DECEMBER, 1894. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 497
proportional to the difference between the dry and wet-bulb
thermometers, and as shown by the chart accompanying Professor Harrington’s memoir on “ Sensible Temperatures,”
June 1, 1894, it amounts on the average to 20° in the month
of July in Arizona, h’evada, and Utah and loo in Kentucky,
Indiana, and Ohio. The resulting sensible temperatures, as shown on his second
chart, are simply the so-called average temperatures of the
Jvet-bulb thermometer as obtained by the whirling apparatus
‘ueed in the shaded shelter, and correspond to the temper-
atures felt by persons standing in the shade of tfees or houses, exposed to a natural breeze of a t least G miles per hour. The
temperature of the wet-bulb thermometer and its depression below the dry bulb are the fundamental data for all inves-
tigations into the relation between huninn physiology and
the atmosphere. In order to present a monthly summary of
the atmospheric conditions from a hygienic and physiological
point of view, Table Ia has been prepared, showing the maxi- mum, minimum, and mean readings of the wet-bulb ther-
mometer a t 8 a. m. and 8 p. m., seventy-fifth meridian time.
PRECIPITATION.
[In inches and hundredthrr.]
__~
, Current precipitation.
: Amount. I Departure,
I
stat loll.^
I
.......................... ................. 1 z.2 1 g::
Fresno CnI Nantucket, Mass...
_. - - ____--~
The distribution of precipitation for the month of December,
1894, as determinkd by reports from about 2,500 stations,
is exhibited on Chart 111. The numerical details are given in
Tables I, 11, and I11 ; the first of these also gives the average
departures from the normal for each district, whereas the
average departure for each State is given in Table XI1 for
each State Weather Service. Unless otherwise stated, the
snow or hail is understood to be melted and added to the rainfall.
DIURNAL VARIATION.
Table IVb gives the total precipitation for each hour of seventy-fifth meridian time, as deduced from self-registering
gauges kept at about 43 regular stations of the Weather Bu- reau ; of these 37 are float gauges and 6 are weighing gauges.
The normal precipitation for December is shown on Chart
Ix of the Atlas of Bulletin C, entitled “ Rainfall and Snow of the United States, Compiled to the End of 1891, with
Annual, Seasonal, Monthly, and other Charts,” by Nark W.
Barrington, Chief of the Weather Bureau, Washington, 1894. From this Chart i t appears that the region of greatest rain-
fall in December on the Pacific coast is the northwest corner
of Washington, with a normal of 14 inches ; on the Atlantic
coast it is a t Cape Hatteras, with a normal of 6 inches, which
also extends over portions of northern Georgia, Alabama, hsissippi, and Louisiana. Less than 1 inch is to be expected
Over any portion of the eastern and northern Rocky Moun- tain slope.
The precipitation for the current December was heaviest in the northwest portion of California and southwed corner of
Oregon. The snowfall was also remarkably heavy on the
upper portions of the Sierra and Coast ranges,-as shown in
detail in a following section.
NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER.
PRECIPITATION FOR CURRENT MONTH.
CURRENT DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
The precipitation for December was deficient over the whole
of the United States, except a few small areas, i. e., California
and Nevada, Lake Superior, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee,
and thence to central New England.
The principal departures from the normal at Weather Bu-
reau stations were as follows :
Excesses: Red Bluff, 6.7; Sacramento, 4.6; Eureka, 4.2;
Ban Francisco, 3.8; Fresno. 2.6. Deficits : Fort Canby, 5.5 ; Olympia, 5.b ; Portland, Oreg.,
4.8 ; Astoria, 4 3 ; Galveston, 3.9 ; Charleston and Savannah, 3.2.
Considered by districts, the precipitation for December,
l894, when compared with the normal for the month, fur- nishes the departures given in Table I, as expressed in inches.
Provioua maximum.
Amount. Year.
:z
3.99 4.93
By dividing those departures by the normal precipitation for
December we obtain the following corresponding percentages
(precipitation is in excess when the percentage of the normal
exceeds 100) :
Above the normal : New England, 123 ; middle Atlantic,
103; Ohio Valley and Tennessee, 108; lower Lake, 134;
southern plateau, 140; middle plateau, 122 ; middle Pacific,
181 ; southern Pacific, 133.
Normal : Middle slope, 0.00.
Below the normal : South Atlantic, 56; Key West, 14; east
Gulf, 77 ; west Gulf, 67 ; upper Lake, 77 ; North Dakota (ex- treme northwest), 47 ; upper Mississippi, 86 ; Missouri Valley,
64 ; northern slope, 60 ; southern slope ( Abilene), 35 ; northern
plateau, 47 ; north Pacific, 69.
For certain voluntary stations of rather long periods of
observation the normal and extreme monthly precipitations
and the\ departures are shown in detail in Table X b, which
is now placed among the meteorological tables instead of
being inserted in the-text as heretofore.
YEARS OF QREATEST PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER.
The precipitation for the current month was the greatest
on record for the month of December at regular Weather Bu-
reau stations, as shown in the following table :
Current precipitation.
Amount. I Depariure.
station.
Previoua minimum.
Amount. 1 Year.
...................... ................... .................... .................. .................... .......................
Key West, Flo 1.16
0.04
0;l;lS
0. ofl
1.63
Snn Antonio, Tex Dubuque, Iowa..
North Platte Nebr Vnlentine Nbbr. Pierre 9. ‘Dak ::3 Bismthrck N. Dak ................... Wnlla Wnha was11 0.80
I
................. ................. Fort Canby, k n s h .,
:%
:x
0. rl - 1.7 0. a7
0.52 1876
;:; u. 03
- 0.6 0. IO
- 0.4 . 0.08
- 0.7 0.06 IBBI
- 1.7 0.94
- 3.7 I 3.01
- 1.6
498
IncAce
......................... .........................
17
......................... ......................... 5-6
19 5-6 19 2y ......
17
19-20
8-9
17
5-7 19-fo 8
.........................
a t
........................ ......................... ......................... .........................
......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ........................ ......................... ......................... 21
,.-.... &2g ."
9 ......................... ......................... ............. ......................... .........................
20
......................... ......................... 5-6
......................... ......................... ......................... ................... 5-6 19-20
PI
2 20-21
......................... ......................... ......................... ........................ 6
......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... .......................... ....... 1.17
10-11
11-22
10
1-11
10-11
25-26
....... 2.10
I2 1 .q
11-12
*I
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW.
h.m.
........................ ..................
.................. .................. .................. ................... ........... .................. .................. ..................
..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ........................
........................
........................
.................. .................. ............... ..................
f ....' ......
........................ ..................
..................
....:. .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. ..................
..................
l o o I 1
.................. I M 12
.................. .................. ................... .................. 0 20 I1
.................. .................. I .................. 1 i .
DECEMBER, 1894.
15-16
g g
!q
lowing table ;' the third column gives the ratio of the current
accumulated precipitation to its normal value :
......... ...I.. ..... .................. .................. .................. I . I
Inch.
