28 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. JANUARY, 1916
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. -;(7 ’ j ) SECTION IV-&RS AND FLOODS.
FLOODS OF JANUARY-FEBRUARY&TT, 1016, IN TBE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND IN‘ SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
By ALFBED J. HENRY, Professor in Charge of River and Flood DivEon.
1%- Wmhington, D. C.. Feb. 29.1918.1
SSNOPSIS.
The generd rains of December 24-25, and a ain of the
sissippi from Cairo to the Gulf during February, 1916. The rains of January, 1916, were suficient tomkeep the majoiity of tributary streams at a relritivoly ly h st ;
rivers of Arkansas. 5 he climax resulted from rainstorms of January 21-32 and the prolonged general rains of the 25th-31st. The rains of the first period were heavy over northeastern Oklahoma, southwestern Missouri, and northern Illinois, and caused sharp flood waves in the Neosho and Verdigris, tributaries of the Arkansas; also in the latter below the mouth of the Neosho. A record- breaking flood dso resulted in the u per Illinois and its
R’ ivers. The rains of the second period covered the tributaries of the Arkansas in eastern Olilahoms and southern Mis- souri, ilnd were especially heavy over the Oeark Plateau of southern &souri, central and eastern Arkansas, south- ern Illinois, southern Indiana, and immediately along the Ohio below Louisville. Wide the fiood wa~es in each of the tributary streams did not, reach the trunk stream conjointly, their ap .roach
swell from Cairo south. The fact that the rivers of Arkansas, which had been contributing la e volumes of water throughout the month, delivered aTeavy flow npon a river already in flood will account for the record- breakin stages in the Mississippi between Arkansas
Less water came out of the Ohio in 1916 than in 1913
and the flood at Cairo was naturally one of less ma nitude im- mediately the rains ceased. That fact.had a tendenc to reduce the run-off in the Ohio basin as compared wit 1913. In thut stretch of the Mississippi froni Arkansas City to Nttt,chez, Miss., with the single exception of Greeu- ville, Miss.? the previous records of high water were over-
tqped by anioonts rsnging froni 0.6 foot a t Lake l’rovi(!c?nc:r? La., to 1.4 feet at Vicksburg, Miss. These high st.:+ys T I ~H V he attributed to two facts: First, as
drcydp stated, t i greater quantity of water came out of the ,irkmsas and White Rivers in 1916 than in 1913, and second. the levees throughout that stretch of the Mississippi reniained intact.
27th-%th, 1915, while not roducing severe i oods, laid the foundation for a flood o P great magnitude in the Mis-
several flood waves sssed-into the Mississippl f T rom t e
main tnbutaries, the Des Pluines, E ankakee, and Fox
wns so timed as to produce a rather flat and pro F onged
City, Ar 5 ., and Natchez.
and, moreover, the weather in 1916 turned ood K
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DETAILED NAltRATIVE.
Mct pnrobopicab conrl;Ei.on.s.
The weatlier control during the greater part, of the month Wits nppnrently centered in two great highs, one purely continental ~n d the other artly oceanic and artly continental. The continent3 high stretched gom Alaska southeastward to the northeastern Rocky
Mountain slope and the upper Missouri Valley. During
the h t and second decade of the month this high-or more correctly a series of highs-was effective in causing lows to enter the continent from the Pacific a t slower latitude than usual. The oceanic and continental hi h
neighborhood of Bermuda westward over the continent to the summits of the Appalachians. This high a pears
to have been effective 111 shunting lows w h i s had advanced southeastward to about the one-hundredth meridian, thence northeastward across the Lake re ion to Canada. Further details are given in Section 511, Forecasts, and by Chart No. 111, Tracks of Centers of Low
Areas.
Floods.
Eawaii.l-Record-brealring rains fell in Hawaii. At Honolulu the rainfall during €he first 18 days of the month amounted to 14.73 inches, of which 7.05 inches fell during the week that onded January 24, 1916. At four other points in the island of Oahu the rainfall for the same week ranged from 10 to 17 inches. On Maui
heavy rains began on the 16th) continued until about
5 a. m. of the Nth, when a ventable cloudburst swept over portions of the island, causing a flood that devastated the Iao Valley, with a loss of 11 hvea and a 1 e amount
hours was recorded. CaZifornicr.-It seems rewonable to sup ose that the
inland over California on the 27th. It is charted as Low No. XIV, Chart 111. About a weekprevious Low No. x, Chart 111, assed inland over the niiddlo Cdifornia coast
on the Mth, and then moved northeastward into Wyo- ming by the morning of the 19th. During its movement over the south-central portion of California the storm slackened its progressive movement somewhat, mean- while vine very heavy rains over the counties of south- ern C $: ‘fornia. ’Light rains had fullen during tshe previous three or four clays and conditions mere unusually favorable for a high run-off in connection with the heavy rains of the 17th and 18th-see Tables 11 to 16. The resulting floods were severe and niuch damage was done to mil- roads. bridges, highways, lmd under cultivation, and to t,lie harbor of Loa Angelos, by reason of the mass of silt deposit cd thereon. A second delu e. of rain drscended upon the. counties
mentioned in a preceding parapa h. The second storm was of much shorter durat,ion. It San Diego, Cd., the rain began at 7:lS p. m. of t8he 26th and ended at 7:45 p. m. on the 26th. !I’he total fall amounted to 2.41 inches. This rainstorm was attended by unusually high winds for southern Cdifornia? the average velocity ut San Diego being about 30 miles per hour, with a maxi- mum of 54 miles from the south at 439 a. m. of the 27th. The reservoirs in the county whence the water supply of
in the east extended from the western Atlantic in t E e
of property. A measured rainfall of 8.85 inc Yl es in 24
storm which swept over Hawaii on the 18t8 E -19th passed
on the 17t I: , crossed the south-central pilrt of the State
of southern Cali B oinia in connection with LOW NO. XIV,
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the city of San Diego is drawn were already nearly full as a
result of the rains of the previous week and all of them, evidently, were not in a condition to withstand the added
strain put upon them by the rains of the 26th-27th. The lower Otay Dam broke during the afternoon of
the 27th and released a total of 11,000,000,000 gallons of water. The flood thus created swept ever thing before
milea wide. ft is said that the reservoir held back by the lower Otay Dam had never before been filled. Meager reports indicate serious loss in the San Luis Rey,
Warner, Ti Juana, Mission, Cottonwood, El Cajon, and San Dieguito valleys in Sail Diego County, Cd. Further details of floods in other California rivers will be found in Table 1 on age 31. Arkonu.-dins during the six days, January 15-20, that ranged from 3 to 4 inches on the lowlands and probably more on the uplands, started floods in the Gila and ita tributaries on the afternoon of the 16th. By the afternoon of the 19th the Roosevelt Reservoir became
full and the overflow added greatly to the seriousness of the situation on the lower Salt and Gila Rivers. By the evening of the 25th, however, the riveis had returned within their banks. A second period of rains began on the 26th and ended on the 30th. Again the rivers passed flood stage, the second flood passing into the Colorado on the closing
days of the month, with a crest 2 feet lower than the flood of the 21st. The details of both floods for three stations in Arizona are shown in Table 1, and Table 17 givw the details of rainfall in Arizona. Arkanam River and tributari-ies-The Arkansas was not in flood except below the mouth of the Neoslio. The flood was due to two eriods of heavy rains over the
stream, where it passes throuuh northeastern Oklahoma. Practically aU of the smalrer streams in Se uoyah,
Washington, and Nowata Counties, Okla., were swollen to an unusual height in the second period of heavy rains. There were two wave crevts ttt Forth Smith and at other points along the Arkansas in northeastern Oklahoma--see the Fort Smith hydrograph in fig.
A.J.H. 1 (xLIv-10). The first was caused by heavy rains on the 20th-21st. that followed the rivers had receded to about half a foot below the flood sta e a t Fort Gibson and Fort
later rains were not so intense as those first named, but were of much greater duration, continuing from the 26th to the 31st. In the Neosho watershed the rains of the first eriod
fell u on ice. &e ggh temperatures atteiiding the rains caused
a rapid meltmg of the ice cover and naturally a run-off that must have been very great. The Neosho in tho neiuhborhood of Iola, Kans., was covered by ice 7 incges in thickness. The breaking up of the ice and the few orges that were formed added to the height of the floocfwave that passed down that river. The damage along the Neosho was conhed rinci ally to bridges, highways and levees in Allen, %% 80s 0, and Labette Counties. There was but a single crest in the Arkansas below Fort Smith, as at Little Rock. The river at that oint was
the crest being 27.3 feet on Februwy 2 (flood stage 23 feet). It is probable that somewhat higher crest stages would have been recorded had the river remained
it, over a stri of territory said to be 15 m' 19 es long and 2
watersheds of the Neos K 0, the Verdigris and the main
Haskell, Le Flore, Latimer, Pittsburg, I? agoner,
In the four days of fair weather.
Smith, whereupon a secon i period of rains set in. These
ound that was covered with 2 inc E es of
above the flood stage from January 29 to Fe ! ruary 6,
within its banks at all places. Gage heights are given in Table 2. - - -. - - - - -
Rivers of iKisSmfi.-The Grand River at Chillicothe crested at 24.3, 6.3 feet above flood stage, on the 24th, due to heavy rains of the 21st and the subsequent breaking up of the ice. While the rains of the 21st were heavy over the head- waters of the Osage they were less hea over the lower
Osa e at Bagnell was 4.2 feet above flood stage and rising. Wh$e this flood synchronized with that from the Gascon- ade, both floods came out later than that from the Grand, and as a result the lower Missouri did not uite reach flood sta e-see hydrograph for Hermann, i o . Flood
Ta le 3. Rivers of lil;in&.-The region of northeastern Illinois, especially over the watersheds of the Fox, Des Plain-, and Kankakee Rivers, received a heavy fall of rain from the same storm that swept over northeastern Oklahoma. There was also a snow cover of about 3 inches at the be inning of the rains, which melted rapidly, on account
the watershed of the Illinois River above La Salle was not far from 1.5 inches. The area of the watershed above La SaUe is 11,649 square miles. The amount of water falling over this re ion on the 21st ag re ated 931,000 acre-feet. If ha# that amount reacted the streams, it would have required about five days, assuming a discharge of 50,000 second-feet, to pass any given point. The hydro raph for La Salle shows that the eak of the
above flood stage as late as February 15, when the last report was received. Details of floods in rivers of Indiana and Illinois a pear in Table 4. Rivers of P ndkmz.-The rains which caused severe floods in the upper Illinois on the 20th-21st did not over-
s read Indiana, but the second period of rains, beginning L u a r y 36 and concluding on the 31st, were especially heavy over southern Indiana and, together with li htcr
in all of the streams of the State. The hydro raph of
tion and intensity of the flood in the principal river of the State. Rivers of Kentucky and Tenn.essee.-The rivers in these States were in flood during the early days of the month, due to rains in the last few days of December and again on January 1 and 2. Heavy rains during the period January 11-13 were instrumental in kee ing the rivers
Table 5.
