hurricane floods of september...

HURRICANE FLOODS OF SEPTEMBER 1938

Table 4. Daily precipitation, in inches, September 12-22, 1938 (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Ho. on Jl.l

12S45

6789

10

11121514IE

1617181920

2122252425

26272829SO

51

325534£556

5758594041

4245444546

4743495051

5255545556

57

Station

Merrimack River Basin

Hew Hampshire:

Allenstown a/Bradford tBristol (Ayers Is.) t b/Concord **Eastman Falls t

FranklinFranklin Falls t a/Garvins Falls t b/Gilmanton Iron Works a/Greenville t

Greggs Falls t b/Hillsboro tJackman Falls Dam t b/Jeremy Hill tLaconia t

Lakeport tLakeportLincoln t c/Manchester t b/Hashua tt

Hew Durham tHew Durham tPeterboro **** d/Plymouth t b/Plymouth

South Danbury a/Suncook Pond a/Webster **** a/West Rumney £/West Wilton a/

Wolfboro Falls

Massachusetts:

Ashby «* a/Ashland **** f/Boylston **** f/Clinton tt f/Concord

Cordaville t f/East Pepperell tt e/FitchburgFramingham **** f/Gates Pond tt e/

Groton tt .e/Haverhill sJHaverhill (Kenoza L.) ttJefferson **** f/Kendall Reservoir tt e/

Lake Cochituate t f/LawrenceLittleton tt e/Lowell tt h/Lowell (Pawtucket Dam) tt

Mount Wachusett **** f/Hewburyport tt e/Horth Andover tt e/Princeton **** f/Sterling **** f/

Sudbury Dam tt f/

12

___

l.OSM

___-

____-

_Tr.__.37

____-

___--

-

1.54___-

_1.051.05_1.02

1.52_.97_

1.44

__1.141.551.54

_.37__-

-

15

1.641.521.24.41M

1.321.551.281.22.75

.911.17.86.88

1.65

.98

.971.49.93.05

1.241.15.75

1.401.50

1.591.601.851.53.18

.86

_.85.94

1.011.06

.93

.15-.90.05

_.97.05

1.26Tr.

.831.23.05_-

1.20.05_

1.151.05

.94

14

__

0.05_M

_.07_-

.06Tr..05_.03

.04Tr._.02.07

.02___-

___--

-

.36___-

_.23-_.18

.64_.02_.47

.16_.26.09-

_.05

1.62_-

-

15

0.63.74.58.75.65

.90

.58

.41

.75

.59

.52

.67

.64

.57

.66

.72

.66

.92

.19

.66

.50

.81

.621.041.15

.95

.95-

1.17.31

.72

.14

.50

.81

.76

.47

.52

.17

.50

.65

.61

.09

.45

.75

.51

.12

.04

.76

.66

.99

.93

.33

.68_.75.55

.50

16

0.11.42.29_.26

.22

.41-.20

.53

.90

.62

.15

.05

.26

.25

.13

.54-

.51__-Tr.

_.35

1.22-.55

.08

____.02

_-.12_-

_.50__Tr.

.49__--

_-.04_-

-

17

__-0.2S-

__-.01

____Tr.

_---.57

___--

_-.23--

-

.56_**.51

f.55.41_.94

.44_.85*.40

_*.69.91.80

*1.06.57**

.62

18

0.27.24.10.09.17

.20

.15

.25

.25

.43

.55

.24

.20

.58-

.17

.15

.10

.331.04

.13

.122.5-.19

.13

.25*-.61

.07

1.12.75**1.30

«1.281.19.81

2.54

1.461.251.94*1.68

.72*1.652.082.08

*1.98-**

3.09

19

0.47.52.19

1.45.32

1.12.56.55.70

l.OS

.65

.45

.441.42.20

.40

.56

.08

.671.45

.42

.425.0.50.89

.67

.55*1.911.12

.63

5.092.67#*5.66

*1.452.313.261.58

1.101.59.98*2.25

2.62*1.081.081.41

*.58.86**

1.12

20

3.111.671.492.741.61

1.701.951.461.751.44

1.562.662.701.29.73

1.521.421.522.662.45

1.521.70»1.201.88

2.082.302.562.442.68

2.17

5.601.19**2.45

*2.715.451.152.38

2.351.751.55*5.50

1.265.132.921.951.83

*2.635.24**

2.20

21

1.553.824.482.795.22

£.805.502.95.10

5.52

5.425.614.351.5E1.92

4.414.252.622.55.13

2.051.329.55.604.45

4.412.106.852.406.12

1.09

1.652.027.537.302.47

*.64.80

2.51.35

.47

.40

.0610.121.06

1.47.69.36.21Tr.