Key West .................. + 2.w
nli#tdle slope .............. 0.40 nliildle plntenu ............ 0.20
Sorthern plateau .......... o.go
North P&tHc .............. 11-70 Middle Pacitlc ............. 1.60
i
-
Cnlo ornta-Cont'd.
Knight8 Lnnding.. ........................... lion0 'l'uyee.. ................................ La Porte ...................................... Lnurel... ..................................... Lick Observutory ............................. Little Bear Valley.. ..........................
Little Bear Valley Inear) ....................
LosGnLosn ................................... Loa GHtosh ...................................
Lower Holcomb Vnlley ....................... Maripoaa ...................................... Mnrtinea .................................... Middlctown .................................. Mille College.. ............................... Milton (near, ................................. Mokelunine Hill ............................. nloraes House.. ..............................
Mount tilenuood ............................. Nevndu Cit ..................................
Newcnstle a .................................. Niles ......................................... Onklnnd a ..................................... Ouklandb. ....................................
Orowllea ..................................... Palernlo.. .................................... Petnlumu ..................................... Plucervillen .................................. Plncerville b... ...............................
Polnt BoniPuLi hthouse ..................... Heci B I ~W Iw.4.) ............................ Red L(lnff (S.P. H. R). ........................ Reddinyn ..................................... Keddingb. .................................... Repreaa ...................................... Hocklin ........................................ Rosewood .................................... Ban Leandro. .................................. tjnn Luis Obispo (W. B) ............................. Jan Mnteo ................................... Bnn Rafael... ................................. Yanta Cruzn .................................. Rmta Crozb. ................................. Snnta Crus Lighthouse ....................... Yanta Mnrgnrita .............................. Yantn Hosu ................................... YhnLtn 3pringn ............................... Bhinglo Springs .............................. Binson ........................................ Squirrel Inn ................................... Bummerdale ................................. Butter Creek ................................. Towles. ...................................... 'I'ruckee ..................................... Tunnel NO.^...........,.....................
Ukiah ........................................
Kennedy Gold hdne .................. ..A.. ..
uo.. ...........................................
Do.. ........................................... Do ............................................
Do .............................................
Do.. ...........................................
h'ew AlmnJen ................................
Orangevnle ...................................
Point Arenn Lighthouse ..................... .'
Oo... ..........................................
Do ............................................. Do .............................................
Upper Huttole ................................
Inch.
New En lnnd ............. - 8.10
South Atlnntlc ............ - 4.20 Fast G ~l f ................. - 9.W
Went Gulf ................ - 6.80 OhioVnlleyandTennessee -11. IO
Lower Lake ............... - 4.50 Upper LnkR ............... - 2 .~0
North Ibkotn (Ex. NW.). - 0.50
Upper Minsihsippi. ....... -12.00
Missouri Vnlley .......... - 8.84 Northern slope ........... - 1.40 Southern nlope (Abilene). - 3.70 Southern lntesu ..... ;... - 3.90
Middle fftluntic .......... - 5.30
Southern !uciBc .......... - 4.60
Inches.
16.44 12.52
10.70
15.47 24.91 11.90
20. 12
~4 .5 9
15.85 17.77
15.69 13.35
20.52
12.90
10.53 14.31 26.77
16.04 20.61 10.83 1 a .9
10.8
12.64
IO. 46
I 1.4&
IO. 15
19.03 18.49 14.32 12.43
11.01
10.57 15.35 12.22 12.56
12.63 11.64
12.12
17.05 la.%
13.71 11.89 10.82
13.14 21.47 14.50 11.1
17.29 12.25
13.88
13.95 14.96
15.47 q .7 7
12.02
11.72
Io. 20
1 1 .1 0
16.33
I
EXCE68rVE PRECIPITATION.
The following table for December, 1894, shows, by'states,
the individual stations reporting total precipitation to equnl or
exceed 10.00 inches during this month, 2.60 in 24 hours, and
1.00 in 1 hour:
Exceamve prmpitation, by stalwm, for December, 1894.
Stare und station.
.- . 7 '-5' Rainfall I, inch,
.E E o r more, in one hour. i?% honra.
Rei
Extensive nren'~itafinn-Continued.
Do ............. i...................
Do..... ................ :................ Delta..,................ ...................... Drytown.. .................................... Dunnigan.. ................................... Dunsmuir .................................... Durham ...................................... Edmanton.... ................................ Eldorado.. ........................ /........... Elmira ....................................... El Vernno .................................... Eureka ....................................... Felton... ..................................... Folsom Cltya ................................ Folsom Gityb ................................ Fordyce Darn ................................. DO... ........................................... DO... .......................................... Qeorgetown .................................. Do .............................................. Qlendoru ............................................. Qlen Ellen. ...................................
Grass Valleya ................................ OreenValley ..................................
Qormnns Statior!
Groenville. ................................... Huywarda .................................... Hbrldsburg ................................... Henderson8 Ranch .................................... Humbo1,dt Lighthouse ........................ Hyderville .................................... IowaHill ..................................... Jackson ......................................
......................................
Do .............................................. Do ..............................................
............. ........... ...... ........ 3.17 ag .................. 33.17 ..................................
11.22 .................................. 15.80 .................................. 10.12 .................................. q.00 .................................. 14. 7 ..................................
14. og ................................... 12.31 3.47 ZD?I I .................. ; 24.14 .................................. 11.68
11.74 38.41 7.00 61
20.93 3.30 17-18 ....... ......I ...... 1.9 1 21 .................. 3.03 19 .................. 19.91 .................................. 24 .................. 16.55 .................................. 2r.M 4.82 5
8.91 . 19 .................. 4.44 1 ag I .................. 13.39 ........ ........I... ............... 10.40 ..................................
3.90 20 I ... ................ 13.86 ....... .,.. .................. I. ..... 11.20 ........ ........,.,.... 1 ......I ...... 17.57 1 .9 1 18
' ..................
j 12.47 ..................................
12.83 ..................................
1 8.50 17-19 .................. .j 6-90 21-01 ..................
I ...................
16.31 3.00 PI I ..................
1 5 .9 I 2.79 I 17 .................. I
Vacavillea .............. ..................... Vacnville b .................................... Valley 3 rin s ............................... Wtrinut Weef ................................ West Point. .................................. Wheatland ................................... Winters ...................................... Wire Bridge .................................. Woodlnnd .................................... yutm City ..................................... cb!omdo. Ruhy ......................................... iilorldo. Plant City ........................................... Q w g h
Alnpaha .............................................
Adnirsville .........................................
Cnnton .............................................. Clnyton ............................................. Columbus. .......................................... Uuhlone,qa .......................................... Diamond ............................................ Marietta ............................................
....
..... i
..... .....
11.80
13.27 ro.51
10.04
16.28
10.75 14.70
%g rx.15
I I .SI
-
J
4 E
-
I=".
....... ....... ....... a. 50'
6.74
6. b4
2.95
a. 70
....... .......
3: ;:
8: :;
.......