Ohio River.-The Ohio was not a t flood stage during January, 1916, above Cincinnati, Ohio, and the flood a t that place was both of short duration and little intensity. At Louisville, Ky., the flood stage was reached on the 13th, the river cresting on the 15th with a stage of 31.2 feet, 3.2 feet above flood stage. The above-named flood was separate and distinct from the flood in the lower Ohio during the closin da of the month. The lower Ohio was in flood practica%y tg whole month-see gage heights in Table 6 at Evansville, Ind. The first flood may be con-
sidered as beginning December 20, 1915, and ending about January 28, 1916. Immediatel thereafter a sec-
and at Cairo with B stage of 53.4 on the same date. There were, however, three distinct swells at Evansville during the pefiod December 20, 1915, to January 28, 1916-see Table 6.
stretches of the river. At the close o 7 the month the
at t B at point is 21 feet. Gage heights appear in
of 5 igh temperatures. The average 24-hour rainfall in
flood was a % out 24 hours in passing and that t% e river was
rains in the northern portion, caused very general B oods
the lower Wabash at Mount Carmel, Ill., shows t B e dura-
a t moderately high stages. Gage heig H ta appear in
ond flood set m, which crested at 40.2 9 eet on February 4,
M&&sip~ River.-The river was frozen at and north
of Dubuque throughout the month. At Davenport, although an ice orge had formed immediately below the
the river opposite the cit was open for a part of the
the 26th-27th, coupled with a s ell of high tem erature
hension in the cities of Davenport and Rock Islm$%ut flood st ea were not reached until February 2.
scribed in the preceding para aph, caused a sli ht flood a t Quincy, Ill., on the 2Stl1, Knnibal, Mo., on %e 39th, and Louisiana, Mo., on the 30th. St. Louis, Jfo.-The light swell mentioned in the pre- ceding para aph assed St. Louis on February 1, 1916,
January stage inde endent of ice conditions reached
crest of 53.4, or 8.4 feet above flood stage. In the 1913 flood the crest stage at St. Louis was but 27.4 feet. The increase in Mississippi water was more than offset by much less Ohio water in 1916 as coiupnred with 1913, crest stages in the lasbnamed river beiiig as niuch as 8 feet lower in 1916 than in 1913. The flood wave in the Ohio that crested a t Evansville on tho 38th with 43.6 feet was the greatest of the several swells that came out of the Ohio durin January and February, 1916, but it was not supportecfby relatively high stages in the Mississippi, the stage a t St. Louis being but 13.8 feet on the same date. Henco tho main Ohio crest reached Cairo on a falling Mississi i and, since the Ohio at
effect of this crest was to keep the Mississip i below
the rains of January 21-31 descended upon it.
. Hem his, Tmn.-The Mississippi a t this station was in floo B continuously from January 6 to February 23,
cresting at 43.5 feet on February 9, or 3 feet lower than in 1913. Peculiar interest attaches to the Mem- phis crest stages for the reason that it affords the first opportunity in several years of. noting the g!ge rela- tions between Cairo and Memphis, with a full river and the levees holding. In the oarly years, when the St. Francis Ri~sr~carried the overflow water escaping from the Mississippi in the neighborhood of Cairo, the Mein- his crest was as much as 15 or 16 feet lower than Cairo.
g, ith the extension of the levees to and above Cairo, the overflow is prevented, and naturally the difference between the Cairo and Memphis gage heights decreased. In the 1912 flood the difference sank to 5.7 feet. In
mouth of Rock B iver about the close of December, 1915,
time. The heavy rains o r the 30th-21st, and again on
in the dosing d a p of the mon El , created muc % a re-
Hanni 7 al, Afo.-The warm weather and rains, as de-
a t a crest o P F 31.2 eet (flood stage 30 feet), the highest
since 1861. T h e $ ays later it reached Cairo, with a
Evansville continued to fa v until the 28th, the only
Cairo at relative hgh stages until the crest pro B uced by
not overtopped.
It should be remembered that previous floods in this district caused levees to give way and hence the recorded crest stages were lower than they would have been had the
levees remained intact, as in the present flood. The increased crest stages of the present flood therefore represent the water that in former floods flowed through
crevasses in the levees. A table of crevasses during recent years follows:
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Number of crevasses in third district.
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1913. 1916..
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Nciu Orleans district.-On February 28 tho flood had not yet passed into the Gulf; the stage at New Orleans
had about come to a stand at 21.0 feet. Gage heights appear in Table 7. Other JIoods in Janu.ury, 191 6.-Aside from the flood in the Mississippi above described, their. were brief floods in the livers of southwestern Arkansas, in the headwaters of the Trinity River of Texas, and in the rivers of the Gulf drainage in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Azso in the Atlantic dramage of South Carolina and Georgia, as shown in Tables S and 9.
BROKEN LEVEES, FLOODS OF JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1916.
The following list of breaks in levees during the floods of Januai February, 1916, has been compded in the River anc&'lood Division, mainly from newspa er re-
. These reports fail to show whether the groken g:zs were private, State, or Federal, but it is believed that the great majority were of private ownership.
Sri--onn.-Governmentt levee on Colorado nmr Yuinn ve way Janusrv 22. Town of Yuiua and thousands oi wres of agricuf&ml land on both sides of the river were inundated. C'uZifornia.-Leveea near Bakerafield on Kern River mve way Janu- ary 1s. Arkansas, White Riucr, and tributaries.-Break in levee in up er White River, night of Jmuary 30, 15 miles south of Batesville, Art., caused loss of several hundred head of cattle and large quantities of winter wheat.
-4 series of br6aka in the levees of the upper Cache and Current Rivers, tributaries of the White, released larp volunies of water. On January 31 a sheet of mater about 16 miles wide extended from the Missouri State boundary to Newport, Ark. The Jacksonport levee at Newport, Ark., broke durin the night of January 31, resulting in a stage of water several feet jeep in the streets of the town. The Erl'Clelland levee, near Cotton Plant, Woodruff County, Ark., broke on the 31st. releasing considerable water from the lower Cache River, about 25 miles north of ita junction with the White. Waah from levee breaka in Greene Count flooded bottom lands tributary to the 8t. Francis River, January h. -4rknnsas Rivpr in Arkansas.-The entire drainage area of the Arkansae River from Fort Smith to ita mouth was in flood during the last few days of January and the h t of February. Levees were over- topped in many places along t ?Y e main stream and the entire levee system on several of the tributaries was severely damaged. Detailed re ortearembing. fffvees were reported broken near Van Buren. Crawford County, on the ni ht of January 39. The Arliansaa was out of ita banh at Ozark, Frankin County, and the river waa 5 nules wide at seven1 places. Gravel deposits caused permanent injury to farming land in many places along this stretch. Cattle and stored crops were lost, but the warmn At &ly bend, 8 milea eaat of Dardanelle, and at a point 20 miles east, breah occurred during January 30, flooding about 6,000 acree of arable land. It WBB eetimated that the loee of etored crop8 totaled 10 per cent of the aunual crop.
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minimized the lose to a large extent.
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Do.. Colorado.. Sacramento.
A break at Index, Conway County, February 1, severed communi- atiOna with a large area to the west and submerged lowland property. The largeat break occurred at Cummins, on the main river, on
February 1 releasing eat volumes of water. rhich spread over large portiona of kincoln an7 Desha Counties and the northern half of Drew md Chicot Counties. It is estimated that over 200.000 ncres of farming land were inundated and several lives were reported lost. At this date M c ia till demoralized and detailed estimtes of the damage are not adable. A break at State Farm, on the White River, a few miles north of ita junction with the Arkansas, near Stuttgart, flooded lowlands between the white and Arkamas and choked the bnyous drnining into the Arlceness below ita junction with the White. Rivera o south~uestern Arkansns.-The Bed. R.iver of Arkansns went out of ita a n b January 29, severely damaging the newly completed leVeeS. !C b 0uachit.n left ita banks on the same date. in Clark 2nd Ouachita Countiea, flooding thousands of acre9 of arable lanil. The Saline River, January 30, broke out of ita levees on the west side and inundated portions of Drew and d.shley Counties. A private levee protecting the Waldo-Magnolia railway broke January 31 near Waldo, Columbia County, and waa expected to be n totnl loss. hwr Mississippi River.-The levee at West Hickmm, Icy., gave
wp and water backed up into Hichnan. January 31.
&e levee on the right bank of the Mississippi nenr Newellton, La., ve way. Februa 15. The overflow passed into the old basin of L e St. Joseph an3 $e speed of the flow waa thereby retarder!. so M
to enable the inhabitants OF the lowland$ to escape. Portions of Franklin and Catahoula and the larger part of Tensw and Concordia
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Yumn Ariz.. Jrintb, Cal d.0
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Parishes were overflowed. Amt&qfalaya.-The levee broke on the right bank of the Atchafalaya. 8 &ea below Melville, February 13, but was closed during the after-
Do.. ........... Do. :-. ......... San Josquin.. ..... Kin:$ ..............
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noon of the 14th. The levee again broke, February 15, G illil~s below Melville, on the ' ht bank, forming a crevasse 1,000 feet mde. The flood watera atexed over St. Landry and the east portion of St. Martin Parishes. Wabash River of Indiana.-The levee at La Fayette gave way on February 1, aubmereing the lower section of the town. The levee at Attica, Fountain County, waa under 2 feet of water February 1. Portions of Warren County were jnundatcd. Flood waters overtopped the levee at Covmgton. Severe loss to
ahxed crop reaulted. The Conover levee in west Terre Haute broke, February 3, inundat- '
%e Honey Creek levee. 8 miles soutk of Terre Haute. broke Feh- 2. because of backwater from the Wabaph; 15.000 acres of fam-
"r and were inundated.
%e levee protection alon Wild Cat Creek. a tributary of the Wabash of La Fayette, over&w.ed February 1. Escaping waters did conmderable damage 111 the vicinity of hokoruo. Ind. Whh Riz~er, West Fork.:The.M est Washington Street levee in In- disnepolie, Ind., broke durmg nlght of January 31, but wncl kept from giving way entirely. Portions of hforgan, Greene, and Martin Counties were overflowed by escyping water from levee breaks. Shoale, Martin Co., reported the river out of its banks for the third time in five weeb. On the lower stretches of the river, Daviess County suffered from inundation of thousands of acres of farming land. Much winter wheat was lost; highways, embankments, rdlway property, and bridges mere waahea out. Wh& River, East Fork-Blue River. Flat Rock, Brand wine, and Band Creeks were out of their banks from J:musry 31 to Jebruary 3.
Levee at Shelbyville, Shelby Co.. on the Blue River, broke during the night of January 31, releaaing a large volume of water which spre.d over lowland fanus.
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1,OOO acres of built-up suburban pro erty.
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Red Bluff, Cal-.. .... 23.0 ................. .' 22.0 Sacramento, Cal.. ... 39.0 .................. 24. X
Lathrop Gal._.___ ... l i .U .................. 1I;. 2
........ Piedra, 631.. 12.11 i
17 1s 1x.c
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Arkansss ........... Tulsa Okla .......... Do ............. F o r t h i t h 4rk .....
Do ............. I Pine Bluff.Ark ......
Do. ............ DardaneIle.'Arli. .... Do ............. i
LIttleRock,Arli ....
!l!here has been much conflicting evidence as to the loss of life in the floods above considered. The official
in char e at the Weather Bureau office in San Die o
power Otay Dam at 18, and there appear to be fairly well authenticated reports of the loss of 8 lives in Los An eles
California 26.
