th, 19th. Ban Francisco, 15th, 16th, 19th. Des Moines. Ia., 14th, hail lasting fourteen minutes.
Murfreesloro, Tenn., l?'th, a severe hail storm passed over Rutherford and Cannon cowties about 7 a. m. The coiirse of the storm was a little south of east. In some pluces in Ruther-
ford county, hail fell to a depth of eight inches nncl t'he stones were unusually large.
SLEET.
The clates.on which sleet fell in tlie various districts are as fol- lows: New England, lst, 4th, 5th, Gth, loth, llt,li, lSth, 19th, Blst, 26th, 97th; Middle Atlantic states, 8th, 9th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 31st, 23d,37th; Ohio valley, 4th, 10th; upper 1a.l:e region, 3d,4th to 9th, Uth, l'ith, 18th 30th, 2lst, 36th; Upper Mississippi valley, Sth, 9th, loth, 13tt, 14th, 2Ot,h, 33d, 35th; Missouri valley, Sth, 9th, 13th; sontherii slope, 5t,h to 9th;
northern slope, 35th, 36th ; niidclle lhteau, Gth, 15tli, 31st. Sleet was also reported from the following stations not included in the clistrictsna.nied above : Ft. Porter, N. Y., Slst ; Ft. St&- enson, Dak., 14th; Ft. Supply, Ind. Ty., 7th; Uniatilla, 18th. Unusually severe storms have beeu reported a.s follows : Cole- man City, Tes., during sleet storm on 7t.h, Sth, ice on tele- graph lines accmnulated to the thickness of t,wo inches ;
several iron poles were bent oyer by the weight and many trees broken. Graham, Tes., 5th to Stli, prostraking telegraph wire. Henrietta, Tes., 7th, ice on telegraph line one aiid n qimrter inches thick; much dninage done.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
The mean i-elative humidity for the month ranges BY follows in the several districts :
New Englaud, from G4 t.o 79; Middle Athntic states, 58 to 79 ; South Atlantic states, 61 to 79 ; Floiida peniusiiL,;G9 t.0 72 j
East Gulf &tes, 66 to 78; West Gulf states, 57 to 83; Rio Gra,nde valley, 71 to 84; Ohio valley and Tennessee, GO to 71; lower lake region, 69 to 78 ; upper lake region, 73 to SO ; extreme northwest, 69 to 90; 'CTpper Mississippi ta,lley, F:! to 75; Mis-
souri valley, GO to 73; northern slope, 54 to 69; micldle slope, 40 to 56; southeiv slope, 41 to 74; southern platenu, 36 to 51 ; middle platenu, 50 to 65; northern plateau, GO to 79; North Pscific coast region, 74 t.0 78; Middle Pacific coast region, 63 to 79; Sout,h Pacific coa,st region, 37 to 73. High stations re- port the following percentages uot corrected for altitude : Chey- enne, Wyo., 41.9; Pike's Peak, 81.0; Sauta Fe, 37.3; Mt. \Va.shington, .84.G.
WINDS.
The premiliug wiuds during t,he mouth of March at Sigual Service stnt,ions are shown on chart ii. by ai~ows flyiug with the wind. On the New England and Middle Atlantic coasts mil over lakes Ont,a.rio, Huron and Michigan the minds are northwesterly; in the South Atlantic states, southwesterly; in the Gulf states, Tennessee, Indian territory and northern Tesas, southerly ; in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, northwesterllg ; in tlie plateau regions, nria8ble, but mostly from south to west; in California, westerly to uortli-
westerly ; North Pacific comt region, southerly.
TOTAL MOVEMENTS. OF THE AIR.