....... ....... 3.01
3.23 10.51
8.02
2.59
....... .......
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... 3.46
a. 86
3.29
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... 3.75
6.70
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... 4.00 6.62
3.03 5.37
44: LIZ ....... ....... ....... ....... 2 '55
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
2.79
a* 55
2.67
3-14
2.57 3. IO
2.85
5.50
2.50
......
Marengo,. ....................................... Kentucky.
Louisiana.
Mains.
Matlock .........................................
Hummond... .................................... Sugnrtowrr ......................................
Belfrcat ................................................
2 .b
a. 70
2. 84
I 2.68
DECEMBER, 1894.
Waehinuton .......................... Californin.. ........................... Oregon ............................... 'I'exas ................................
Louisinna ............................ Florlcla.. ............................. nfiuslsaippi ........................... Arkrnsus ............................. Oeorpiu .............................. New York ....................... , .... Tennessee ...........................
.... North Carolina ................ ..:
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW.
19 Colorndo ........................... 16 A l i i t a t n ~ ........................... 13 Arizona.. ........................... ndiiiiiri.. ...........................
6 hlnerni.liuaetta ..................... 4 hl ichigirn ........................... 3 Missoixri ............................ 3 Nevndn ............................. Nrw Hwnpaiilre ................... New Jersey ........................ a Vlryinis ............................
.......................... ! Kori~uvky I
499
-
Texns ................................ 8 Cnlifornin ............................ 6 Louisiana ............................ 5 Miasisslppi .......................... 4 Tennessee ........................... 3 Arkansas.. ........................... 3 Alnbnma..
Indiana ............................... 2
Pennsylvnnia ........................ 2
Michigan ............................. 2
............................ Illinois ............................... j
170urly precipitation to eqriul or crceed 1.00 inch.
*.
-. -
Qeor ia ............................. t
Kansna .............................. I
Mnssnchusetts ...................... I
Maine ............................... I
Missouri I
Oregon .............................. I
Virginia ............................. I
Wnahington ......................... I
Wisconsin ........................... I
Florha .............................. 2
............................
Excessiae precipitation-Continued.
__-
Station and state. I Amt. j,yeal./j station and state.
--
~~~~~,~~ Rainfa1lof.x inch, more, I n aq or more in one hours. hot&.
State and station.
12% -
Amt. Year.
--
dinsanchuaettd. Inched Inbhea
2.57 2.59 2.79
2.75 2.53
............................... ...... 1-84'
........
....................................... ....................................... 3.07
............................................. 2.67
............................................ 2.90
............................................ 3.15
............................................ 3.01
................... >. ............... ........I' 3.53
2.73
.......................................... 2.56
................................... 2.95
Ntu, Jersey.
.................................
2. so
4.00
................................ ........
.................. 3.00 3.07
........ ...................................
16.13
17.15 2.55 I4,44 3.87
2.72
2.50
&mol Cardina.
Tcnnsarca.
IVaehington.
Central.. 3.00
Neah Ray ....................................
..............................................
Index ................................................ I 2.74 XI.* : ........ T*too8tr Island ............................... ~1.75 I........
Bnn Andreas Cal... ..........
Fordyce Dnni,Cal.. .......... Felton,Cnl.... ............... Mount Hnmilton,Cd ........ l)eltR Ca1 ....................
Laurel, Cal.. ......... i.. ..... Emigrant Onp.Cal ........... Neah Hay, Wash .............
Pilnroitos, CAI ...............
Reed: Cnmp,cal.. ...........
4 I . --I
and show the number of stations in each The following tables give a summary,of 1
Inehee.
Sr.05 41.87 38.41
34.95 33.84 33.17 31.07 31.79 3t.20
30.70
..... .. ....
26.27
...... ...... ...... ...... ......
... ....
1-2
26-2j.
26-27
26-27 .................. 26-27 .................. 26-27 ..................
10-11 ................. 11-12 ..................
10-11 ...................
IX ..................
Io I... .. .i. ...........
xx-xa 1 .................. ..................
...... ............. ...... ............
...... ...... ......
11-12
...... ...... ...... ......
e preceding table,
tats reporting ex-
cessive precipitation during this month :
Nonthli prccipitation to egud or aceed 10.00 inchb
California ............................ ............. ............I 2
Oregon .......,..
Daily precipitation to equal or exceed 2.60 i n 24 hours.
..................... .............................. i ' I
I r I l k I
State.
California ..
...... .... ....... .......... ........ ......... ......... .....
Georgin ........... . .......... Alabama ..........
FREQUENCY O F EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION.
The following tables shgw the frequency of excessive pre-
cipitation or the number of years for which monthly precipi-'
tation to equal or exceed 10.00 inches, daily precipitation to
equal or exceed 2.60 inches, and hourly precipitation to equal
or exceed 1.00 inch has been reported in the several States
and Territories for December during the last twenty-five
years :
fiequen-y of excmsive monthly precipitation.
.
L .1
Calirornla ............................ Louisinnn ............................ North Carolinn. ....................... Texnn ................. ;.. ............ Qeorgla .............................. Alabnma. ............................. Oregon ................................ Florida .............................. l'enneasee ........................... Mirrimeippi .......................... \\'nehington .......................... lndiann ............................... Virginin.. ............................ qouth Cnrolino ......... .:. ........... Kentucky ............................ Lllinois .............................. Ohio.. ................................ Pennsylvanln ........................ Arknonns ............................. MHssacllusetts .......................
1
I
I
X
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
-
I.
-
Mnrylnnd ..................... .,. ... New York ........................... Mnine ............................... New Jersey ......................... M Knnsna lssouri .............................. ............................
Mictiignn ........................... Arizona ............................. Iowa ................................ Dintrict ofColumbin ................ Colorndo ............................ Connecticut ......................... New HRnlpshire ..................... Utiih ................................ Verniont ............................ Drlnwnre.. .......................... Indinn Territory .................... Minnenotn...... ............ ;. ....... Wisconmin .......................... Hliode INland .......................
-
5 ' 5 . 4 4 3
2 2
2
1
I
I -
I
I
I
X
I
I
I
I
-
' I
Boulder Creek,Cal ......... Upper Mattole CnI ......... Mount 8t. Halba,Oal ...... SiinirnIt,Cal. ................ Cisco Cnl ...................
Yims Cnl ...................
Uppo; MaLtole,Cal .........
niorebs House Cnt......... . Cresocnt City bo^. .......... Tatoosh lal~Ad. Waah ......
500 MONTHLY WE ATHE R REVIEW. DECEMBIER, 1894.
Now York, N. Y ........................
Phlla e phm. Pa.. ...................... Pitteburg, Pa.* ................................. Portland, Me.*. ........................ Portland, Oreg ......................... 9t. Louie Mo.. .................................
Salt Lake City, Utah. .......................... 9an Diego, Cnl. ......................... Jan Francisco,Cal.. .................... javanneh, Gn.* ......................... Seattle Wash.. ........................ Vickabhrg Miss... ........ ..;. ......... Washingtdn. D.C ....................... Wilmington, N.C .......................