Three lives were lost in northeastern Oklahoma, 16 at various points in Arkansas, 3 in the vicinity of Newell- ton, La., making a total of 22 in the Great Central Valley and a grand total of 48 during the month.
laces 6 e loss of life occasioned by the breaking of t Fl e
and adjoining counties, making the total for sout fl ern
i+t I 16.b I .........
23.0 I 29
22.0 I 22 20.0 23
25.0 I 29
The property loss has been placed at amounts ranging from 51,000,000 to $7,000,000. Effort is bein macle to obtain a conservative estimate of the loss in t f ie various flooct-stricken regions. The loss in the Great Central Vdc,y,so far as crops are coiicerned, is not lwge, dthough i t is much too enrly to make a final rcport.
STAGES ATTAINED DURING THE JANUARY FLOODS.
The followin tables (1 to 10) have been compiled in
followed in rorious flood discussions cluring 1915 in this REVIEW. &lese tnhles show: (1) Name of river and place whe.re it was in flood, (2) flood stage and the time during which the river was sbovo its flood stn e, (3) tho crest stage and the date on which it mas rem E ed at tho place mentioned. Table 10 givis n coixtrison of stages
Hydrographs for t ,i d points on seve,ra bsissiPpi- principal attained during previous floods in the
rivers are shown on 8 i a r t I. Tile stations selected for cliiirtinv nra Keokuk, St. Louis, R;Ieniphis, Vicksburg, and New OlfleiJ1is, on the Mississippi; Cincinnati and Cairc, on
tho Ohio; Nashville, on the Cunibdtmd ; Johnsonville, on the Tennessee; Kansas Cit, , on the Missouri; LittJe Rock, on the Arkansas: and S 9 ireveport, on the Red.
TABLE 1 .-Floods in the r i m s qf the Pm@c s l o p , January, 1916.
accordance wit f: i tho uniform plan adopted in 1915 and
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...... Batesville, Ark I 18.0 14 .do. ............. 1s. 0 29 Ne ort Ark ....... 26.0 16
Georgetown, Ark .... 22.0 3 Clsrendon, Ark.. .... 30.0 30
.-..To. .'.. .......... 1R. 0 30
Feet. 9. 1s. I
1:. 0 11.11 9.0
33. s 1s. 2 1;. 3
24 19 29
a0 23 22 24 ZS, 29
25 23 31.31 17
22
17
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Above flood i !
stage. River. I Station.
1 1 From- i
1 Februery.
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To-
...... 31 31 16
'7 22
w 23 28
31 .3":
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31 15 31 16 31 18 112
1 10 18
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Stage.
Fc'et. 10.0 32.7 29.5 2:. 3 29.6 11.4 21.7 25.0
26.6
26.8 29.5 24.0
7.2 11.9 28.8
26.5 20.5 51.0 20.6 35.4 27.4 33.4 37.5 3s. 5
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Date.
21 30
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13
2)
23 23 28 23
30 a%
29
31
31 14 31 15 31 17 11 l3&4
18
31
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F&?#. Boandla Yo ....... P.0 Hc0mcmn:YIO ........ 81.0
c u e yo ...... iao MA ......... 28.0
Mo ....... 120
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aS 2.9
Fed.
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wdhonding Ohio Norria Point' Ohio-'- coshooton dhio..::: Prospect bhio ....... Bellpolni Ohio ...... Columbd Ohio ..... cir-; Ohio ..... do ............... ChWioothe, Ohio .... .-...do ............... Delaware Ohio ...... King8Ydl.g Ohio .... Sidney Ohio ........ Pi UB 'Ohio ......... &,Ohio ....... do ............... do ............... Weat M b n , Ohio... .....do ...............
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13
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31
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To-
3 3
....,
Btuxe.
re&. ao. 7 30.7 P. 0 32.8 89. o
D8te.
--
8
s 5 6 1
46.7
48.8
S3.4 47.1
48.1 46.7 43.6 40.2 42.1 aa6 44.6 4a.6 47.4
11.8
&.a
m.0
a1.a
15
Y
14 16
6
1417 la 1 4
la 16 l# 11
so,=
IS
a
IS
UIfi
1 4
Do ............. Do. ................. Do.. ........... Do .................. Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do ............. Do ............. Do.. ........... Do .............
Evansville, Ind ..... do.. ............ Hendezson, Ky. .... do .............. Mount V-, Ind. -.-..do.. ............ Bhswneatown Ill-.- Padacah, Ky: ...... .....do.. ............ Cairo, XU ............
I I- ---- -- I To- I stw.I Date-
M. la. 7 9 89.9 1 19.3 3 88.8 4 a8.D 6
a2.6 8 9.4 9 110 8 38.1 2 41.2 8 4a. 4 S
44. D 8 49.2 8 a0.1 6-8 28.1 14
98.2 13 24.0 12
24.1 13 31.6 13
91.4 19 25.6 ia
1i.s ia s a EI
7.8 a 10.9 a 10.6 a 9.7 21
Fed. 12.0 33.0 18.0 820 40.0 31.0 8.0 8.0 45.0 40.0
40.0 43.0 46.0
31.0
2a. 0
12.0
~~ ~ ~~~~
25.0
~
DO:: ........... O m b &o Pa.: .... aO.0 DO.. ........... LO&, NO. 4. Pa...... 81.0 KLOLimhetas ....... s"'t"bq Pa.. ...... 8.0 Shenango .......... Sharon a .......... 9.0 Beaver ............. Beave~'FalLs Pa ..... 10.6 EastBranchDela- FlshsEd&.k.Y ... 10.0
......
m. o m. o
m. o
Teameuse... ........ Do. ............ Do.. ........... Do. ............ Do. ............ Do.. ...........
North orkHolston Cumberland ........ Do.. ........... Do. ............ Do.. ........... Do. ............ Oreen.. ............
w8t"T.. ........
......
........ .........
lo 9 T ~L E 4.-F& in the river8 of Ohw, I-, Illinois, and Maigan,
Jmuuy, 1916. ......... 3 a
a .........
t
la l2 12
12 12
..-.--.-. .........
.........
ia
....... 4 8
11 t
u 12 la
11 l2 la
.......
....... .......
.......
Above flood stege. crest.
-
Date. Kentucky..
Cheat. Fed. 7.0 25.0 P. 0 32.0 8.0
8.0 10.0 9.0 17.0 7.0 7.0 14.6 14.6 9.0 17.0 10.0 12.0 12.0 la. 0 12.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 13.0
ao
2 4 Fed. 9.3 24.3 23.6 33.7 12.5 11.6 13.4 12.8 9.0 16.8 14.5 13.5 18.0 16.4 10.8 17.8 10.2 10.9 15.4
13.9 11.3 16.0 8.3 13.5
la. 1
E a 10.8 11.6 10.6
12.6 20.6
18.8 14.6 12.6 1 2 9 20.6 17.9 15.9 21.6
22.6
ac. 4 32.0 14.8 16.1 16.1 18.8 17.0 20.8 28.1 2s. 7
22.8 ab. 8 19.6 32.9 23.1 20.7
w. a
la. 8
ia 6
ia 7
so. a
8.8
w. a
-
3 3 3 4
3
3
2 3 14 4 15 2 13
2 2 13 31 2 31 13 2
3 2 6 23 31 4 4 6
31 4 4 31 5 15 a3 31 9 31 21 18 14 3 31 2 11 4 11 7 16
I I
9 22 25
22 28 23
a
a
a
a
l i &a
-
................ ................ 2 l ................. I I -. ........... .... Do ............. TrlbesHill:N:Y .... 16.0 Do ............. &hemctady,N.Y... 15.0
Mohawk Little Falla N Y 6.0 ware.
................, :I :
.................
P I
4 3 5 a3 31 6 6
8 31 5 4 31 9 16 25 31 18 31 31 19 18
3 11 3
1%
2 2 4 22 31 1 93 3 31 8 3 31 3 13 22 29 4 31 1 13
3
2 31 -
2 6
2 9 19 17
1 28
4 14 16 *l 2 2 n
2 8 % 2 2 %
ai
a i
ai 1 2
a0 17
a0 112
4
TABLE B.-Fbo& in the Ohw Rim, Januuy, 1916.
Flood stage.
-
Fed. 22.0 80.0 33.0 36.0 40.0
50.0 50.0 50.0
46.0
40.0
40.0
85.0 85.0
33.0 93.0 1 .0 85.0 35.0 43.0 43.0 45.0
m. o m. o
m. o
Oh& ............... Do ............. .... Do ............. Do ............. Do .............
Do. ............ Do ............. Do.. Do ............. ........ 3
14 14
12 1 31 1 31 1
w 1 7 19
6
i a
a
..... 8 17 16 18
JANUARY, 1916. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 33
Rivw.
TABLE 7.-Fhda in the dli8&sippi River, Janimry and Februay, 1916.
Above Eood
IFloodl stage. - Station.
TABLE 10.-Highmt river 8tqe8 at va&w phces during t?be Jooda 01
1889, 1897,1903, 1912. 1918, and 1916.
I I Highest Stape.
Feet. 15.0 14.0 17.0 14.0
12.0
18.0 30.0 30.0 30.0
13.0
12.0
,
......... ......... 27 28
w
29 31 31 29
m
m
Cinclnnati Ohio ....... Ev3nsvilld Ind ............. Nmhville. 'rem. ....... Jolinsonville. Teiin.. ... Paducsh. Ky .......... Csiro.111 .................... IiansasClt Mo HaMibhl .~~o...::::::: St. Louis. Mo. .............. New Hodrid. Mo.. Memphis, Tenn ............. Helena, Ark ................ Little Rock. Ark ....... hrkannaq City. Ark.. .. YamoClty Miss ....... Vicksbur .'Miss.. ...... Nakhez. t i s .. ........... Alexandria. La.. ....... Baton Rouge. La ....... Donaldsonville. La.. New Orleans, La ............ Yonroe, La ............ Simmesport La.. ...... Melville, La! ................
Crest.
Feet. Feet. Feet. OhIo.. ................ 34.6 61.1 53.2 do ................ 41.9 43.6 42.4 Cumhrrland.. ........ 65.1 48.7 40.7 Tennessee.. ........... 43.8 18.0 33.7 Ohio .................. 49.9 sU.9 47.6 do ................ 51.8 51.6 60.6 b?ksouri.. .................. 22.8 116.0 Mississippi ............ 7.0 30.8 lp8.6 do.. .............. 28.2 31.0 158.0
.......... do. ........................... 39.5 do ................ 35.0 37.1 40.1 do ................ 47.2 51.8 51.0 Arkan$% ............. 25.7 21.4 24.8 liis*issippl.. ........ __I.. .... 51. D 53.0 Y~ZOO ................. I ...... 31.5 2!3.7 kiidlssissippi.. ....... .-.I 4% 8 52.5 51.8 ..do.. ............... 49.8 50.4 Red.. ............... ./-%:8 26.3 36.2 Mississippi ............ I ...... 40.6 40.0
........ do. ..................... 32.8 32.2 do ................ 15.8 19.5 20.4 Ouachlta .................... 37.9 44.5 Atchafdaya ........................... do ...................... 36.1 38.7
Bed ................
From- To- Stnge.
Fc rt. Ff et. Fulton. Ark ......... 28.0 29 31 30.6
.... 11.0 25.0
Trinity.. 25.0
Do .................. 25.0 Do. ............ Trinidad, Tex.. ..... 28.0
........