*.03.98

8.923.67

.26

22

0.153.335.26-

1.44

.071.77.57-

1.07

.801.752.59M1.69

.95

.565.56.19-

.53

.32-5.65.07

.52-1.70.50.62

-

_Tr.---

6.71--.02-

_.05---

.20----

9.53----

-

Total, storm 17-22

5.359.459.527.506.76

8.399.955.762.809.36

6.5610.7110.584.84+4.54

7.456.727.486.455.49

4.554.33

15.08.757.48

7.815.00

11.597.0511.15

3.96

12.026.657.557.50

10.17

6.716.598.647.717.79

5.805.025.58

10.123.89

6.275.826.636.236.17

9.536.085.658.928.67

7.29

* Included in following measurement. ** Measured at midnight.

**** Measured at irregular times.t Measured in morning of day indicated.

tt Measured in morning after day indicated. H Record missing, a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. b Public Service Co. of Hew Hampshire.

c U. S. Geological Survey, d Charles L. Whittle.e Massachusetts Department of Public Health, f Metropolitan District Commission, g City Engineer, Haverhill, Mass. h Proprietors of the Locks and Canals

on Merrimack River.

PRECIPITATION 47

Table 4.--Dally precipitation, In inches, September 12-22. 1938 Continued (Measured In the afternoon except aa noted)

No. on Dl.l

58 59 60

61 62 65 64 65

66 67 68

69707172 71

747576 7778

79 30 31 32 85

84 85 86 87

83 89 90 9192

959495 96 97

98 99 100 101 102

105 104 105 106 107

108 109 110III

Station

Thames River Basin

assachusetts:

Charlton Depot tt e/ Southbridge tt e. Webster tt e/

Connecticut:

Baltic tt Camp Fernow i/ Camp Lonergan i/ Griswold t V Hew London

Horwich tt I/ Putnam Storrs

Connecticut River Basin

Hew Hampshire:

BethlehemDixville HotchFirst Connecticut LakeFitzwilliam tt e/ Franc onia t

GlencliffHanoverKeene t b/ KeeneLancaster t

Minnewawa t b/ Hount Washington m/ Hewport t Horth Stratford t Pierce Bridge n/

Randolph o/ West Lebanon t West Stewartstown t York Pond tt

Vermont!

Bellows Falls t Bethel t Bloomfield Brattleboro tCanaan t

CavendishChelseaEast Barnet t East Ryegate t Oilman tt

Mays Hill t Hclndoes Falls t Hewfane tt Readsboro t Rochester t

St. Johnsbury *» Searsburg Mountain t Searsburg Station t Somerset t South Hewbury t

Vernon t West Burke t West Hartford tWhite River Junction t

12

0.95 .67 .50

H H

H

.54_1.41 H

1.70.52-

-

.04

H

1.05

-

-

.01

1.50

.49

.50

-

-

15

0.05 .02 .11

.40 1.02 H H .75

.60

.96

.85

1.27.18

1.51

M

1.151.00 .95

1.65

1.14 1.82 1.69 1.20 1.56

H1.55 1.25 Tr.

.80

.84 1.17 .40

1.25

1.441.141.06 1.31

.96 1.40

1.25 .35

.55 1.45 1.05 .76

1.15

.47 1.42

1.40

14

0.36 .36 .06

H H

M

_.24.06.54 H

.85Tr..01

.05

.05

1.01

M

.09

.04

.05

Tr._

.75

.68

.12

-

-

15

0.25 .16 .67

.51

.22 M H.79

H.60 .71

.81-.45.29 H

.10

.97

.59

.68

.66

.56

.33

.61

.33

.83

H.71 .45.80

.68 1.23 .57 .72.29

1.181.27.80 .69 .04

.85

.d7

.11

.85 1.15

.85

.55

.70

.74

.68

.65

.60

.84

.74

16

-

M HTr.

H0.06 .56

.18

.35

.41

H

__.51 .08.05

.61

.25

.51

.25

.05

M.54 .07 .04

.15

.65

.12

.09

.09

Tr._.05 .09

.18

.08

.11

.46

.06

.07

.20

.28

.90

.07

.22

.20

17

0.46 .65 .95

H.58

* .17 .04

_.29.04.54 H

.08

.03

.01Tr.