NorfoJkj Va: ............................
St. Paul, kinn. .........................
__ -
Exceptional monthly prrcipitatzon-Continued. __
Station und etatc. I Am't. Ye8r.l: Station and state. I Am't. i Yenr.
0.12
0.14 0.05
0.02
0.01
0.10
0. IO
0.04 0.24
o.21
0. 12
0.01
0.01
-c__---
MAXIMUM RAINFALL FROM SELF-REQISTERINQ GAUGES.
The following table gives she heaviest rainfall during
December, 1894, for periods of 5, 10, and 60 minutes, as re-
corded on self-registering rain gauges a t regular stations
of the Weather Bureau. This record refers strictly to rain-
fall. About 37 stations are furnished with self-registering-
float rain gauges and 6 with the self-re&isterii.lg-weighing
rain-and-snow gauge The float gauge does not record
enowfalI, and both forms are liable to be interrupted by
snow or ice:
Maximum raiilfall in one hour or less.
I
I Del tn. CaI ................... Cisco,Cal .................... Do ...................... I Edninnton. Cal. Lnurcl CHI ................... Little fiearValley,CaI.(near 1'
Upper Mnttole,Gul .......... Mumford Ilill,Cal ........... colfilx,caI ................... Felton,Cal ................... Ed man 1 on, Cn1 ............... Noah Bny. WaHh ............ Colf~x,Cnl ...................
Georgctown,Cal ............ .( Cirasv Vallcy,Cnl ............ Laure1,Cnl.. ................. Ncnh Ba , Wnsh .............
..............
Neah Bay, Wnsh. .... ;.. .... .I
Bear ~alYlcv. ai .............
I
--______-
Pyrlit, Wnsli !
i ................ ................... Clac0,Cal Slinsta Springs, Cnl .......... ......... Fort Jtevens,Orcp.. Americnn Hil1,Cnl. Houlder (:rcek,CaI ......... Grnes Vnlley, Cnl
Iown IIill,Cal ............... Snn Hnfael,Cnl Georgetown, Cnl Emigrant Gap, Cal .......... Lo8 (iatoe, Ca1.n..
Nevada City.Cnl Crescent City, Cnl .......... Dunsmuir, (:el.. ............ M idd I eto wn, CHI., .......... Henldstiurp, Cnl ............. Point Ploasnnt. La... ....... SantnCruz,Cal.. ............ Portland Ore .............. Little B&V$le . Cnl ......
Cathlnmet, Wash ...........
Ttitoosh Island, $ash
i i
.........
........... .............. ............ i .......... ............ I I--
15 min.
Maximum rninfall io-
Stntion.
Date. (tomin Date. 1 I tiour. 1 Date.
Inch.
0.24
x). 15
0.06
0.04 0.08
0.06
0.04
0.06
0.08
0. l a
0. IO
0. I1
0.12
...... 0. I 1
...... ......
0.07
0. 04
0.17
0. a5
0.37
0' 09
0. '3
0.18
0, IO
......
0. IO
Do .... :: ................. I I Inrh.
9 I 0.48
I 2 I 0.34
0.12
1:
' 0.23
0.30
I O , 0.13
8 0.23
....... 1 ....... ....... 1 .......
27 1 0.13
0.21
d I 0.24
26 0.22
6 I 0.33 10 0.13
2 0.85
I 2 I 0.13
8 ! . 0.33
0.45
2; I 0.65
8, IO ! 0.q
.............. ' I1 I 0.44
0.11
0.11
.... ....... 0.28
9 12
....... 2 10
I
I a
....... 8
8 i a
3
26 6
.......
I
IO
I2
Vncnville, CaI.. ............. .I Culfax Cal. Greeii 'Valley, Cal ............ \
.................. I
10
12
27 8
10
I
I f
8,io
8
27
26
6
IO
I2
2
...... ......
d
8
299
'B ...... I1
10
I 2
Exceptional daily precipitation.
Station and etate.
Inchea
16.93
13.50 12.15
11.71
Ir*4S 10.52
10.35 10. IO
9.75 9.04
8.95 8.91
8.75 8.50
8.50
8.50
8.47 8.46 6.03
8.02
8.02
7.78 7,73 7.66
7.57 7-39 7.08
7. 7.06 7.02
6.90 6.74 6.70 6.66
6.65
6.64 6.62
6.60
6.60
1 ;
...
...... ......... ......... ...... ....... ........
...... ......... .............
...
..
... ..........
....... .......... Boyda Corners, N. Y ... r q .1 ~4 J j Point ~~e a s o n t , La .....
!
q-20, t&q . Ellsworth,Cal ......... z4-25,1883 Melissa, 'rex ........... I 12-13,1892 11
Inches.
6.44
6.33 6.32 6.20 6.15
6 . 09 6.07
6.02
6.00 6.00 6.00
6.00
598 5.93 5.73 5.70 567 5.62
5 61
5. so
5-45 5.43 5.39 5.37 5.36 5.33 5.32
5.31
5.30
5.20
5.18
5.05
5.05
5.04 5.02
5.01
5.00
5.00
5.28
2: 2
Upper Mattole, Cal.. .. Point Pleaaunt, La ..... Monroe La ............ Edmanion, Cal.. ....... Yan %Bicl Cal ......... Morse8 Hduae,(:al ..... Mould Ida Ark ........ Cloverdal; CaI ........ Morstta Hdune Cnl ..... Mount Ht. 1Icl~nu.Cal.. Little Benr VdIey,Cul,, (neard. ................ I ShmtaS pin$@ C i i ::::,
Clark8 vi71 e, Te; ...... .I Do ................. Eorciycc Dam, C U I .. ... .I I Yaquina I,. II.,Oreg. Loa G a t o ~ Cal ......... Point P l e i a n n t ,~a ..... 1 Lower Rolcumb Val- i
ley,Cal .............. . Morse$ House, Cnl.. ... CollegeYtntion Tax ... Little Beur Vailey, CHI. Portland, Oreg ......... Middletown, CaI ....... Pikch Penk Colo ....... ~c i m a n t o n .' ~a ~. ........ Ford ce lhin,Cul., ....
Point P eiiqnnt, La...., Fordycc Da.ii, W.. ..... ~i t t l o Ijeur Valley.Ca1 1 squirrel ~n n , CUI .... ..:i
New Oancony,Ark .....I Mount Yc. Kelenn,Cul..! Little Bear Valley,Cal.' (near) ............. ..I Tunnel Nu. 2, Cnl..
Port Qaston Cal ....... Pine BIUR, A ' I .~
.Green alley Cnl
...
MadJn f Aik .. ..........I
..... I I .........
9 8
a? 8, a6
2
....... I2
IO
I2
....... 28
S
,......I ........ 12,27 0.04
16 0.11
9 1 0.04
....... 1 ........ 8 I 0.12
27a I ::2 5 0.06
0. a8
i s i
o.a6
...............
0.01
....... 1s
8
f a6
.......