........... ........
as 28 11.0 .................. 24.2
30 31 25.0
23 25 ?A5 27 31 34.9 30 31 30.4
..................
Rlver. Station.
From-
--
To- Stage.
--
Date.
--
28 10 !a 2 4 18 23 1
1 1
1 1 1 1 1
$1
c )4
18 31 25 11 1 3 6 3 5 8 1 1 10 13 1
52.9 50.2 13.0 43.1 33.0 12. 2
23
6 1 3 2 1
-
Date.
-
To-
-
Stwe.
-
I916
Feet. 43.7 40.2 15.6
25.0 45.0 53.4 9. 3
15.3 31.5 41.9 43.5 1.4
66.4 a. 9 68. v 68.6
42.6 34.0 !a. 0 40.0
41.9
-
a a
aa. I
.....
-
-
1912
Feet. 53.4 42.6 46.5 35.4 49.9 54.0
23.2 19.0 30.8 44.0 45.3 54.4 24.0
56.4
52.1 51.4 33.6
u. 8 U 6 88.0
60. 1 41.0
-
m. 4
1. a
-
-
1913
FCU. 70.0 48.4
44.9 33.3 64.8
21.9 14.3 27. 2 44.6 48.6
17.3 35.1 29.8 523 52.4 24. 2 41.3 32.7 20.5
36.9 46.9 41.7
I
M. a
66. a
-
From-
Fcrt. 14.2 13.1 17.7 15.1 15.3 12 0 15.0 23.4 31.5 30.8 3G. 4 41.0 43.5 53.4 5ti. 4 50.7 53.9 53.6 42.6 34.0 21.0
-
Jan. 25
as 21 28
29 w 30 31 31 Feb. 2 3 '6 110 '11 110-11 111 14 15 115
* 1-3
1%
a I.
-
mf&&ppI.. ....... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ........... Do.. ...........
.. ..... ....... .......... ...... ....... .... .do. .. .......... Qraftan Ill .......... 8t Louis Mo ........ Chester ill.. ........ cape drardeau. MO.
New Madrid Yo.. -. Memphis, Thnn ___.._ Helena, .4rk.. ....... ArkansasCit Ark nremville A. .. Vicksbur 'M iss..... Natchez %kiss ....... BatmR'ouge La.... Donaldsonvilb LS. - New Orlesns, I!&. ..
42 0 42.0 45.0
46.0 35.0 aa 0
ia o
4 1s 17 24 2s 30 31
IFebrwy. 3 Still above flood atage, Mar. 10,1916. Vdarch.
1 Occurred later than the lower YIssinSIppi Eood.
FLOOD-PRODUCIBQ RAINS OF JANUARY.
TAFJLE I.-Flooda in the Red River aiid the, rivers of the reat Gulf States, Januay, 1916. The depths of rainfall day by day in the counties of southern California are shown in tabular form in Tables
11 to 16, inclusive. Thoso data arc furnished in advance of their regulnr uhlication through the courtesy of Dis-
Table 1s is a r6sum6 of the data of Tsbles 11 to 17, stated in the form of the cktily nvernge precipitntion in southern Cdifornia and Arizona. Ordinarily the greater the area covered the less will be the average precipitation, since precipitation usually pro- gresses from west to enst, and when summed by dates may not be uniform over the entire district, being less on the eastern front as the storm approaches and diminishin on the western front as the storm recedes. Other consiikre- tions, such as altitude and exposure to the winds, tend to .mako the horizontal distribution estreniely irregular, but when grouped by the smaller poliLica1 divisions, such as counties, we should expect reator uniformity in depth,
distribution than when greater areas are grouped together. Table 19 gives the average dailv preapitation in those' watersheds east of the Rocky Mountains in which the streams were in severe flood. These data have been sup- lied in advance of their regular publication b the section !hectors of the several States concerned. The courtesy of the several directors is here acknowledged. The rainstorm of the 21st in Oklahoma moved rapidly to the northeast over the Great Lakes on the afternoon of the 31st, and the weather in its rear cleared ra idly. There was practicnllv no rnin of conse uence R P ter 8
a. m. of the 22d. "lie recipitntion of Lis storm was heaviest in northcautwn 6 klnhonia and northern Illinois. Between these two reaions the rainfall in the storm's path was considerably Rghter. This fact is not brought out in Table 19, hence we have compiled Table 20,
showing the rains of 3, inclics nncl over in 24 hours alon the storin track froni Oklnhoma to northern Illinois, a n i also for other dates and places. This table represents the local variation in intensity that in generd attends widespread rainstorms.
trict Forecaster P; eorge H. Willson, of Srtn Francisco, Cal.
level for level, and in genera 4 a more uniform horizontal
-
Date.
-
31 28 31 29, 30 31 25 30 31
TABLE 9.-Fbods in the riirer8 of the East Gulf and South Atkmtic Blntes,
Jnniiuq, 191 6.
Flood stage.
-
nw 37.0 25.0 25.0
21.0 20.0 13.0 46.0 39.0 35.0 35.0 30.0 11.0 14.0 24.0 12.0 12. 0 30.0
Atclmfale ........ I ........ I
' N u t & Yssoo.. ............ Pearl ................ Do.. ........... W& Pearl ......... B h k Warri or...... lknubigbee.. ....... Ahhama.. ......... Do.. ........... chrrttahaoehee.. ... oamulgee .......... eahlda.. ........... w.teree.. .......... I*ntee.. ........... Do.. ........... Roanoke.. .........
........
... .......
...... ......
IFebmarp. *Still above flood stage, Mar. 10,1916.
3054&18---3
34 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. JANUARY, 1916
I&. 1.86 T. .09 0
The second period of rains east of the Rockies began late on the 25th and continued intermittently until the 31at. The intensity varied on the several dates, as may be athered from the data of Table 20. A region of
the 27th-28th, in southern Missouri and in the imme- diate drainage of the Ohio in Illinois, Indiana, and west- ern Kentucky on the 29th and 30th. Outside of these re 'ons (see A. J. E. fig. 2, xuv-11) precipitation was
%! t to moderate and did not form an important con- tnbution to the floods. In general, the depths of rainfall east of the Rockies in the first period were not sufEicient, under the average
mar 5 ed local intensity is found in eastern Oklahoma on
Inchu. Inchu. 0.06 3.86 .47 6.30 .18 , 1.89 .25 4.48
conditions of ground absorption, to have produced flood stages, but the sleet-ice cover in southeast Kansas and southwest. Missouri and the snow cover in northern Illinois evidently prevented any considerable pound
absorption at first. Hence the ra idity with whch the
period of rains the temperature ww above freezing and the The rains in tE beginning of the second period were light to mod- erate, but increased in inteiisity durin and continued moderately heavy for t e three consecu- tive days, January 28-31, 1916. (See Table 19, for Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.)
rivers reached flood stage. At t 51 e close of the €irst
f the second day
ound, in Arkansas at least, free of frost.
TOW.
TABLE 1L-Daily precipaatbn in VclPtum County, Cal., Janruny 16-0 and %49,1916.
--- a I 25
-
29
Total.
--
Inchu. 6.40 5.00
3.20 5.19
$68
6.10
--
IneLsr. 3.00 4.00
3.00 8.90 4.41 4.40
4.76
Illhrrmbrcr.. - -. . . - -. . . . . . . - -. . -. . . - - -. - -. . . . . - - . . - . . . . . . . . . . Amadh.. -. . . A m .._._....._..._.........._........_...............-.... Bmsett ._...._..___. _. .. . .'-. . . . - _. . . . . . - .. . . . . . . . . -. . .__ .. . . Camp Bonito.. . . -. . . . . . . . . -. . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. - . . -. . Ckremont .................................................. Chrwater Power House.. . ... .. . . . .. . . . . . . .._. .. . . . . . -. . . . comton .....___..._......_...............-........................
I)arste ...................................................... El Monh .._. .. __ __ . . . -. . . . -. . . . . -. . . . -. . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fdmumt .... -. . . -. . . . -. . . . . . . . . . -. . . . - -. . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . -. Iron Forb.. . ...._. .. ._. ..... .. . . . . . . . - __. . . . . - .. ._. . _.. . .. Beach.. . -. -. . -. -. . . . -. . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . -. . -. -. . . . . . .
-. . . . . . . - -. -. -. . . . -. -. . . . -. . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . .
& ........_..........-._........................-.......
kx5bur
~
................................................. Ew&Le. -. . . -. -. . . . -. . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -. . . . . . . .......................................... Y[onrovis.. - -. . . . -. . . . -. . . . -. . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . - - - . . . . . . Mount WIkTll. .-..-.-.-.. .. .. .. . ..--.... . .. .. . . ._._. . . . . .. - Nennoh.. . . -. -. . . . . - - -. . . . . . . . -. -. . -. -. . . . . . . - - -. . . -. . . . . - - Newhall.. . -. . . . -. . . . -. . . . -. . . . . . -. -. . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . Norwalk ....__...._. ._ .'.... ._._._._... .. . .. ._. .. ._._. . .. .. . . Pacda.. . . . -. . - -. . . . - - - -. - - . -. -. . -. . . -. . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . Mat8 ................................................... Pomom ....................................................... RevellM.. -. . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . - - - . . . . - . BsnFenundo .............................................. am Gabriel... ............................................. BanPedro ................................................... mt.Monba ................................................ sierra- ................................................ TropIco... -. . . . -. -. . - - -. . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . -. -. . . . . . . . . .
wmhgton.. . . . . -. . . - . . . . . . -. . . . . - . . . . - . - - - . . . . - - . - . . . . . . .
Dally Ulmna'.. . .. ... . .. .. .
_..I. ........I.
..-..... .. . .
;d l ... . . -. -. . - -. . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . - . . . -. . . . -. . -. .....................................................
Fd.
640
. . . . .. .. 2,000 1 200
2:350
- . -. . . . . . -. . - . .
I
...._..I
...... -. . . -. . . . . 8, 047
. . . . -. .,
467 3,420
3,300
.....-..
. -. . . . -. 6,850
. . . . . . . .
. . . . -. . ,
1,670
. 825 840
875
62 110
. . . . . . .
....._.
1,400
3,760 . . . . . . .
149
. . . -. . . ,
-......
I
Idu. 1.10 .56
.Q5
.72 1.60
.sa .30 .MI .70 .46 .67
.52 16.76 .40 .Bo .43 11.10 .46 1.14 .26 .38 .72 .57
.75 1.05 .57 .68 .e5 0 .63 .94 .10 .39 .75 .65
Inchrr. 0
'
'nchw. 9.50 9.60
11.99 7.46 15.83 10.40 4.70 3.52
11.07
6.20 16.75 2.m 11.96 6.48 11.10 10.47 12.47 2.66 7.34 4.49
S.31 10.00 3.47 7.38 9.07 1.90 a45 9.74 3.40 6.31
e. 76
206
a 80
aa4
a 27
Inchu. hbu. 0 I o !nchu. 0.40 .50
T.
0 0 .58
.63 0 .40 .Oa
.Bo .07 .71 .43 3.76 0 .30 0 .43 .15
' .40 .31 0 0 0 0
0 .bo
.38
.50 .05
.60 0
.36
T.