Tr.

H

.07

Tr.

-

__

.07

.09

.30

*

-

-

18

2.57 2.35 3.70*

* 2.00 .30 .65 .82

* 1.18 .95

Tr..53.51.58 .07

_.11.14 .15-

.18

.16

.20

.50

.04

H.10 .40 .02

.11

.50

.53

.25

.39

.20

.40

.25

.17

.10

.19

.27

.52

.11

.45

.02

.57

.21

.51

.13

.15

.44

.19

.12

19

1.85 2.00 1.78

5.15 2.20 1.05 1.12 .32

*2.60 5.62

.17

.51-

2.25 .06

1.32.63.SJ

1.95.20

.35

.60

.27

.05

H.16

.70

.58 Tr.

.46-

.85

.13

.01

.01 1.17

.58

.02 2.06 .55 .14

.22

.60

.40

.41Tr.

.54

.14

.14

20

4.996.90 5.78

2.97 5.62 .72

1.00 .91

4.50 2.245.00

1.2S1.62.70

4.10 .98

2.551.962.34 2.56.75

2.63 2.08 1.71 .64

1.50

MI.d7 .55

2.17

1.95 .60 .67

2.05.49

2.111.35.89

1.16 1.57

2.23 .95

2.24 2.50 .68

1.28 2.41 2.56 2.40 1.44

5.27 .70

1.521.66

21

1.14 .65

4.55 4.20 .85 .33 j

5.20 2.05 6.21

4.05.72

1.581.94 5.61

3.6S2.685.19 2.981.92

4.02 4.55 3.28 1.60 4.58

6.35 2.05 1.15 1.54

2.65 1.44 1.57 2.841.10

2.652.951.45 2.01 1.98

2.24 1.50 5.29 2.58 1.55

2.55 2.12 2.51 1.94 1.45

5.11 1.00 2.522.16

22

Tr. 0.05

.12 j

3.31

.24

.54

1.54

.02

.05-

1.99 .90

1.8S 1.33 1.60

H1.42 .81

1.44 p2.95 1.65 2.66.3d

1.47.15

2.01 q2.00

5.48 2.11

5.57 2.95

5.00 5.20 5.14 1.76

1.75 1.05 1.541.50

otal, torm 7-22

9.67 13.50 10.34

10.65 12.02 3.40+ 5.75 5.13+

7.70t 8.24+

14.11

5.695.522.979.19 6.06

7.605.456.52+ 7.442.85

9.20 3.29 7.29 4.37 7.57

6.33+ 5.60 2.89 4.30

6.55 5.29 4.22 8.222 *86

7.264.994.59 5.55 4.89

8.57 4.85 3.00 3.89 5.55

4.17 8.50 8.88 8.20 4.85

8.30 5.19 5.515.58

* Included in following measurement. k Jewett City Water Co.** Measured at midnight.t Heasured in morning of day indicated.

tt Heasured in morning after day indicated.II Record missing.b Public Service Co. of Hew Hampshire.e Massachusetts Department of Public Health.i Connecticut Stete Forestry Department.j Ho record; gage destroyed during hurricane.

1 Norwich Water Department.m Hount Washington Observatory; average

of three gages, n U. S. Forest Service, o Blue Hill Observatory, p Measured on September 24. q Estimated; gage destroyed during hurricane.


Table 4. Dally precipitation, In inches, September 12-22, 193a Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

No. on >1.1

112US114115116

117118119120121

12212S124125126

127128129160151

152 IS!1541551S6

157128159140141

142145144145146

147148149150151

152155 154155156

157158159160161

162165164166166

167166169 170

Station

Connecticut River Basin Continued

Vermont-Continued .

White River Junction tWhitingham tWilder tWilnington tWoodstock

Massachusetts:

Amherst *»Ashley Pond t r/Athol tt e/Baldwinsville ft £/Barre tt e/

Blandf ord tt e/BondsviUe tt e/Borden Brook Res. tt s/Cannody Reservoir ** r/Chester tt e/

Chesterfield tt e/Colrain tt e/Cumaington tt e/East Northf ield tt e/Enf ield tt f/

FryviUe tt a/ Gardner tt e/Greenfield tt e/Hardwick tt e/Heath n e/

Holyoke tHoosac Tunnel tHubbardston tt e/Knightville tt e/Lake Pleasant tt e/

Ludlow Reservoir tt a/Middlef ield tt e/Monson tt e/Montague City tMontgomery tt .e/