5 I1
l a
4
t Less than 0.05 in I hour.
MONTHLY SNOWFALL.
The depth of snow that fell during the month of December,
BS reported by both regular and voluntary observers, is shown
i n detail, foretations reporting loinches or more, in the follow- ing table. The mont'hly snowfall and the limit of freezing
weather are also shown on Chart VI.
DEPTH OF 821OW ON GROUND.
The depth of unmelted snow lying on the ground a t 8 p. N.
of the the 15th apd 31st is shown in the following table, for stations reporting 10 inches of monthly snowfall. The
amount on the ground on the 31st is also ehowti on Chart VII.
Monthly snowfall and amounts on ground mi the 16th and at close of month. .___
ber 31,1874 and January I, 1875.
Exceptional precipitation for one hour or 2e.w.
* Dece
L1
station nnd atnte.
P c -_______C_.L ---- -
ZRCh.
New Orleans, La.. ............................................... 0.30 Tampa, Pla.. ..................................................... 4.30 New Orleans, La.. ............................................... 0.30 Atlanta,Ga.. ..................................................... 0. zj Vicksbur Mise ................................................. 0.26 Jupiter. I%.* ................................................... 0.25 Norfolk Va ....................................................... 0.25
Bavnnnih, Oa.. ................................................... 0.25
Qalvelcton, l'ex .................................................. 0.10
Tampa, Fla ...................................................... 0.50
New Orleans La ................................................. 0.50
Galveaton Tkx.. ................................................. 1.36 Wellstmrd,Pa .................................................... 1.20
Diamond Ga.. ................................................... 1.07
w innebaio, 111.. ................................................. .I . 00
Inches.
38.0
10.0
Alabama.
3xnnna.. .............. Ariwna.
Flagstaff. ............. Arkansas.
Kogcre ................ Cdtloynia. Adjn ................... Bear Valley ...........
:edarville. ............ %co .................. Dunamuir.. ........... Edgcwood ............. Edmanton ............
3reen Valley ..........
P'ordycc Dam
no cn ...................
............ 1 Lzi Porte .............. 152.0
1 Little Bear Val. (near) I 4 Ormonde .............. d:o
......... 97.6 ........... 27.0
0.0
i*Fi* +:
I:::::: ::::: ........... ........... ...........
0.0 8 .1
5.0 3.0 I 4.0 12.0
I 0.0 2.0
IO. 0
30.2
155.5 118.0
17.3 216.0
150. o
168.0
20.0
458.0
20.0
.......... .......... I 95.0
........... ..... I
..... 1 12.3
........ .! 29.6 1q.,5
Record incomplete. .... l..Y...l..;.. II Canyon ................ I 10.0
DECEMBER, 1894. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 50 L
~~~~~~~~
Nontiily snowfall and amounts on ground, efc.-Continued. I NontMy stcowfall and amounts on ground, eic.-Continued. .- - - .- - __- -. - - - -- _- - - - - - __ -. -. -. - -
Btnte and stntion. j Totnl. i 15th. Iglst. 1 , Stnto and stntion. Total. 15th. 131st.
- ......
5th. 13ist.
I
Total.
Inches.
-
!
i -
i
15th. ~1 s t . State nnd stntion.
I -
'd. I
Totnl.
I
State and stntion.
2___
Rs. Ins. Inches.
18.0
22.0
21.0
22.0
14.5 15.0
18. I
13.5
10. I
13.5 23.2
25.0
19.0
JO. 5
17.0
16.8
19.0
12.0
22.0
10.5
18.2
19.0 26. o
15.0
16. o
12.0
21.0
15.8
31.0
19.5 20.0
25. 0
11.0
20.0
16.7
15.0
14.0
17.0
13.5
19.0
'9.5 16.0
19.5 12.5
18.7
14.0
16.6 16.0
14.0
15.0
18.0
I I :O
21.6
26. o
11.5
18. I
24.8
22. a
18.0
31.0
15.0
31-4
11.0
24.0
10.0
39.5 ao. 2
45.4 73.8 24.7
20.0
20.0
10.0
12.0
11.0
20. 2
12.0
21.0
21.0
31.0
23.5
a i .5
13.0
34.5 19.0
5 2 .0
27. I
2: P
21.1
20.0
18.0
29.0 15.0
17.8
24.0
19 5 16.5
22.5
14.8
18.0
18.0
20.0
1 1 .0
I ~ns. I Ins.
'1'. ::: I
.....
..... '1%.
1'. 1 4 .0 :
0.0 3.0 I
0.0 2.0 I
N.Ilntr,~pshir~Cont'd.) Inches. 1 Ins.
~
Inn. '' Pennaulvnnio-Cont'd. Inches. j Ins. 1 Ins.
Sniilmrnton ............ '1'. 6.5 1, Lowis iuig ............. 20.0 ....... I ..... Ytrntford ., ............
New Jeruq. Eli mlie tli ............. New Mexico. 1 Cliamn ................
............. ....... Petcrborri 10.7 1 4.0 8.0 :, I(iimer ........I 12.0
I 6.0 . LO nor ................. , I :%: I.*::;'! 14.5 I'lymouth ........... ; .;
Wost hlilnn ...........
6.0 ' 1 Lock Ilnvan ........... I
31.0 i ....... 1.5 Amlierst .............. 1 39.0 ...... I .....
I 16.8 I 8.0 i 9.0 . Andover ............... 10.5 0.0 3.2 .I Bedford ............... 11.01 0 .0 1 4 .0 Ijcverl ~e r i n n ........ ! 30.0 4.0 . 4.0 1 ~u o ~I I (mniniit) ... 6.0 .. I I3o9ton ................ 14.6
20.5 l..!:!.i 4.2 nrocktonn ............ 11.4 ........... Chestnut Hill .........
11.5 ........... ............... I 1 1 Concord 16.0 4.5 6.0 ................ 13.5 1 ....... a .8
17.8 ............ .............. !
Amhcrwt Ei.Stationo.
8.0 I 6.0 '! Anilierst~x.Stntionl. 21.0
!
.....
........... ................ ........ .............
.............. ..... ................
10.0 ......
............. ................. ............. ............. 18.0
15.3 $1; 1 5.2 'rnuiitonb I Wnltefield
10.4 25.7 I ~i ~~~n n i s t o w n
40.2 ichigon.
6.0 !I Springfield Armory ...I .............. ............. I 7.0 1 6.0 \veElboro ............. I
2.0 I 4.0 '1 Winchendon .......... 18.6 I W i n t h y .: ...........
24.0 22.0 r g .o ! Wabster .............. 11.0
........... ....
Cnlumet .............. Ctinrlevorx ............
...........
.......
....... ......... 13.2 i. ..... ................. 12.0 ....... ..................
Bnttlo Mountain ......I I3elmont ............. .!
Ueownwo ............. ., Cnrlin .................
................
... .... ... ......... ...... ................. ...... .......... 1 1 .0 1 ...... 7.0 I( Elkofnenr) ............ -**.**.I
1 2 .0 : 11.0 I Elk0
12.0 .......I 8.0 Ely .................... 10.0 I... ... 7.0 1) Qonon ................ .!