InchU. 3.40 4.12 4.10
8.33 5.67 4.74
4.08 4.03 3.93 1.23 6.15 3.98 4.84 3.48 3.76 3.95 5.88 0.12 8-10 3.48 3.76 3.48 4.29 0.80 2.44 2.35 2.60 3.98
1.34 0.P
coo 4.26
3.72 2.77
4 .n
28 I 29 ITOM- 26 1 27
~ ~~ ~ ~~
Fed. Inchu. I n c h . I n c h . Inchu. Idu. c.snUiu0 ........................................................... 3 .3 0 1 .s o 0 .2 5 0
OjJVaUey ................................................. 900 * 6.85 2.15 .28 0
OSOM ...................................................... 3,680 2.80 1.82 .49 0 0 WIos8.tiooy ............................................... 160 .28 3.00 1.35 .33 0
D.UrmeanaI. ....................................... .._..... 1.66 2.58 1.32 .22 0
Iwhu. I d e a . Inches. 4.85 0.07 0.55
4.61 .07 .14 4.96 .13 .34
a28 .is .70
6.08 1) .ll 1 .43 .49 I .24 I 3.91 .q 1.82
TABLE 12.-Daily preeipitath in Loa Angela County, Cal., January 16-20 and t&29,1916.
-
10
-
'*a.
0.02
. 04
.05 .07
.06
.05
0
0 .12 0 1.07
.06
.58
2.00 .07
.41 .05 0
1.00 *
* * .m
.60
.34
-
26
'richer. 0
0 0.10 .08
.05 .16
.07 0 .07 1.25 T.
.08 0 .33
.06
.03 0 0 .10 .05 0 .35 0 .06 0 0 0 .10 1.00 0
0
.19
-
-
27
lnchu. 3.00 1.02 1.26 1.40 1.54 1.20 1.85 2.34 1.16 1.18 1.38 .67 4.65 2.80 3.30 2. 28
1.13 4.40 .12 2.07 1.80 1.36 2.58 1.10 .36 1.62 2.36 1.60 285 2. 60 1.40
.sa
-
220
1.80
-
-
a8
'rich. 0 1. Bo 1.67 1.40 3.32 2.19 0 .88 1.66 1.70 .40 .41 0 .68 0 0
1.82 .03
0 0
.w 1.09
. 01 2.22 .46 .61 0 .80 0 .12 0 0 3.00 .70
.72
-
~
17 I 18 io I 2o
--
0 0.16 .50
.a0 .42 0
.07 0 .I .16 .09
0 .08
0 0 0 .41 0 0 0 .26
.16 0 .55
0 0
0 0
0 0 .a3 0
0
. 11
.a0
1.00 1.17 .45 .76
.61 .25 .66
0 1.08 0 .13
.45 .83
.33
.92 .76 0 0 .50 .75 .64
.60 0 0 0 .40 .63 1. a0 0 0 .60 .e4
.u
0
T. 0 0 T. 0.17 .07
.75 0 .50 0
0 0
. 11
2.02 I
::Z j a;58
4.45 I
1.85
4.10
6.08
6.38 1.40 3.03 2.00 4. 60 4.68 3.50 1.25 3.67 6.30 .40
5. 60 2. 60 2.77
1. Bo
.&?
7.40 1
.48
3.05 .82
4.48 4.37 .80 1.83 1.45 3.05 2.47 4.85 1.45 2.73 2. 82 .60
6.83 3.30 .80 1.73
0.00
.80
a. 94
.02
.36 0 0 0 .IO .04
. 02
0 .16 0 0 0
.60
0
.70
-11 3.u
It
.a4 I I
TABLE 13.-Daily precipitation in Oranqa County, Cal., January 16-80 and 2+29,1916.
--
I d u . Inches.
.10 1.68 .17 9 4 2 .,l4 1.78 .I2 1.75 .9 3.52
am 3.80
.-
I%M. 1.67 .87 1.57 1.18 1.00 1.17
---
6.05
4.18 0 .32 .!a 1.62 L74 0
2g 0 .41 .ab 1.41 1.88 .07 -47 I 0 .40 0 3.01 .oL
I%hM. InChU.
.w .32 .88 .42 .51 .57 .7a .3a 1.17 0
am o
Daily meam ...........-.-. .. . ... . .. .. .. . .. . . . .- .. ._. . 1 .. . .. .. . I .19( 2.241 1.261 .88l .%I 4.8411 0 1 .39( .14 1.981 LIS( .a51 3.94
RsinhU included in the next mesauement. 1Fortheparposeofiormingthedail meanathetotslamountof rein 811 givenfor a Zew ats~lnthetebleaatwhichbuta~rneeswmrent for tho akmnwunudr, w u dbtributed proportIonatdy among &e several d a y on which rein fed
JANUARY, 1916. . MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW.
TABLE 14.-Daily precipitation i n San Bemardim County, Cal., Januazy 16-20 and 24-29, 1916.
.._.._. 1.56 1.70 .50 1.2s 1.45 .73 14.20 .i S 1.37 .43 1.20 3.02 .10
_.._... .28 0 0 0 1.85
.. 0 0 0
0
0 0 0 0
14.20
5 76 20:18 15.53 8.47 26 87
&O B I
1 0 .85 0 .42
1 .51 1.78 .25 1.00
1 0 .69
I .13 .89 0 0
.60 .05 1.14 2.25 .OS
.80 0
......._ 1 3 1 5.34 8.45 3.18
7.05 1.41
....__.. .48 0 .10 .14 .80
7.15 .07 1.05 .35 -53
1.60 0 0
Ildlmds.. . . . . . . . -. . -. . . . -. . -. . . -. . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . -. . . - -. - Rlalto near) ....................................................
Bm Benuudiuo. .. . .. . .. . . . . ._. . - .. . .. . . -. . . -. . -. . . -. . . . . . . BqllimlInn ................................................ Bwnmlt ._..._._..._..................._.......--...-.......
Dailpmesrur* .........................................
t3evm&& ........................................................
__
1’ 352 2’250 5’000 1’054
5 :m 3,823
......_. --
.55 3 .w 5.60
.SO 1.21
.#)
1.30
.._._.....-.... 3.41 12.95 6.10 6.29 118.81 2.35
5.70
___--
2s 28
Inches. Inchea. 2.00 0.05 0 0 0.25 .Bo .25 .46
.06 .43 .02 .21 -03 .47 .I .ll
.w .29
---
TOW.
I&. 7.05 0.80 6.35 6.11 2.88 6.54 3 .1 3.19
4s
A ...................................................
cabbullla.. -. -. . - -. -. . . - . . -. . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . - . . . . . . . caon~ ..................................................... El hw... . . . . . . . . . -. -. . -. . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . -. . . . . EMqe .................................................... Rivsrside .................................................. BmJselnto .........................................................
Dallymeans ................................................
....................................................
Feet. Inched. Inchea. 1,YI 0 1.30
_...._.. 0.20 4.20
3,Wu 2.00 2.00 615 .7n 4.30 . . . _. . _. * 3.00 1,300 3.43 2.30 851 2 .3 1.15
1,560 1.10 2.78
_..__._. 1.35 2.50
Iwhes. 9. I1 13.40 6.75 7.01 5. ti5 7.5s
4.53 5. OB
Inches. 0
0
0
0.03 0
.?5
.28
0
Inches. 0 0.50 1.50 .01
’ .37 1.40 .65 0
Iwhes. 5.00 0.10 1.50 6.00 1.15 3.40 1.67 2.17
B d t a .....................................................
Cuyaw.. . . . . . -. . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . -. . -. . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . E1 won.. -. . -. . . . . . . . . -. . . -. . . -. . . . . . . . -. . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . Emndldo ........................................................ Jrrllsn .._..._..____ _............._.___._ _.. __ _.__.. ._ ..._ .. . La Jolla.. __ . . . -. . . -. . . -. . - -. . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . -. . -. . . . Ytss Grsnde.. -. . . . . . . . . -. . . . -. -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . -. -. . Nellie ...................................................... Oak Omve. .. ._ .. _..._.. _......... ... _.._. ._.__.. _.. . _.. . . . Oceanside .................................................. Polnt Loma.. . . . . . . .. . . . . : . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. -. . . . . . - SmDleg~ ................................................ Warner prlngs.. ...................................................
Daily means ............................................
csmpo ._........_.... .. .....................................
R e t . 110 2 543
4:877
a? 710 4 ?22 2: 715 3,350 5 350 2:751 ti0
302 93 3,165
._.....
uti-
1
tude. 18 I 17 18
-- I -a
2 6 1 2 7 1 ’ 2 8 [2 9
Inches 0 1.71 2.55
3.57 3.84 1.00 1.86 12.00 2.60
.98 2.80 3.40 1.lX 5.83 2.85
3.05
......
......
-
!ad.% 4.0, 6.94 7.91
4.00
3.06 5. !a b. 13
8.60
3.88 9.84 1a10 4.67
,1.41
6.m
...--..
law
am
ia m
-
Inches. Incks.
0.7;
1 8 .81 0.74 .83 -. . . - -. ............... .15 4.80 1.02 8.80 2.20 1.70 .54 4.91 .10 7.02 .29 3.12
.62I 1.251 .MI .95 1.05 I .I7
Rainfall included in a subsequent measurement.
8 For the pups8 of forming the dail means the toti amount 01 rain, as given for a few statione in the tables at whlch but a sln The t a h t d a t Squlrrel Inn on the 17th (16.81) b the reateat amount for one day ever recorded in C a l I f d .-G . H. W.
w u distributed pmportionstaly among tie several days on whlch reln Zdl.
TABLE 15.-Daily precipitation in River& County, Cal., Januny 16-20 and 2.449, 1916.
3 measurement for the storm was made,
statlona. -_
20
Total. -
ll 24
-
18 25
I ~~A C S .
3.01) 4. 60 2.25 1.96 1.25 1 .w
. ti1
. 96
2.00
-
Inchrs. 3. no 2. lo .50
. $7 1.20 .45 .51 .s2
1.2s
-
Inches. 1.31 2.30 0 T. 0.20
0
0 0
.a -
Inches. 0
0
1.50 .36 .38 .26 .43
.a
.43
-
7.81 11 .07 .&I 2.50
Ra&hrll included in a subsequent messurement.
TABLE 16.-Daily precipitation in San Diego Cozcnty, Cal., January 16-20 and 24-29, 1916.
J t U l W -
Total. Stations. Alti-
1 tude. Total.
-
f n d u . 3.97 6.83 14% 6.75 7.10 12. w 8.54 12.21 16.29 9.18 4 81 3.74 16.47 5.75
9. !a?
-
28
Inches. 0.43 .10 1.12 0.10 -50
.35 .23 .%3 .85
.18 .31
.w .a .26
.311
-
-
27
Inched. 1.28 1.83
5.80 6.53 3.31 5.75 8.55 10.18 i . 80 1.80 2.14 1.71 4.42
4.87
-
a 54
-
26
Inches. 2.10 4.35 1.30 0.74
.sa 7.68 1.38 1.83 2.27 1.20 .06 1.27 2. 34 .77
1.98
-
1
-
Fnchr8, 0.14 .55
1.53 0.05 .08
1.31 .52 .34 .97 0 2.02 .14 3.13 .14
.7s
Inchea. Inches. 0.50 1.48 4.75 2.23 3.35 5.83 1.86 4.41 3.00 4.05 .95 S.Y5
2.52 7.12 3.26 8.08
3.52 11.24 1.20 5.55 1.80 1.23 0.37 .SO .04 1.96 2.25 5.08
2.03 4.72
Inches. Inches. Inchea. 2.18 0.58 0.41 1.20 1.23 0 5.27 1.59 0 1.24 .w 0 1.95 1.06 0 6.49 1.73 1.36 4.00 1.43 T. 3.99 .10 0 6.00 1.85 T. 2.80 1.80 .10 1.20 .26 0 2.10 .Q3 .TO 1.72 ?.7Q 1.31 2.30 1.08 0
IneRea. Inches. * 0.04
0 0 0.23 1.63 0 0.36 0 .71 .&! .19 .10 .67 .17 1.18 .I9 1.85 1. T. .54 .os .01 .15 7.33 1.27 .01 .15
.821 .sS
Ralnloll included in a subsequent mea8uremetlt.
