/:'. Loo nt is — Contributions to Meteorology. 



Fall of ten>/» ru tun 



in 24 hours, Dec. 2- 



5, 1873. 





Dec. 4. 







Dec. 4 





Denver, 37 











Nashville, 32 



Leavenworth, 36 









Dec, 4 





Virginia City, 31 





La Crosse, 







Erie, 35 



Dec. 3.1 Leavei 





Louisville, 







Indianapolis. 30 



Dec. 3.2 Keokuk, 36 





Memphis. 







Pittsburgh, 35 











Deo 6 





Dec. 3.3 Dubuque, 42 











Rochester, 37 



St. Louis, 36 





St. L..uis. 





Dec. r. 



2 Norfolk, 30 



!><-■(-•. -1.1 Cairo, 39 



Dec. 4. 



Louisville. 



33 1 



Washington, 32 



»n page 14 it was remarked that ii 

 erly winds are generally much str< 

 3s. In the case of No. 1 the wester 



i he- 



great n 



nger than the westerly 

 y winds were much the 

 strongest, as is shown by the following table which gives all 

 the cases from Dec. 1.2 to Dec. 5.3 in which the velocity of the 

 wind rose as high as 25 miles per hour at any of the stations 

 except Mt. Washington and Pike's Peak. The table shows the 

 direction of these high winds, and also their velocity in miles 

 per hour. 



High winds Dec. 1-5, 1873. 



I >ee 













De- 







1.2 











X.K. is 





Buffalo, 







KseanaWa. 



s'.K. 2S 





Keokuk, ' 



\V. 2S 





Eastport, 



s.\Y.':-i2 





-aota Ke. 



s.w. 21; 





Kingston. 



S. 27 





i .ii,: !■!■ t. 





2.3 



Cape Rosier, 



S.\\\ 25 





Knoxville. 







Gr'nd Haven 







Davenport, 









S.W.28 







x. 2:» 







S.W. 3d 





St. Louis, 



\Y. 13 





Port Dover, 



S.W.27 



3.2 



' ' 



S. 30 



SAY. 42 



4.1 



ISuiTalo. 



"'\v'.v' 





Rochester. 



S W 30 











Burlington, 



S.' 32 







' 's.'2S 





Knoxville, 













Buffalo. 









S. 2a 

















Yankton." 



X.W.3.. 





- 



















































Toronto, 













\V -s 















Galveston, 



x! :;<; 



4.2 



Alpena. 



X. 2 7 







On the 1st of December the only winds which rose as high 

 its 2."> miles per hour were from the southeast, and ' 

 eiiti\ resulted from a high pressure in New England (30-77 

 inches) combined with low pressure in Nebraska (21H1S inches). 

 On this day very little rain fell : the irreatest being at Milwau- 

 kee '55 inch, and Dubuque •:»,;, Inch. Dee. 2d the force of the 

 easterly winds diminished, while the winds from the south 

 and southwest increased in force. The high winds at Daven- 

 port and (fraud Haven apparently resulted from a local dis- 

 turbance in that vicinity. The greatest rain was at LaCrosse, 

 •61 inch, Leavenworth" -57 inch, and Grand Haven --±1 inch. 

 Dec. 3d the south winds were strono- on the front side of the 