10, o I.. ......... Ciolcondii .............. I
11.3 ....... 7 o .. Hnlleck ................ 10.0 I..;::.] ...... Lewers Rnnch ........ .I
I IO. 5
12.5 /......I .. ... Osceoln.. ............... 1 2 .0 2.5 I! Palisade ............... Pnlmetto .............. I I
13.0 Paradise Valley
10.0 I .. I[ Reno .................. Kono Stnte Universitv.1
10.5 I ... ...I 5.0 1 1 !totiel ................. I 20.0 I ...... 11.0 recoma ................ 14.8 . 0.0 9.0 1 1 'ronno ................. I 20.0 1 T. 10.0 T y h ................... 12.2 ....... 7.0 I( Vprd;., . 'd'i3 ........... 19.5 1 T. 12.0 . Virg nin I ..........I 17.5 T. 12.0 Winnemucra 1W.B.l.:
21.1 rr. ..... il \vinnoniuccn(V.O.).. .I 18.5 3.0 ! 12.0 ' NcwIlnmpshirc.
15.0 )......I 4:" 1) Gold 1Iill .............. I
...... 9.9 /I Msrletto Lnko...
....... ......
13.0 ...... 7.0 '1 h b y Valley... ....... .I
. ................ Alstend 8.4 . Berlin Mills ........... ..............
..... .................
Lnncnstor Littloton. .............. 10.0 1) Nnshua ............... Newton.. ............. .( 24.0 ..... 8. o 11 North Conwny.. ........
............. ............... 1
I
i
.............. ................
13.0
15.0 0.0
.............
-.
13.5
12.0
20.0
29.9
12.0
as. o 17.0 13.0
24.4
16.5
10.3
19.0
18.0
10.5
12.5
2 5 .0
25.0
12.4 13. a
ao. 8
'9.5 17. I
14.9 19.6
21.0
23.0
20.5
29.8
20.0
1 1 .2
20. I
20.7
2 .0
7.0
0.0
6.0
3.0 ..,.
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
21.0 ............
14.0 0.0 1 7.0
13.0 I 0.0 , 13.0
I .I 0.0) M.0
16.0, 0.0, 10.0
11.0 I 0.0
: 8.0
ll.o j ...........
1 5 .0 . 0.0 I 10.0
18.0 j 0.0 18.0
22.5 0.0 ! 20.0
18.0: ...... ......
12.2 0.0 ' 11.0
16.5 1 0.0 : 14.0 15.0 ...... I ...... m a I 0.0 I 12.0
18.5 1 0.0 18.0
17.0 0.0 I 12.0
19.0 I
17.0 ...... I .....
15.0 I..;;;., 4.0
14.2 3.0
11.0 I ............. 11.0 0.01 .....
! .....
37.0 ...... 20.0 I....I
18.0 Lorlr KO. 4 .......... ..I
I Mnlioninz .............I
8.0 . h i k e r .:'. ............. i 1. I'ittsliurg ..............
. i 12.0 IMgwnv .............. .... Ynlcm Corners ........ 1 0.0 4 .0 I I'ecos.. ................ 1.0 1 10.0 Itosn ..................I 0.0 , 12.0 I New lbrk. ..... Ynltsburg ....... ......I
! 19.0 !I Siiinuleliouse ........... 12.4 : Sniolliport ............ I
17.0 Somerset.. I 12.0 I! Youth Enton ........... I
7.0 Stnto College ........... 18.0 .. Stoyestown .......... .I 18.0 . Townndn .............. i c .0 Ilnioiit,irrn ............ I
. ........... Seliiisgrovo
............
3.5 I 7.0
0.0 , 0 .5
Addison ............... ! Albm ................ !
A 1ii.erlYCcn ter .......... Angelicn .............. .I
Arirndn ................ Hnldwinavillc ........ .; l3inyhnmton .......... Urookfield ............
Eden Cantor.. ........ .! t?;~;~ll~y~ii .............
Glens ~e!Py ............ Gloveruvillo.. ......... Hamilton ............ .I lloneymend Brook .... Hunrplirey Itlinen.. ............... Lobniion Springs ......
Mndison Unrrnrks.... .I
Mnlonu ................. Mnrllmro .......... ....I
New Li?ltmn .......... .I North I3nniinond .......
Ogdenstiurg Onoontn ............... Oswego ...............
Pnlermo ............... Perry City .............
Port Jorvis ............ Pot adflin .............. Homulus .............. Sernnnc Lnlte. ......... Youth Csnistoo ....... .I Stillwiiter T...
1 w i n .................. Vurysburp.. ........... I
Wuppingers I'nll8. ....
Wawrly ................ Wedgwood ........... .I West Norlh C I i ~z y L'nrdinn. ...........I I
Bnkrraville ........... Ohio. Annnpolin Atheiis Coalton... ............. Demon ................
H 1 il hoiiso
L O W O I I
filchrlhur New Alexnndrin
I i c w Wnterford.. ...... I'ornrroy .............. Ridge ................ .i l'hurninn \Varsnw Youngetown.. ......... I Oregon.
I
Bnkor City Burnn .................
Hood River inenr) .... Jouoph ................ Lnkovinw .............. I Lono Nock Siakiyou ............... Spnrtn Penn~ylvonia. ,
Aqiirduct .............. I3looniiny: tiiove ...... I
I I3rookville Cnrlidan ..............
Cussnndrn I Clnrion ................. Coiifluonco ........... .I DnvisIslnndDnm.....
I Dulmis Dyhrry ................ Emporium ............. Froeport .............. Ciirnrdvillo ............. (irnnipinn Greensboro ........... Ilollidnysliurg ........ nonesiinle. ........... .I IIuntingdon .......... .i
Jolinvtown ............ I
C:1n1 on ............... .I Cooperstown ...........
............ 1
I ............
120 It0 ................ i
IAowvii'1e ..............
Number Four ........ .i I ...........
Oxford.. ............... ! i
i
i
I
i
Detroit. .............. .,
I'lnt IS burg Bnrrncks ... j
......... I .
Wnrertown .......... .I.
I ............. ................
G 11 vsv i I le ............ .I ............. ................ ............. ....... I
............. ...............
............
............ ................. I
............ .............
................
............. i
......... ..... 1 ' 6.0
.... I .....
'19. ; IO. 0
2.0 7.0
T. ..... ....................... ,.... ..... ................ ............ Wn.1 Nnwutnn
..... 1 ..... ..... 7.0
2 .0 I 10.0
Fp , I::;
..... 1 ..... T. , a.o
.......... I ..-1.