36
Oih JmteWed .
Alamo Rarq?w Btatiw ..................... Ashdale Range# Station .................. Ashfork ................................... As& ...................................... Bald HRI rsnch ........................... Baselhe Banger atation ................... Be.rwm .................................... B k h ..................................... Blue ....................................... Bowie ..................................... B w ~y e .................................. cdue ....................................
Cam Ornude ............................... WIU OMe ............................... ChaIldhr .................................. mldli ..................................... a m ..................................... QIM ...................................... Cornviue ..................................
<lMJs ranch ...............................
................................... ............................... & ............................... Fbank ......................................... Florence ...................................
Qlla Bend ................................. Olsela ..................................... Qlendah ................................... Qlobe ...................................... W d ' s ranch ............................. Q d t e Reel Dam ......................... Hackberry Ranger 8tSth ................ aamp .............................
Higley ..................................... H o ~~o o n ............................... Intake ..................................... Jerome .................................... Jobmm Wash ............................ Klondyke ................................. Lawla springs .................................... McNd .................................... y81scapa ..................................
Mhml ..................................... mohwk ................................... Naeo ............................................. IUahyalBridge ............................ NogaIes .................................... omle ..................................... osborn ........................................... Perdm valley ................................... Payson .................................... P h d x ................................... Plnal Ranch ............................... Pmcott ..... * ............................ Do . (Dry F m ) ....................... Rlce ....................................... Rooaevelt .................................. eacatm ....................................
;z : 1 1 : : : : : 1: 1 1 : 1 :
E S G d ..........................................
m t h .................................. MSSS ......................................
sari Simon ................................. httadsle .................................
.&a 1 ................................... Tempe .................................... Tempe (near) ..................................... Tbamer. ................................. . Tombstone ................................ Tonto Ranger Station ..................... Walnut Creak Rsnger Statfon .................... Walnut Grove ............................. Whkenb ...............................
Young ............................................
Mean#+ .....................................
aelIp&n ..................................
Wjndnljl%an& .................................
ma# -0 W a 8 b d .
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW .
T~BLE 17.-Ddy precipbtwn in Azi3ona. Jan- 15-91 and 25-80.1916 .
F& . 3 166 3'600
492 4 800 4: 481 3 523
6'500 3:75s 960
5 225 5: 410 1 422 r' 610
1: 213 2650 3'584 2'800 3'300 3'930 2'2M
4: 800
6: 229
6'350
1 493
737 2300 1'160 3: 8a5 1, 195
1, 335 2 422
6.m
1, TP:! G MO 2; BO 4 743 4: so 3, 225
4 150
;i
1'180
3, 603 538
4 W 3: SO
4, 502
5 550 1'm.a 4' 520
1' 150 1:244
5'320
2'540
3' 609 1'250 5:n9 885 1.185
2 800 4'550 4: 470
3 649
5'008
2: 175 1 380
2: 072.
JANUARY. 1916
k h t 6 . 0.75
. 92
. 16
. 66
Imhu . 1.02
. 99
. 30 .OS
InchCS . 0.20
. 07
0 3.46
. 46
. 26 1.45
. 41 2.20
. 02 1.32
. 30
. 28 0
. I4 0
. 12
. 28 0 2.39
. 55 3.25 1.62
. 41
. 18 2.00
. 22
. 05
. 01
. w . a5
. 30
. 10
. 85
. 80 0
. 40
I
BhmLow ................................. BnoaflaLe ................................. -e ............................
Inches . 0.03
. 12 o n
6907
6'484
7' wo 8' m
5'088 6'600 6'900 6' 900
6' 160
7' 600 6' wo 6: 660
4' 150
...... 5 F50 6: 950
5 A44 ......
6: 882
. 62 0
. 25 0
. 98
. 07 1.12 -35
. 16
. e5
. 22 1.29
. 19 T . . 45 0
0
. 36
. 41
0
. 75
. 25
. 75
. 45
. 42 1.92
. 51 0
. a0 -85
15 I 16
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. 15 0 0
. 62 T . . 36 .MI 1.45
. 44
. 69
1.95
. 4
. 1.25
. 40 T . . 49 T . T . . 25
. 94 0 0
. 82
. 69 1.24 1.19
. 90 1.06 1.90 1.W
F Y .................................. F Valley ................................ Orem ...................................... Heber ..................................... Hdbntok .................................. Keems cmlyon ............................ Lakedde .................................. Lakeaide Rmgw Statim .................. Leu .....................................
Nil trloao ................................... Pfnedsle ................................... Pinto ......................................
ahm .................................. 8t . y[ichsels ...............................
Yils%ange.r Station ......................
C&yle .....................................
1.40 2.15 6.53 3.26
. 91 1.53 4.05 4.08 1.76 3.90 3.13 2.03
3.50 2.36 1 . 61
. 43
. 35
. 09 0
. 25
. 24
. 50
. 33
. 10 0
. 98
. 75 0
. 66
. 33 . 29 2.30
. 06
. 06
. 42
. 90
. 48 0 . 45
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0
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0.38
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0
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0
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. 95
. 70
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. 32 1.18
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. 70 T . 1.10 0
. 90 0 1.05 2.25
. R5
. 50
. 80 1.64
. 61
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. 58
. 85 1.12
. 41 1.20
. 64
. 50
. 58 0 2.01
0.67
. 55
. 37
. 37
. 21 0 1.02
. 40
. 17
. 45 -50
. 67
. 88 1.00
. s3
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. 55
. 65
. 25
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1 . 84
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1.27
. 16 0
. 33 0
. 21 0 2. 18
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0
. 35 1.63
. 55 0
. 25
0 -21
. 79 0 0 1.20
. 6a
. 72
. 35
. 67
2.00
. Ml 0
. 46
. 70 3.10
. I32
. 57 0 0
. 43
. 70
. 64 1.15 0 0 2.30 0
. 28 0
. 69 1 . 25
. 19 2 . o(1
1.22
. 75
. 48 2.53
. 19 T . . 70
. 07
. 49
. 45
. 34 0
. 68
. 92
. 54 1.12 1.12
0 . 61
0.80
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1.25 1.70
. 10
. 14
. 65 1.09
. 90
. 70
. 17
. 75
. 88
. 60 1.25
. 69
. 66
. 75
. 75 0
18
Inchu . 0.77 1.42 .Bo
. 27
1.14
. 16 0
. 24 0
. 46 0 2.25
. 24
. 60 1.75 1.33
. 20 1.61
. 47 0
. 60
. 02
. 41
. 71 0
. 52 1.20
. 46
. 69
. 26
. 46 1.91
. Rl 0
. 37 .Bo
1.12
1.73 0 0
. 17
. 40
. 34
. 80 0
T . 1.65
. 55
. 50 T . . 30 1.10
. 32 0 1.60
. 52
. 38 1.20
. B
. 15
. 44 1.50
. 19
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. 21 1.04 0
. 51 1.15 3.85 1.20
. 79 1.01
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1.32
. 47
. 20
. 26
. 60 1.00
. 70 0
. 68
. 60 1.40
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. 50 1.21
. 63 0
19
.
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. 40 0
. 16 1.72 1.88 1.81
0
. 88
. 88
. 13
. 41
0
. 96 1.38
. 98
. 17
. 56 1.88
. 10 1.39 0 2.51 0
. 04
. 27
. 10
. 94
. 05
. 75 1.07
. R3 1.40
. 43 1.70
. 85
. 64 4.60 1.34
1.M 2.48 0
. 14 .as 1.09 . 32 1.21
. 40 3.81
3.41 1.23
. 45
. 35 T . . 45 0.26
. 4s 1.50
. 54
. 34
. 15 0
. 08
. 15
. 41 1.08 3.00 1.09
. 63 0 0
. 25 2 . OD
0.85
2 . e?
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. oa . 30 1.70
. 85
. 03
. 10 1.00
. 84
. 05
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. 25
. 63
. 12 1.30
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m a
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. 15 0
. 34
. 40 1.30
. 32 0
. oL
. cn . 11 1.50
. 11
. 36
. 28
. 9s
. 01
. 17
. 02 0
. 05
. 38 0
. I8 I . 02
. 10
. 0
. 23
. 13 0
. 07 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 30
0.37
T .
. 02 0
. 30
. 27
. 00
. 66 0
. 01
. 13 1.00
. 34
. 10
. 18
. 07
. 31
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T .
. 20
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0
0
0 0
. 05 0 0
0 0
. 13 0 0 0
. 10
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. 13
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. 11
. 11 0 0
. 02
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. 06 0
. 19
. 22
.OB 0
. 23 0
. 32 0 0
. 02 0
0 0 0 0
. 36 .MI 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0
. 07
. 10
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. 07 0 0
0 0
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0
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0.06
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T .
0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0
. 10 0 0 0
T .
T .
0 0
. 28 0 0 0
0
. 81 0 0
. 02 0 0 0
. 02 0 0 0
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0
0
0
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. 15 0
. 04 0
0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
. 44
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0
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0 0 0
0 0
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0
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0.05
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. 86 0
. 01 0 . 80 -15
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0
T .
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26
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-30 0
. 27 0 0
. 25 0
0
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1.35
0 0
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. 30
. 35 0
. 02
0 0
. 48 0 0
. 27 0
. 17 0
. 08
. 30
. 94
0 0
. 67 0
. 69
. 02 0
0
0
0
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. 50 0
. 20 0 -01
. 44 0 2.22
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. 90
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27
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12
. 69
. 32 0 0
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. 15 0 1 .sa . 09
. 93
. 05 1.56 0 1.04
. 79 0
. 08
0
. 14
. 27 0 0
0
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. 16 1.04 0 0 . 04
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1.03
. 02 0
0 0
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0 0 .OB
1.36
. 65
1.25
. 85
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T . . 75 -10 .os . 07 T . 0
. 46 1.40
1 . €3
. 30 2.05
0.40
. 20
T .
1 . 2e
. 20
1.81
. 35
. 19
. 43 0
. M
. 35
. 50 0
. 12
. 30
. 19
1.00 0
. 35
. 24 0 T .
.
28
.
inchcr . a 55
a . 35
. 20 .OS
. 72 31
0
. 49 0
. l3
. 05 2.81
. 39
. 40
. 09
1.48
. 05 1.80
. 20 0
. 13
. I4 0
. 54 1.66 0
. PI 1.44
. 26
. 75
. 95
. 39 1 .so 0 0 . a3
. 76
. 59
. 45 0 0
. 10
. 34
. 32 1.59 0 T . . 45
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1.30
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. 85
. a5 0 1.28
. 62
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. 40
. 35
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. 95 5.10 0 1.10
0.66
T .
