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HARRINGTON. 
Dr. I. M. Cline, of Galveston, states that “ the south winds 
in midsummer in the central portion of the State do not, 
under ordinary circumstances, change during the night, 
but continue from the south, although wfith less velocity 
early in the morning than at other times during the day.” 
The summer monsoon winds in Texas are somewhat 
gentler than the winter ones, but this is generally true for 
winds in temperate latitudes. High winds in Texas in 
summer are usually cyclonic ones. 
Another feature of interest shown by an examination of 
the weather maps is that these winds usually give clear 
weather except when cyclonic conditions approach. They 
then give a fair or overcast sky and cause an extension 
toward the south of the cyclonic cloud-cap. Occasionally, 
under these circumstances, isolated patches of rain may 
appear. 
Dr. Cline points out a secondary or resultant condition 
to the west of the monsoon region. During the summer 
monsoons, in dry seasons, to the west of the meridian of 
98°, there is occasionally a hot southwest wind resembling 
the Chinook or Foehn winds, which sometimes lasts for 
nearly a week; they are brisk, dry, hot, and more or less 
injurious to certain classes of vegetation. They are occa¬ 
sionally observed between the middle of June and the mid¬ 
dle of August and appear to result from an area of low 
pressure central to the north of Texas, which causes the 
southeast winds to back to the southwest. The best defined 
wind of this character, and one which was the cause of 
general remark at the time, occurred from July 17 to 19, 
1886, but such winds were not afterwards noticed to any 
extent until they were reported from June 18 to 22, 1891. 
(■ b .) The Northerly Winds or Winter Monsoons. 
On the monthly charts of prevailing winds, the north 
winds first appear distinctly in December. They then oc¬ 
cupy the most of Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian, 
with the same indefiniteness, as before, as to the eastern limit. 
