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places." Mr. W. G. Siinninils, vduntnr. obeerver at Wake Porest College, Wake
County, North Csrolina, reports tiiat on the morning of the 8th there was a light fall of snow ; on the morning of the 9th the miiiimum thermometer re-
corded 1 7 O .6 , from which time it gradually fell until the morning of the 12th, 1 when it recorded 2 O .O ; the weather wns clear throughout the cold spell. Mr. Howard Shriver, voluntnry observer at Ivytheville, IVythe county, Vir-
ginin, reports ns follows in reference to the cold spell in January: (I All records revert to 1885 as the I w t date at which such IL cold wave occurred. The kin- perattire for a week was but a little nbove or a little below zero, the mininiuni
st this place being 8' below aero on the morning of the I1 th ; reports from neigllborin towns give 13O, 18' and 20' helow zero ; all these reporb corne
from a beft lying to thc south or southeust of m station, and the stmw phenornelloll ha8 occurred several times before, in&k.ing tlw presence of a a l d e r belt there than a t this place ; during this storm the wind waq the most
violent ever e x p e ,F d ; six inches of snow fell, and the drifts were eight to
twelve feet deep. Strafford, Strafford coiinty, New Hiimpshire : the 12th was the coldest day
for the p a t twenty-seven years.
11.-This area appeared north of Montana at 10 p. m. of the
13th, when the preceding one extended over the Atlanticco;ist
districts, the high arem being separated by a well-defined low
area which passecl almost directly north from the Gulf States
over the upper lake region. This high area remained in the
mgiou north of Dakota and Minnesota until the 23d, when it mo\-ed southward to northern Iowa and tlience eastward over
the Lake region and the Saint Lawrence Valley during the
234 24th, sud 25ti1, when i t disappeared over the riortll
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places." Mr. W. G. Siinninils, vduntnr. obeerver at Wake Porest College, Wake
County, North Csrolina, reports tiiat on the morning of the 8th there was a light fall of snow ; on the morning of the 9th the miiiimum thermometer re-
corded 1 7 O .6 , from which time it gradually fell until the morning of the 12th, 1 when it recorded 2 O .O ; the weather wns clear throughout the cold spell. Mr. Howard Shriver, voluntnry observer at Ivytheville, IVythe county, Vir-
ginin, reports ns follows in reference to the cold spell in January: (I All records revert to 1885 as the I w t date at which such IL cold wave occurred. The kin- perattire for a week was but a little nbove or a little below zero, the mininiuni
st this place being 8' below aero on the morning of the I1 th ; reports from neigllborin towns give 13O, 18' and 20' helow zero ; all these reporb corne
from a beft lying to thc south or southeust of m station, and the stmw phenornelloll ha8 occurred several times before, in&k.ing tlw presence of a a l d e r belt there than a t this place ; during this storm the wind waq the most
violent ever e x p e ,F d ; six inches of snow fell, and the drifts were eight to
twelve feet deep. Strafford, Strafford coiinty, New Hiimpshire : the 12th was the coldest day
for the p a t twenty-seven years.
11.-This area appeared north of Montana at 10 p. m. of the
13th, when the preceding one extended over the Atlanticco;ist
districts, the high arem being separated by a well-defined low
area which passecl almost directly north from the Gulf States
over the upper lake region. This high area remained in the
mgiou north of Dakota and Minnesota until the 23d, when it mo\-ed southward to northern Iowa and tlience eastward over
the Lake region and the Saint Lawrence Valley during the
234 24th, sud 25ti1, when i t disappeared over the riortll
AtlRntiC.
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;rnd clearing wcatlier in tlie cent.rid rallcys and Lake regious.
Tlle ceu tre ;ipp;~rent.l.y ~)i i s ~e d lkorn the npper Saint L:i.wre~ice Valley to the Sew Engliiiid const tluriiig the night of' the l!)tli
and tlieri to ttic nortlie;ist of' New Englaiicl where tlie hirome-
ter fell .G i n eight. hours.
