10 £. Loomis— Results from an examination of the 
Jan. 9, 1874, at all the southern stations of the Signal Service 
and most of the northern stations. These observations were 
copied from the weather maps and forwarded to the chief sig- 
Observations of the thermometer at Th 35m A, M., Jan. 4-9, 1874. 
‘Thermom. at 74 35m 4. M.|| Above or below mean temp. 
dap SSS Pee Sa Oa ei ee 
28° =| a a a a =| =| = = a a a 
28,2 |8)2)8/2/8] 2/2) 4/)3)8| 4 
°o o ° ° ° °o °o ° ° ° °o 
Indianola, -__... 55 | 49|35 Sg its 41 | 52 || — 6|—20| -21|—17|—14'— 3 
Galveston, .....| 55 | 52/39 43 | 48 | 55||— 3|—16|—21/—12/-- 7] 0 
Key West,_.._-- 68 | 70|66|68/68|62/57|/+ 2|— 2} Oo} ol— 6\—11 
un ga, - 2 | 68 62 63|50/44|/+ 61+ 2! O]4+ 1;/—12/—18 
New Orleans, - 55 | 65 38 35 | 38 | 58 || +10)— 5)|—17|/—20|—17,/4+ 3 
obile, 2 58/48/43 33/32 50||+ 6/— 4/— 9|-19)/—-20 
L es 55 | 59/64/64 45/30) 30/|+ 4+ 9)/+ 9/—10|—25 —25 
Jacksonville, -..| 56 | 57|62|65 55/38/35 ||+ 1/+ 6/+ 9|— 1/-18—21 
§ ---} 47 | 42/30; 39/36 | 40 | 43 ['— 6/—17|— 8)—11/— 7— & 
ontgomery 48 | 53| 54/48/35 / 32/44] + 5/+ 6 13/16 — 4 
Savannah, -__._- 52 | 60|59 | 64/51) 36/37] + 81+ 7/4+12|— 1/—16,—15 
Charleston, -_-_- 50 | 58/61 59/55/36 37] + 8/+11]/4+ 9/+ 5|-14—13 
Augusta, _.__._. 47 | 60/63 | 64| 43/33/31] +13/+16/+17/— 4/—14 —16 
Wilmington, ....| 47 | 58 64/58} 40/39] +11)4+14/417}4+11/— T— 8 
Fort Gibson, ..-.| 40 | 15) 11 | 21| 22/31/13 29|—19|—18}|— 9|—10 
Memphis, ....-_- 40 | 58| 24/31] 29/35 | 52| +18/—16|— 9|/—11|/— 5|+12 
Nashville, ...._. 37 | 61] 28 | 35 | 28/26/42 | +24|— 9|— 2/— 9/—11/+ 6 
oxville, 22... 36 | 38| 381 43|33!29/31]; + 3\+ 3/+ 8|— 2a|— 6i— 4 
Louisville, ...... 33 | 61} 25 | 32|}29 25) 38| +28|— 8|— 1)— 4/— 8+ 5 
Cincinnati, .____- 31 | 60/30/33] 32; 28/38 |i +29|— 1/4 31+ 1/— 3|/+ 7 
Ori, Ss? 37 | 57/61/43] 64! 42.) 36] +20/+24/4 6/427/+ 5\— 1 
Lynchburg, __..- 33 | 54/56 37/59 37/32) +21/4+23/4+ 4/+26/4 4|/— 1 
B. Fouts veces 32 | 33/12} 21] 22 33) 38 1j;—20/—11/—10}+ 1/+ 6 
ashington, -..| 34 | 60/53 35/65 43/41] +261/+19/4+ 1/+31/+ 9\+ 7 
Cape May, _...- 33 | 46/48 43/50) 43/38| +13) 4+15)4+10,4+17,)4+10)\+ 5 
Baltimore, _____- 33 | 47/61 | 38/56) 44/35] +14/4+18)4+ 5/+23)/411/+ 2 
ere e 27 | 13] 8;|11/16| 28] 30} —14 16|—11/+ 1/+ 3 
ea 20.;— 2). O16 }92 197 | 30 —29i—. 14) — 4 i+ 7} +10 
Pittsburgh, _____ 29 | 65/30: 35|41/33/35|| +3 1+ 6412/4 4/+ 6 
Philadelphia,....| 32 | 52} 48 36/57|45135| +20/+16/4 4/+25/+13/+ 3 
New York, _.._- 30 | 48/47 | 35 | 53/47/33 || +18)4+17/+ 5)/+23/417)+ 3 
WMD ks i 26 | 35/15117| 26/27/34] + 9/—11/— 9/— 11+ 1+ 8 
Cleveland, .____. 28 | 60| 31) 33/33/30] 37 || +32/+ 3/+ 5/+ 51+ 2+ 9 
my stccce 27 | 57| 27/26) 32/34/33]; +30] o|— i+ 5/+ 7+ 6 
sUsutes 27 | 47| 49 ' 32 55 | 34 || +20/+22/+ 5/+ 7/+28/4+ 7 
MG Pad. coco 14 |- 3] 6.17/12] 21/2 Pi—-8i4+ 3\— 2/4 Hee 
Breckenridge, _..| 10 |-20! 0 12116'18' 9] —30/—10/+ 2/+ 6/+ 8|— 1 
nal officer at Washington, by whose direction they were com- 
pared with the official records, the errors were corrected and the 
omissions in the daily weather maps supplied. From Jan. 1st 
to Jan. 5th a storm traveled eitirely across the continent from 
west to east, the center of the storm passing over Lake Superior. 
in the observations of Jan. 4th at Breckenridge, St. Paul, 