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. 85 1.50
. 57 1.63
. I4
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. 48
. 01
. 64
. 30 1.67
. 86
. 50
0
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. 68
. 03 . 20
.
29
.
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. 15 0 0
. 14 0 0
. 04 .MI
. 06 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
.os . 16
0 0
. 07 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0
. 15
. 03 . 17
0 2.40
. 16 0 0 0 0
0
. 59 0
. M 0 0
. 07 0
. 05 0 0 0 0
. 04
.os 0
. 02
. 05 0 0
0
. 07 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 . m
T .
T .
T .
-18
0
0
.OD
. oa . 01
. 01 0
. a5 0
. 11
. 04
0 0
T .
T . . 20
T . . 20
0.08
. 19
. 85
. 16 0
. 10
. 04
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. 02
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. 20 0
. 07 0
T .
T .
T .
. 81 1.75 .37 1.21
. 44
. i3 3.20 1.26 0 .22 1.91 .95 2.78 2.40 .85 0 .04 .14 .49 .46
.21 .07 2.53
. M 2.12 .19 .52 2.56 .20 4.38 3.09 1.75 1.04 2.46 .65
. 05
. 85 1.10 .13 .53
. 23
.08 3.57 3.33 5.38 1.78 2.70 2.98
1.a0
a . se
T .
4.20 3.40
1.03 2.72 .14 1.60 2.40 1.84
. M .R9
1.45
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. oa
a m
. m
* For the p se of forming the d n i . means. the total amount of rain. as given for a few stations at whlch but a single messarement waa ma ukd p p o r t b n x y among the several &a on which rein fell .
for tho storm . has bean distrib
JANUARY. 1916 .
Total .
Inrhea . 0.92 3.69 1.48
2.75
2.58
2.19 1.87 1.43 1.59 2.19
. 74 4 . 21
. 48
1.91
. 67
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW .
TABLE 17.-Daily precipitation in Arizona. Jituuy 15-21 and 2540.19164ontinued .
-
26
...
Inchea 0.05
. w a
ala
T . . 40 0 0
. 25 0
. 19 0 0
0.09
0
37
16
Inchfa . T . 0.47
. 37
0.17
17
..
Inches 0.77
. 73
. 85
0.72
ULUS fMorado Watcrsht&Contlnned . Tube ...................................... W i h Wash ............................. WInslow ..................................
mulls * ................................... m m a ~ Wbtcrahed .
A h Lake Ranger Station ................ Echo Park ................................ Grand C.sngon. ............................ Klagman .................................. YIoeeSsin .................................. Parker ....................................
Yllme ..................................... FpL& .................................. ..................................
Xtam ....................................
Ducrt Watcrikcd .
AJo ....................................... Bonita .................................... codllm ....................................
D o d o ................................. mkberry ................................ Llgbt .............................................. pluadlse ................................... Pearm (near) .............................. Portal ..................................... Bedrock ................................... Roaamont ................................. Ruby .............................................. Belame .................................... l h x t m ................................... %cml ..................................... Wfleax ....................................
~b p b ...................................
Ibeans+ ......................................
Fcrt . 4, 500
G 400 4: 818
6 500
6'600 6:M6 3 336
353
3 200
141
4 :m
6:750
1.805 4 916 4'250 4 :m
5, 250 3, 500
5 430 4'4fm
5: ooo 1, W 4, 800
1 87.5 3:w7 2. 425
4, 203
T . . 17
. 10
. 34 0
. 40
. 32
. 23
. 18
. 78
. 94
. 74
. 64
. 53
. 58
. 04
1.36
. 02
. 09
. 12
. 03
. 50
. 04 0
. 88
. 16
. 07 0
. 51
0 0
0 0
. 13
. 10
. 32
. 56
. 06
. 10
T .
T .
T .
Countfes .
Wifornia .
ventura ....... - .... - .... - ...... Los Angeles ............... - ....
Ban ernardino ...._.__.__...__ Rivmlde ...... - ... - .. - ...... - - 5811 Diego ... ._. ..... - ... - ... - - .
Arizona .
Gila watershed ................. LlttleColorsdo watershed ..... : Colorado watersh ed Deaart ............ - ..... - .....
0"l ....... - .... - ....... - - ...
............. .
January- January- ~. Number of stations . 16 17 18 19 20 26 27 -------
4 1.56 2.58 1.32 0.23 0 5.68 35 0.34 0.82 2.91 0.8; 0.11 5.08 6 0.19 2.24 1.25 0.58 0.28 16 1.30 5.70 3.05 1.05 0.17 8 1.35 2.50 2.00 1.28 0.48 14 2.03 4.73 3.03 1.20 0.27
77 0.67 0.61 0.61 0.85 0.37 13.11 T . 22 0.47 0.72 0.62 0.63 0.21 * 2.64 T .
17 0.18 0.17 0.26 1.16 0.94 42.71 T .
9 0.19 0.63 0.m 0.35 0.03 a i ..so T . 0.09 0.25 0.57 0.19 T .
Kmsas .................................. Oklahoma ............................... ArlIansas ................................ Do .................................. Mi swurl ................................. Do .................................. Do .................................. Do ..................................
minois .................................. Do .................................. Do .................................. Do ..................................
Indiana ................................. Do .................................. Do .................................. Kentucky ............................... Do .................................. Ohio .................................... West virghis ........................... Permrglvaaia ............................ Tame4m8 ...............................
1- ....................................
Do ..................................
.. ......
21 24 21 12 9
7 3 1
14 19 15 6
11 11 1
8
7 120 53 40 16
114
14
Stations . 'Alti- tude . .
21
Total . .
15
.
18
.
19
. m ae 27 28 29 30
Inchcs T . 0.05
0.11
0
. 33
. 22
0
. 38 0
0 0
. 11
0.10
. 03 0
. 02 0 0 0
0
. 02 0
0 0
0
. 24 0
. 05 0
0.02
a
T .
rncu 0.14 1 .If C
0.61
1.15
. 37
. 48
. 32
. 44
. 62
. 38 1.54
. 07
0.60
. 30 0
. 04
. 83
0
. 53
. 02
. 15 0
1.35
. 18 0
. 17
. 35
. 07
. 12
0 . !26
Inches. 0 0.67
.as
0.62
. 65
. 40
. 33
. 13
. 19
. 55 0
. 81
. 10
0.35
. 16 2.00
1.74
. 05
2.00
. 05
1.30 3.30
. 55
2. 51 0
. 30 2.63
. 50
1.16
';58
Inchea T . 0.31
a
0.21
0
0 0
0
. M 0
. 27
0
0.03
T .
T .
. 85
. 10 0 2.24 0 2.05 3.60 1.09 0 0 4.18 1.25 0 0
. 51 1.50
0.94
Inches .
0
0
o. oi
T .
T .
T . . 08
0 0 0
0 0
0
0.01
0 0 0
0 0 0
0
0
. 04 0
0 0
. 37 0 0
. 01
. 52
0.06
Inches . 0.15
. 40
. 01
0.30
T . . 64
. 62 0
. 60 0 0
. 42 0
0.25
. 02 0 0
. 03
. 05
. oa T . T . T . 0
0 0
. 05 0
. 07 0 0
0.01
Inches 0.09
. 40
0
0.30
. 76 1.19 1.02
. 60
. 04
. 80
. 52
. 63
. 03
0.57
. 10 0
. 04
. 48 0
. 83 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
. 60
. 70 T . 0
0.13
I n c h 0.07 1.41
. 01
o. 51
. 38
. 40
. 11
. 01
. 54
0
. 21 0
0.19
. 58 0 0
0 0
0 0
. 03
. 01
. 40
. 23
. 28
. 13
. 40
. 14 0
0.18
T .
T .
IUChl?d
C 0.04 I
0.05
a a 0 0
. 01 0 0 0 T .
T .
. 18 0 0 0
. 09 0 0
0
0 0 0 0
. 14 0
. 10
0.03
T . T .
ndca . 0.05
. oa 0
a 07
0
. 30
. 32
. 24
. 03 0
. 11
. 34 0
0.15
. 01
. 10 0
0
. 20
0
. 03 0
. 10
. 15
. 13 0
. 06 0
0.08
. m
T .
T .
I& . 0.41 238
. lm
1.41
1.14 2.99 l.W .95
. M . 84
. aa 1.80
. 08
t i
. m . 87
.04 .76 .14
. 66
T . T . .a . ia .40 .ai .48 .86 1.31 .19 .10
0.38 0.1s I 0.17
For the pu ow of forming the dailv means . tlie total amount of rain. as given for a b w statlons at which but 3 single measurement was made for the storm. has bean dlstrlb- uted proportlona%ly among the several days on whirh r~in fell .
1 Total for period Jan . 15-21,3.54 inches: Jan . 25-30,l.P inches . Total for period Jan . 15-21,2.75 inches; Jan . 25-30,1.41 inches .
8 Total for period Jan . 15-21 1 91 inches . Jan . aF30 1.25 Inches . 4 Total Ior period Jan . 15-21: 2:79 inchsf Jan . 25-30; 0.38 inch .
TABLE 19.--dverage daily pren'pitation in the watmhcda named for Januay 21-22 and $641, 1916 .
Watershed .
January. 1916 .
1
ai 1 22
I . // ze I a7
January. 1916 . Num-
sta-
tions .
mate . Total .
1.06 0.3t 0 2.59 i:;! 0.74 1.X
I
0.33 0.N 0.17 1.49 0.41 1.25 0.32 1.38 0.34 0.93 0.38 1.53 0.16 1.36 0.83 1.10 T . 0.06 T . 1.13
1
0 0.11 0.01 0.95 0.40 0.35
T . 0.M 0.05 0.37 0.01 0.42 T . 0.28
T . 0.30 T . 0.02 T . 0.20 0.01 0 .s
0.04 0.07 T . 0.01
, T . 0.05
0.05 0.m
T . 0.10
1 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.15 0.60 0.M 1.11 1.24 0.69 1.19 0.76 0.99 1.39 1.84 0.39
0.76 3.05 0.N 0.22 0.07 0.05 0.43 0.19 0.16 1.06 2.24 0.u 0.49 0.56 0.13 2.08 1.08 1.81 0.65 2.16 1.09 0.76 1.84 1.41 0.69 1.38 1.02
0.48 0.03 1.06 1.80 0.75 1.15
0.40 0.47 0.17
0.22 T . 0.e
0.31 0.37 0.m 1.19 4.04 0.17
0.58 2.62 2 .a
0.39 n.ez 0.44
O.M 0.49 0.4a
1.75 8.16 6.58
3.09 4.95 &a7 1.B 1.75 5.18 1.74 LO 4.47 . 4 .w 8.67 5.70
4.50 1.63
0.97
6.n
a.48
1.41
0. sa
Neosho .................................... 1.30 A r h i as .................................. 0.23
White ..................................... 0.56 Arkansas .................................. 0.84 white ..................................... 0.59 Osage ..................................... 1 . m Gasconade ................................ 0.06 Meremec .................................. 0.11 YlSSISSi pi ....................................... .... do.9 .................................. 0.93
.... do . 1 ................................... 0.14 Illinois .................................... 1.56 9hiO ...................................... 0.22
Wabash ................................... 0.19 West Fork White ......................... 0.11 East Fork White .......................... 0.09 White ..................................... 0.12 Green ..................................... 0.12 Ohio ...................................... 0.15
0.18 0.29 0.36 0.4.5
0.48 0.60
0.85 0.9s
0.70 0.85
............... .... do.. .......................................... .... do ............................................. Cumberland ..................................... ,
I .