Tlic following are the largest total morements at Signal Ser- vice stations : Mount, Washington, 36,4SS miles : Pike's Peak, 18,552; Delaware Breakwater, 14,343 ; New Shoreham, 8. I., 13,887; Portsmouth, N: C., 13,686; Ha,tteras, N. C., 13,356 ; Kittyhawlr, N. C., 13,840 ; Sand1 Hook, 13,741 ; Champaign, Ill., 13,433; Sanclusky, 13,314; Cape May, N. J., 11,SOi; Iuclia,nola, Tes., 11,616; Bsimegat, N. J., 11,533; Huron, Dak., 11,300 ; Cape Henry, Va., 10,953; Milwa.ukee, 10,641 ; Macon,
PJ. C., 10,447; Cheyenne, Wyo., 10,330; Moorhead, Miun., 10,315 ; Grand Haven, Mich., 10,183; Prorincetomn, Mass., 10,062; Dodge City, Kan., 10,031; St. Vincent, Minn., 10,009; Omaha 10,003; Rochester, 9,938; Fort Sham, Mont., 9,S57; Fort Eliiott., Tes., 9.839; Eastport, 9,794; North Platte, 9,495 ; Boston, 9,423; Fort Myer, Va., 9,?5S ; Davenport, 8,960; Erie and St. Louis, 8,950; Alpena, Mich., 8,908; Bismarck, Dak., 8,887; Newport, R. I., 8,875; Buffalo, 8,811; Detroit, 8,800; Cle\-eland, 8,776 ; Fort Assinnaboine, Mont., 8,768 ; Galveston, 8,668; Springfield, Mo., 8,618; Eagle Rock, Idaho, 8,609; Fort Benton, Moat., 8,439; Columbus, O., 8,350; Port Eads, La., 8,348; Atlantic City, N. J., S,190; New York city, 8,176; Springfield, Ill., 8,157 ; Louisville, 8,128 ; Smithdle, N. C., 8,003; Oswego, 8,053; Toledo, 8 019; Fort Buford, Dak, 8,005; Uniatills, Or., 8,002. The smaliest are : Roseburg, Or., 2,379 ;
Uvalde, Tes., 3,739; La Mesilla, N. IT., 2,757; Phoenis, Ariz.,
?,84S.
HIGH WINDS.
On t'he siiiniuit of Mount Wa.sliingtou, the ninximum relocitj-,
218 miles, n.w., occurred 011 the 34th. Velocities of 75 miles per honr, or over, occurred as follows: 114 miles, s., 1st; 91,
118,n.n-., 34th; 75 n.m., 25th; 93, R.w., 37th; 93, S.W. 28th; 00, n.w., 31st. On all other clntes during the moiit,h, veiocitie8 reached or esceeded 50 niiles per hour, with the exception of Bth, 19th, 15th, lFth, l'ith, 231. On the summit of Pike's Peak, Col., the masimum velocity 93 miles, u., occurred on 20th. Other high relocitiesoccurred as follows: GO, n.w., 1st; GO,s.w.,3cl; 5S,s.w.,4th; 5S,s.w.,10th; 56,s.w.,llth; 58,s.w., 16th; 60,s.m., 17th; 50,s.w.,19th; 7S,n.,21st; 69, s.w.,!.?Bth;
GS, n.w., 38th; 66, n.w., 39th. Other ststions reportingveloci- ties of 50 miles per hour, or over, are as follows: Umatilla., Or., 53, w., 38th; Pt. Assinnaboine, Mont., 56, w., 28th; Ft. Bentou, Mont., 50, m., 1st; Ft. Sha,w, Mont., 51, s.w., 27th and 57, s.w., 28th; Helena, Mod., 56, s.w., 38th; Ft. Cnster,Monb.,
64, m., 38th; Ft. Keogh, Mont., 50, w., 28th; Cheyenne, W~O.,
53, nw., 3Sth ; Ft. Washakie, Wyo;, GO, w., 2Sth ; Huron, Dak., 50, LIT., 5t.h and 66, n.a., 90th; Palestine, Tes., GO, s., 18th; India,uola, Tes.; 53, n., Slst ; Rochester, N. Y., 50, n., 2lst; Colunibus, Ohio, 64, w., Slst; Champaign, Ill., 50, s.w., 9th; Del. Ereakaater, Del., 53, s.e., 1st; C!!i?.pe Henry, Va., 53, ii.w.? 13th; Kittylimk, N. C?., 50, n., 34th.
11.w., 4th: 100, S.W.? 9th; 108, n.w., 20th; 90, n.w., 31st;