..-... ............. 0.0 / 21.0 . Wilkewhivro .......... I
0.0 12.0 ;, Rhode Idond. j
0.0 I 1a.o !I Ijristol ................ i
,....I 6.0 . I~oiivdtile .............. I 0.0 10.0 !i I'awtuckot ........... .i
0.0 I 8.0 Providence n .......... 0.0 . 12.0 I l'rovidoncec. ......... .! 12.o 1; Ufnh.
G:.' . .. Cllstle Gate.. ......... .i 0.0 12.0 Codville ......... i .... I 0.0 1 16.0 ~i >:incry ................. ..... ! ..... Glendnlu .............. I
..... 34.0
10.0
4.0 10.0
.....
.... 4.0
3.0
3.5
4.0 41.0
.... ..... .... .... ..... .....
.....
,.,.. 15.0
9.0 14.0
1 4
7.5
10.0
8.0
10.0
.....
16.0
1: 0
.....
IO. 0
IO. 0
10.0
40. o 16. o
4.0
4.0 11.5
8.0
3.5 1.4
10.0
13.0
....
2. 0
.....
11.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
.....
..... 6.0
11.5
11.0
6.0
11.0
10.5
6.0
8.0
8.0 13.0
15.0
5.2
13.0
8.0 8.0
3: :
20.0
0.0
. 15.8 IIebrr .................. 1j.b 0.0 6.0 ' 1 ~n k o Btntion ..........I 15.2 0.0 10.0 . 1.ovun .................. .. !I pp!n ................ .: 20.0 I 0.0 20.0
24.0 i 12.0
1 2 .5 5.0
16.0 1 1.0
16.2 0.0
10.1 ...... 17.0 I.....
10.0 a.2
22.0 1 3.0 16.1 .....
18.5 ..... 11.0 I.....
29.0 I.....
20.0 ...... 12.0 I 1.0
41.0 120.0
I
35.3 ......
,....I..;;; 0.0
....
0.0 ......
3.0 I 7.5
1.0 I 10.0
.......... 6.0 , 8.0
1.4 : 8.3
.3.1 8.3
,....I ..... T. , 9.0
..... I ..... 1'. ; IO. 0
3.0
..... .....
1.2 5.5
1 .2 1 5.5
..... '8.0
2.0 1 6.1
4 .0 5.0
4 .0 , 18.0
'4.0 j 4 0 .0
0.0 5.0
........... ...........
7.0 I 10.0
1.0 1 3.5
...... 0 0
5.0 5.0
5.0 I 4.0
........... .......... 6.0 I 10.0
.... I.....
24.4
............... ........... .........
............. .. ..... ....... ............... i Vrmrunl. I Brnttlehro ........... 25.2 ..... 27.0 3.0
17.0 ..... 22.5 I 3.0
40.0 ..... 26.7 ! 6.0
20.0 I 0.0
' *r.
21.0 ...... 18.5 I 3.0
2 2 .0
19.71 1.0' 3.0
16.0 1 T. !';;:; 13.4 ...... I
....... 0.0
! 10.0 i ...........
10.5 0.0 I 10.0
11.0 I ...... 15.0 ' 0.0 I..;:;
10.0 1 ...... 10.0 ..... .1..i:;
21.0 ......... 16.0
1 1 .0 ( 8.0
,..!:!.i 6.0
10.0 I 0.0 : 10.0
12.0 , 0.0 \ 12.0
11.5 I ...... 1.10.0
12.0 1 ...... ( 3.0
16.0 : 0.0 I 15.0
ro.0 1 ......
~
..... 11.0 0.4 9.0
18.0'......'.....
13.6 i 3.0 i 3.3
23.0 4.0 0.5
34.5 r ..........
84.5 ; ........... 27.5 1 7.0 / 12.0
12.0 ........... 24.0 1 6.0 1 5.0
18.0 1 3.0 1 6.0
Burlington ............ Cornwall .............. ICnoahui 'Frills.. ......
Irnahurg.. .............
Iiortlitleld .............
Jnckeonville
Norwich., ............. St. John+mry
Ytrnflord .............. Welle ................. Woodstock.. .......... Virginio. Montoroy ............. 1 Woshinylon. Bridgeport ........... i Cnscnde Tunnel ....... Concouully .......... .I Ellensburg ............ !
I EIIenuliiirg [ nenr). .... J'ort Simcoo. .......... Fort Spokane ........ (1
h k e s i d e ..............
iillrllers
Moxeo V~lloy .......... Spokane ............... Stninpcdo ............. I Wnterville ............ Wcnatchee Lnkc ...... Wcat Virginia. Revorly ............... Bloomory .............. Uuchnnnn n .......... .I Ihrlinplon .~ .......... Centra Stntion ....... .I Clinrleston ............
Elln ................... Pni rmou I) t ............ Forest Hill ............ Glenville ..............
HnrtlnnS ..............
I Yinionsville ........... .........
......
El kliorn ............. .I
.... 6.0
3.0 ....
0.0
20.0
43.0 14.0
.... 2: : 6.0 8.0
9.0
26.0
16. o
a4.5
1 2 .0
20.0
91.0
24.0
IO. 4
aR. o 16. o
19.6 16. o
18. d
12.0
11.0 I 4:: 59.5 I 35.0 31.0 15.0
24.0 15.0
19.0 1 0.0
17.2 I:....
11.0 12.5 I.....
~
0.0
11.0 .....
10.0 ! 0.0
10.0 j.....
14.0 : 0.0
14.0 1 0.0
10.0 1-0.0
18.1 ...... 18.5 ' 0.0
13.0 I 0.9
13.3 I 0.0
;::: I:::::
11.0 I.....
18.0 i 0.0
24.0 ...... 10.0 i 0.0
11.0 .....
1 0 .1 . 0.0
13.0 o o 1 1 .0
16.0 , 0.0 16.0
17.0
a. o
12.0 1...:..i 10.0
10.0 ..... 1 ..... 5.3 6.5
,....I ......
14.0 1 ...... 17.0 i 0.0
23.0 1 0.0
13.0 0.0
I 8 '
19.4 0.0
15.8 ....... 19.0 I 0.0
13.0 0.0
13.0 0.0
16.5 i.....,
15.0 0.0
13.4 , 0.0
,t, I.*;;:
21.5 i o.o
11.6 I O\O
............... ................
i
16.0 i l Griifton
12.0 Hinton
.... :i Lnlte .................. 12.0 nnchtown ............ 12. o :I $organtown 0.. ...... .I 11.0 Morgantownb
....*I
11.5 . Plensant 1IiIl. ........ .I
.. Powellton ............. i
...... Xnw Ciimberlnnd... ...
13.0 .. I'nrkorsburg.. ......... 10.0 . l'liillipi ...............
7.0 ' I Point Plensnnt ........
8.0 , New Mnrtinsville
1.0 ..... 4.0 1 16.0
1 .0 ; 7.0
2 .0 9.0 *r. g .~
0.0 1 10.0
1. ' 7.0
T. I 12.0
..
1.0 1 12.0
..........
602 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. DECEMBER, 1894.