38 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW . JANUABY. 1916
..
sate . -
15 16 16
TABLE 20.--FrccipilatQn of 2 inches atid o w in 24 hours, Jun . 21.81,
1916, nt the pluces an.d on the dutes nanicd .
ILLINOII .
IllinOir WattWhcd .
Aurora .................. Dwight ................. Henry ................... Joliet ....................
MOrnIS ................... Streator ................. Mneomb ................. Carlinvllie ............... Decatur ................. Morrlsonville ............
Ohlo watenhcd .
La Grange ..............
station . 1 Amount .
I
Inchcs . 2 . 36 1.95 2.25 2.01 2 .IS 3.30 2.00
I
waterahed of Gila and fributarfes, Jan . 16-2s .
Ouaehita watershed .
hssett ................. yordvce ................. ruttig .................. Portland ................ E l Dorado ............... 3heridan ................ Warren ................. Fordvce ................. hDldfUl ................. Jheridan ................ Arkadelphis ............. Rkon ................... Crossett ................. F o r d y ................ Hutt g .................. Portland ................
Red uralerahed .
Imhea . 3.02 2.00 2.37 3.55 2.15 2.20 2.00 4 .(I(,
3.70 2 .i o 2.00 2.47 2.43 2.10 3.12 2.05
OKLAHOMA .
Arkansas aaternhed .
Beeone .................. Calvin .................. claramore ............... Fort Gibson ............. ~u s k o oaee ............... North Muskogee ......... Tahlequa ............... Tu+ ................... vmta ................... Wac aner ................ Vinlta ................... wagoner ................ Webbera Falls ........... Fort Gibson ............. North Yuskop ........ Tahlequa ............... Webhers Falls .......... Wyandotte ..............
f3znadian waterahfd .
Ads ..................... Bristow ................. Chnndler ................ Eulauuls ................. HoldenvlUe ............. 0 kemah ................ Okmulcee ............... MoAlester ...............
Rea watershed .
Durant ..................
AmANBAR
Arkansas watrrahcd .
Dumas .................. Lake Farm .............. Pond .................... Pine Blue ............... Bentonrille ............. Fort Smith .............. Pond .................... Boomdle .............. Lake Farm .............. Lutherville .............. Rogers .................. Bee Branch ............. Lake Farm .............. Little Rock .............
2.00 4.30 2.12 2.90 2.20 2.10
2 . ?O 2 . 90
3.25 4.10 2 . 20 2 . 00 2.31 2 . 25 2 . s2 2.65 3.00 3.38 2 . m 2.10
a . 35 2.00 2.75 2.26 1.65 2 . 37
2 . 74 2.10 3.70 2.7i 3.20 2.25
3.65
3.67
. 2.47
2 . 18 3.05 2 . 51
2 . w 2 . 28 2.10 2 . 01
2.30 a . 30
2.35 2 . io 3.15 2 . 20 2 . 38
4.00 2 . 08 2 . 90 3.58
stuttgart ................ England ................ Pine Bluff ............... Pond .................... Rogers .................. Dunus .................. Oka ....................
H&a&dppi waterahcd .
Helena ..................
stut&art ................
Arkamas city ...........
1 6 , 17 17 17
17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 20
20 20 %I 26
27 28 25
as as
21 21 21 !A
21 21 21
21 21 21 36 26
20 27 27 27 a7 a7
21 21 21 21 21 21 21 27
27
21 21 21 22 26 38 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 28
2s 39 29 30 30 31 31 31
22
22
2.00 2 . 2s 2 . 00
2 . 00 2.51 2.48 3.61 3.41
2 . 51 2.63 3 . w
2.09 2 . 39 2 . oc 3 . a5 2 . oc 2.2; 2 0:
2.3: 2.81
2 . 91
*5.1c
a . 30
a . 63
3.31 3.4( 2 . I 3.w 3.68 4.15 3.79 2 . 2(
2 . o(
3 . M 1.95 2 . M 2 . 3 2 . 31
3.0;
1 . 8:
2.1: 2 .a:
6 . E4 2 . o(
2 . SI 2 . 68 5 . T: 3 .z 2 .s 6.81
3.8:
2.5! 2 . 3c 2 . 55 1.97 3.3E 2 . 5c 3 . M: 2 . 10 2 . fic 2 .l e 3.32 2.00
2.43 1.96 2.50 8.63
2.4s
1.99
2 . ia
P . oa 3 . do
wz . i n
2 . i 6
2 . 87
Plnal ranch ............. Childs ................... I’insl ranch .............
Carr s m h ............. Natural Bridge .......... Pin81 ranch ............. Hnckbfmy Ranger Sta- tion ................... Cads ranch ............. Bonita .................. El D o d o .............. Fort A ............ McNeaf?!?. ............ Nogales ................. Oracle ................... Portal ................... R..b kii
~
.............
Tombst om. ............. Tucson ..................
El Dorado .............. Elgin near) ............. Fort $nachua .......... pinalranch ............. y .................. As= ................. em's ranch ............. Tonto Rangar Station ... Walnut Qrme ..........
Yo “pp ..................
.............
................ .................
30 30
28
29 29
29 31 31
29
................
Mississippi wafershed .
BlandvUle ...............
U‘bbaah wataaAcd .
Farmersburg ............ Rockville ............... S a m & ............... Terre Haute ............. v i n m e s ............... Do ..................
White watcrahcd .
INDIANA .
Whikliffs .............. Emerson ................ Hope .................... Lewlsville ...............
I nn I
Emerson ................ Texnrkana ..............
8f . Franci8 mtmahcd.t
Marked Tree ............ W p e ..................
White walmhcd .
Eureka8 rings ......... fimt tevlie .............
Decker ................. DO .................
C l k d o n ............... Hardy .................. M3mmoth Spriu gs ....... Dodd City .............. EureknS rings ......... Fa ettev81e ............. di. .................... Brinkley ................ Georgetown ............. Jonesboro ...............
2.05 ‘
2.40
2.68 2. sa 202 3.13 3. lm 2.00
2.62
2 1 a
3.4a 2.31
2.46
2 8 7 2.34
2.34 2.33
a.42
2.14 2.05 2.08
2.00
2. M)
2.45 a 4 5
w155oUxI .
Aliaalasfppi watershed .
Ironton .................. Mnrhle Hill ............. Patton .................. Chiro . 111 ................ Ironton .................. St . I.ouis (1) ............. 8t . Louis (2) ............. Cape Girardeau ......... Cnrdwell ................ Caruthersville ........... New Madrid ............ Sikeston .................
Gasconade watcrahcd .
Houston ................
Black uiatmhcd .
Qoodland ............... Koshkonong ............
Meramn watmhcd .
Oaklleld ................. Qano .................... Rolls ....................
Xmho wakrahcd .
N e d 0 .................. Dean .................... Mountain Qrove ......... Dean .................... Mount Vernon .......... Noosho ..................
Osage waterahcd .
ninton ..................
I-
:! 30 30 30 !?n
Nevada Bnlivar
Lockwood
IVhitc waterahed. Ea81 Furk .
Shelbyville ............. Shoals ..................
Whitr waterahcd .
Eollister ................ S ringfield ..............
Mountsin Grove ......... 2 ollister ................
30 31
29
29
Whilewater watershed .
Cnmbrldp City ........ Richmond .............
cumberbnd roafrrshed .
Dlckson ................ Cednr Hill ..............
TENNESSEE .
nte . -
21 21 21 22 22 22 22
2s 29 29 30 30 31 31 31 31
27 2s
2s 29 31 31
31 31
27 27 28 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 31 31
3s
30 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 31
3n
30
30 28
30 30 30
20 21 21
27 27
a7
20 XI 26
2 i 27
26 26 30 30
Erie . tsim
Mean lnvel dnring January 1916 Above mean sen lercl it New York .............. Abovo or helow- Mean stage of December. 1915 ................ Mean staeo of Januarv . 1915 ..................
Incia . 2 . 10
1.93 2 . 00 2.08 1.90 2.65
2 .OR
Fee6 . 603.59
-0.13 +O . 77
Equallty ................ Anna .................... Qolconda ................ McLeansboro ............ New Rurnside ........... Shawneetown ........... Golconda ................ Shnwneetown ...........
K i M p p i watmhd .
+a31
+an
+a57 -0.W -1.97
Chester .................. Du Quofn ............... Ewjng .................. Grafton .................
+an
+1.25
+a35 -0.51 -255
Hillsboro ................ Qmnville ............... Cairo .................... Chester .................. Mascoutah .............. Mount Vernon .......... NashvUle ................ B a l m ...................
I
.................. ................
sarta 4aterloo Windsor ................. Pdna ....................
Wabmh waterah& . FaIrAeld ................ Montrme ................ Ne*ton ................. Olney ................... Palestine ................ Sidnl .................... Tuscola ................. Mount Cwmel ........... Paris ....................
XLNTUCKY . Ohio waterahcd . 0 weusboro .............. Anchorage .............. Cloverport .............. Irvington ...............
2 . 12 2 . 15 2.02 2 . 30 2 . 22 2.47 2.55 2.50
2.62 2 . 35 2 . eo 2 . 40 2 . 23
3.56
2.35 2.00 3.18 2 . 76 4.12 2.34 2 . 35 2.05
2.30 2 . i 7 2 . 92
2 . w 3.62 2.33 2 . W 2.35 2 . 45
a . 21 2 . a6
2.35 2 . 00
2 . 13 2.51
_- 30 30 30 30 30 30
30 30 30
30 30
Thite watershed. 1ve8f
Fork .
Bloomington ........... Elliston ................ Greencastle ............ Worthington ........... UlOOIllil@on ........... Elliston ................
Ohio waterahcd .
Mount Vernon ......... Rome .................. Mount Vernon .........
29
a, 29 30 31
31
31
30 30 30 30 30 31
30 31
30 30
30 30 30 30 31 31
ae 29 31
30 30
31 31
BNOWFALL AT HIGH ALTITUDES. JANUARY. la16 .
The snowfnll of January. 1916. particularly in Cali- fornia. Nevada. Arizona. New Memo. Wyoming. Mon- tana. Utah. and Idaho. was exceptionally heav . Not
altitudes been so abundant . Further details are given in the monthly reports of section directors .
for many years has tho January snodnll in t i e T high
-AN IZVELB DURING JANUARY. 1916 .
By UNITED STATES LAKE SURVEY .
[Dated: Detroit. Micb., Feh . I. 1916.l
The following data are reported in the !‘Notice to Mariners” of the above date:
Data .
Awrsge itage for Janunrp . last 10 yeas ...... +0.82 IIighest recorded January stage .............. -0.19 Lowest recorded January stage .............. +1.71 ~~
Average relation of the Jnnuary level to: December level .................................. -0.3 February level ................................... +O . 2
Lakw .
Mich-
A uron.
F& . 579.22
-0.22 .O .1t3
-3.45
+a 14
E; -
-0.29
-a a ao -
..
FM .1 . Feet 571.68 245.05
ao +ai +ai 1-a2
*Total for 3 days . #Total for 2 day& t ~o s ~t i o n s o n l y i n W .~~w a t ~s h e d .