VII.--Tlie birroineter was i~nusiiaIIy low on t l ~e north Pacific
coast (luring the :i~fYeriioon of the 19bIi, mhile i k Iiigli area ;lnd
coltl wave exteiidetl over tlic casterri slope of' the ltocky
Mouiit:Liiis. This low ;t r ~ Inovetl cust\v;trtl, i ~~i t l tho isob;trs
o\rer the p1;Lteau regions iiitlicatetl t h a t low iirea number vii
origiiinted :is a secoiitl;~i*y tlisturba~icc over tl, e central p1:ite;iu
region. I t \vzq first m;irketl as iu \vestcr!i 1Giiis;is ~I I the
morniug of' the %)th j f'roin this sectioii i t :idviincc:d eaut i i n t l
nortlie;ist, :itt,eiidetl by ge~~e~'id rains or SIIOIV. Tlie barorneter
dit] llot fit11 below 2!).70 witliin this ;ire;i, ;ind tlic gr;itlieiit m:~s
not r;ipid until it rcaclied the Lnlx region. Tlic strongest winds
occnrrecl when it was ceiitriil i i i the lower lnlte region :inti irn-
met1iatd.y before i t disiq)l)e:irc?d i n the upper Saint L:i\\.r~nc~ valley iie;ir Mor] t,real, l'rovi lice of Qricbec. VIII.--Tllis tlisturb;i,nce originated ;is :L secoiid:iry low iirea.,
a n d wits first observetl i n tlie ceiitr:il Rooky Moriiit.aiu region
on the moriiiiig of the 31st. Tho principal tlisturbit~~c~, from
which this ;inti t,he preceding (1el)ressioii origin:ited, rcin:iinetl west of tlie Rocky Mountaiiis. Tlie direction of nrovcme~it
w;is to the soi1tIieilst clnring the first eight IIOIIW, ;i l i t l tlor-
irig the night of the 21st two low area8 wcw ~b s ~v e (l , OIIC
central i i i Wisconsin ant1 tlie other centxi1 in I ~i t l i i ~ Terri-
tory j the 1;itter t1is;ippenred befort? the cold wave that followetl
the eltsterly movomeiit of' tile lornier, mliic:h moved slowly over
tho upper lake region and f l ~n r;q)idIy nortlieastwa~~l ant1 (lis-
appe,;ired over tho Gulf 0 1 Saiut Lawrence. IX.-previous t,o tlic iiJ)~)eRranCe of this low ;i:'c;i i n the
Southwest, :I sligli t dcpressioii p;issed enstward from t .1 ~ iiort,li-
ern ltocky 3Ioul)t;iin region (ii1id pr0b;ibly fro111 the P;icific coast) over t.lic Lake region, but its niovements were not clciirly
defined and tlie depression wm so slight tliat i t has not been
traced :is A low area. Nurnber ix became w ~l l defined as it
low area central in soi~t.l~wester~i Arkans;is 011 t,he 2Gt.h, mhen
.z IiigIl area, :itteiidetl by t i colt1 wave, w:is ceiitr:il nortli of
Manitob;k. Tlic b:irometer was about .3 above the normi11 for
the month on the ciisterii slope of tlie 1iock.v Moiint;rins, ;iritl
a tlecitletl low area \vas ad\-aucing over tlic Iiort,li P:tcific.
Tlic cold air f'rorn the nort,li app;ireiit.ly f'orcetl this tlcprcssiori
to tlie e;tstwaid arid caused it to disappear while ceiitr:il in
e:rsterii Teiiuessee, :iltliougIi succeetlirig reports indicate that
A disturbancc foi.mec1 t.o the ciist of the south Atlantic coast
irnmet1i:itely ;ifterw:irds, ant1 th;it this 1iist-ii;inietl dixfurbiiiice
folloivetl the coiirse of the Gulf Streiiin during tlic 28th itnd
29tli, b ~i t t h track of the storm ccinld iiot be tlcfinitely given.
X.--Tlris low area origin;itetl i n the north P;icific ;uld ap-
pearctl a,s cent r:iI near Olympiii, Washington Territory, :IS ;i
severe stoi*rii 011 the iiigl~t of the 2Wi. Tlie reports of' t.lie
37th and 2Stli itltliciite that this low iire:i ~):issed rlirect.ly eaxt-
ward, crossing tlie Rocky Moiiiitiiiiis iiort,li of Moiitiina., ;111tl
gr;itlually filling up as i t approiiclietl the I~alte region, wlieie
i t t1is;ipimircd witliout (misiiig tiny cliaiige i n the atmosl)lit:ric
contlitioli of the e;isterii districts.
xI.-Tliis low :~re;i w:is obser\-ctl fiir to tlw iiorth 01' Moil-
tana 011 the ilfter~iooii of the 2!)tIi, fi)IIowing the high ;ii'e;~
wliich Iiiitl pl'cvioasly moved southwstwt.1d to the ~I :L ~C ;I I I re-
gions. Tliis :i,re:t moved ~*;i.pidly to t,tie sout1ie;wt dn~*iiig tlic 29th and ~O t l i , fol!owing t,Iie Missouri ViiIlcy and crossing to
the e8st. of the Rllssissippi V;illey ;IS ii well.tlefinctl low :ire:i,
but i t disappe;iretl after reiicliing t,he Ohio Valley aiitl could
not be t.r:tced ;is ;I distiuct depression after lliirliiiglit of tile
30th. Tlie precipiti1tion attending this dcprc~ssion was gen- erd1.V W i t , :ind the biirorneter fell a .~ tl~c depression moved to
the southeast, t k , lowest rending being obserretl when the
ceutre n ~i s near Indhlapolis, htIi;i.ii:~, Tho c1isappear;iiice of t h i ~ depressio~i within tlie linlitn of' tlie stilt.ions ot' ci;\serv:i.tioii
Wit8 probably due to the low :ire:iprcviQusly referr.etl to x... f:)]lom-
irig tlie Gulf Stream. This storin wits ceiltrd near the ~e w