.- ___- I IS'. Virginia-Cont'd. I Ineltea. Inn. Ina. Rnleigh ................ 1 1 .0 ...... g.0
Kowlrabiirg ............ 19.0 ........... Snndyville ............. 13.0 ...... 10.0
spencer ............... 16.0 0.0 16.0
liinnery .............. 20.0 0.0 20.0
Westonn .............. 20.0 0.0 2.0
Westonb .............. 18.0 ...... 8.0
1V. Virginia--Cont'd. Inrhw.
Wliecliiigfl............ 11.5
Wheelinpb ............ 10.0 ......
AmherPt ............. 13.5 .
Fort Yellowstono ..... 13. I ..... .,. ....
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SLEET.
The following are the dates on which sleet fell in the re-
spective States :
Alabama, 30. Arizona, 27, 28. Arkansas, 1, 26, 30, 31.
California, 6, 7. Colorado, 1, 10, 20, 22, 23. Connecticut, 1,
2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 26, 27. Georgia, 4, 30, 31.
Idaho, 6,' 19, 20, 31. Illinois, 3. Indiana, 12, 24. Iowa, 9,
10, 11, 24. Kadsas, 10, 11. Kentucky, 25, 26. Louisiana,
26, 26, 30. Maine, 12, 17, 27,30. Maryland, 10, 24, 26. Mas- sachusetts, 1, 2, 8 to 11, 24, 27. Michigan, 1, 11, 12, 24, 29.
Delaware, 26.
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71 60
60
54
51
Texis, 9, 10. -Washington, 6.
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PREVAILING DIRECTIONB.
The prevailing winds for December, 1894, viz, those that
were recorded most frequently a t Weather Bureau stations,
are shown in Tables I and VI11 ; they are not given on Chart
11, as has hitherto been the custom, but the resultant winds
are published instead.
RESULTANT WINDB.
The resultant winds for the current month, as deduced
from the hourly readings of self-registers at about 67 regular Weather Bureau stations, are given in Table VIII. Other
resultants, deduced from the personal observations m'lde at 8
a. m. and 8 p. m., are given in Table IX. These latter result-
ants are also shown graphically on Chart 11, in connection
with the isobars based on the same system of simultaneous
observation ; the small figure attached to each arrow shows
the number of hours that this resultant prevailed, on the as-
sumption that each of the morning and evening observations
representa one hour's duration of a wind df average velocity;
these figures (or the ratio between them and the total number
of observations in this month) indicate the extent to which
winds from different directions counterbalanced each other.
The original north, south, east, and west components are given
in detail in Table IX.
During December the resultant movement was generally from the northwest in New England, northwest in the middle
and south Atlantic States, southwest in the Ohio Valley and
Tennessee and southern Rocky Mountain slope, northeast in
the Gulf States, and southeast in the north Pacific coast region.
Maximum wind velocities of 50 m;les, or more, per hour
were feported a t regular stations of the Weather Bureau as
follows (maximum velocities are averages for five minutes ;
extreme velocities are guste of shorter duration, and are not
HIGH WINDS.
given in this table) :
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Amarillo, 'rex ........... 7 Do ................. IO
Do ................. a7
Do.. Block Island, R. I 1. :a
Boston, Mass ............ 9
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Minnesota, 1, 8, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24. Mississippi, 26, 27, 29, 30. Missouri; 1, 10, 11, 23. Montana, 20. Nebraska, 9, 10,
11. Nevada, 5, 6. New Hampshire, 11, 27. New Jersey, 1,
6, 10, 11, 24 to 27. New Mexic0,7, 8. 28. New York, 1, 2, 10
to 13, 17, 22, 25, 26, q7. North Carolina, 6, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31.
North Dakota, 7, 8, 23. Ohio, 10, 12, 21, 25, 27. Oregon, 1,
5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 16, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30. Pennsylvania, 1, 2, 9 to
12,24 to 27. Rhode Island, 1, 9, 11, 28. South Carolina, 7,
8,26, 28, 30, 31. South Dakota, 8, 24, 26, 31. Tennessee, 3,
26, 27. Texas, 31. Utah, 6, 9, 20. Vermont, 11, 27. Vir-
ginia, 4, 26, 27, 29. Washington, 6 to 8, 10, 14, 17, 22. West Virginia, 10, 23,26, 27. Wisconsin, 11, 24.
HAIL.
The following are the dates on which hail fell in the respec-
tive States: Alabama, 10, 11. Arkansas, 9. California, 6, 9, 19, 21.
Georgia, 11, 17. Illinois and Indiana, 8. Louisiana, 3, 9,lO.
Mississippi, 10, 11. Missouri, 8, 24. North Carolina, 26.
Ohio. 8. Oregon. 7. 18. South Carolina, 12. Tennessee, 11.
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68 I e. 50 ne.
Buffnlo N. Y ........... ra Cheydno. Wyo ........ 10
Chicngo Ill ............. 16
Erie,Pn ................. IO
E" 8 t pori M 0. .......... El Pano,l'ex.. .......... 2
Wind velocities of 60 rnile.9, or more-Continued.
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stations.
Fort Cinby, Wash ....... 5 Do ................. 6
Do ................. 7
Do ................. 8
Do ................. 9
Do ................. IO
Do ................. 11
Do ................. 16
IJo ................. ao
Do ................. 29
Hatteras, N. C ........... Huron S Dnk ........... iz lndr e'ndence Cnl ....... 9
IAan8er, wyo! ........... ao
Portlnnd, Oreg.. ........
Knpid City, 9. Dnk.. .... ao
Bncmmento, CHI... ...... 9 'I'utoosh Island, Wash.. 7 Do ................ 8
Do ................ 9
Do ................ IO
Do ................ XI
Do ................ z
Do ..... c .......... 29
Winnernuccn, Nev ...... 20
woods LIOII. n1-e ..... ............... Do..
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LOCAL STORMS.
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Destructive or severe local storms were reported as follows :
Gth.-San Francisco, Cal., thunderstorm.
7th.-Napa, Cal., windstorm.
8th.-Fox Creek, Mo., hailstorm.
9th.-Seattle, Wash., Astoria, Oreg., and Sacramento, Col.,
windstorms.
lOth.--Erie, Pa., windstorm. Near Richland, Ga., wind-
storm. Kingston, Ga., thunderstorm ; ten persons injured. Westville, Fla., severe windstorm, funnel-shu ed cloud ; sev-
La., thunderstorms. White Castle, La., severe windstorm ;
one person killed and about ten injured.
11th.-Berkeley, Cal., windstorm.
12th.-Forsyth and Reynolds, Ga., thunderstorms.
19th.-Heber, Utah, windstorm.
2Oth.-Cross, S. Dak., and Fort Laramie, Wyo., wind-
As it seems improper to assign the necessity for a high
wind signal to the presence of an area of low presaure when
there is an equally important area of high pressure adjacent,
tho Editor has transferred the enumeration of the wind sig-
nals from the sections on high and low areas to the present
section on "Wind." I n the following list the hours a t which the respective sig-
nals were hoisted are given in each case, using seventy-fifth
meridian time uniformly :
era1 persons badly injured. Summerfield, I? a., and Omega,
storms.
WIND YIQNALS FOR DECEMBER.