Mew Braintree tt e/New Salem tt e/Morth Rutland tt e/Otis Reservoir tt v/Peru tt e/

Petersham t f/PhiUipston tt e/ Plainf ield tt e/Provin Mountain Res. tt e/Rutland tt e/

Shelburne FaUs tShutesbuzy tt e/South Deerf ield tt e/SpringfieldSpringfield t

Springfield ** mjTurners FallsWare ttWare Centre tt e/Ware River intake tt f/

Barren tt e/Warwick tt e/Wendell tt e/ West Brookfield tt e/

12

__-4-Tr.

0.55_1.461.58.50

.651.05.44-.75

.69

.7S

.661.101.Z6

1.65

.701.401.07

__

1.21.79.94

.84---.44

1.S81.571.40.75

1.26

_1.60 .41.40.99

_1.50.85--

.04

.651.261.12L.59

.911.141.20 1.05

15

1 50.91

1.71.61

1.15

.60

.59__-

.01

.04

.01

.95-

____.06

.02

Tr._TT.

.641.65__.02

.06

.98

.60

.82-

.04--_-

1.06-

_.08

1.04.02-.51.44

.42

.07

.0!_.08

.24

.21~

14

____-

__0.78_.74

.6!

.59

.25_.57

.64

.75

.72

.60

.65

.91

.41

.64

.91

.84

__.58.89.55

.78-__.25

.46-.86_.64

_.56 .80.51.42

_.65.50-.02

_.£9.50.61.56

.41

.46

.85

.09

15

0.68.7S.70.74

1.15

.98

.50

.56

.58

.44

.25

.12

.25

.11

.25

.10_.24.56.61

.18

.£5

.29

.21

.11

.55

.82

.50

.15

.57

.16

.90

.12

.60

.25

.051.10.£2

1.25.15

.54

.21

.11

.09

.08

.72

.581.15.77.47

.69

.50

.10_.06

.21

.70

.25

.56

16

0.2!.1!.48.15-

_.05_--

_--.51-

____-

-

__Tr.

.0!

.52__.01

_-.50.58-

_--.-

_-

_-

.28_--.22

____-

__"

17

___--

O.S4_.4!.50.72

«-.26.22.25

.26

.81

.25_.52

.55«.19.85.25

__.59.19.22

.48

.41

.54-.25

.45«.58_.24

*.42 .51.42.54

_.50.28.14-

.55

.19

.60

.16-

.55

.55

.46

.50

18

0.15.14.12.19.26

.£4

.45

.751.061.14

1.501.601.02.19.62

.74

.56

.89

.661.52

.55 1.75.55

1.28.49

.52

.151.191.12.52

1.22.79

1.47.20.91

1.26u4.441.42.90.19

«.70 .57

1.461.51

.28

.70

.80

.65

.56

.24

.511.141.601.70

1.55.51.72

1.60

19

0.15.59.12.45.57

5.442.272.752.651.67

5. SI2.565.085.725.14

2.902.562.4!4.002.42

2.46*4.542.052.26

1.06.27

2.255.624.00

!.022.80

te.si.65

5.50

1.52«2.005.102.28

«5.55 2.571.862.46

.842.E54.48.75

1.0!

1.884.612.162.682.02

1.174.045.10

"1.68

20

1.722.291.702.71.67

5.962.756.029.50

11.8!

2.425.172.501.142.65

2.802.292.205.465.20

5.95 11.145.085.422.06

2.512.50

10.162.645.S6

6.195.18

t2.074.772.55

8.05*6.002.602.87

«6.40 2.955.474.91

2.455.S!S.202.871.67

S.682.554.016.00qS.55

6.725.6S4.00 9.96

21

2.002.801.782.455.20

5.884.15q2.581.451.67

5. 812.254.417.855.65

4.175.765.141.942.15

1.91 1.652.501.854.70

4.562.751.45q2.502.45

1.785.45

t2.00!.ll5,12

1.085.S54.124.803.54

*q2.58 q5.441.515.24

2.412.001.725.815.01

4.282.89M2.S5ql.28

1.292.252.50 j

22

1.5!5.821.764.451.25

_1.05__-

..02

.04--

_.02Tr.

Tr.

-

__-

1.524.26_-Tr.

.08-_

2.07-

_-_-.04

15.12

:.02-

5.58---

1.97

_-M

-

1.21_

j

Total, storm 17-22

5.559.445.48

10.255.95

11.9610.6512.5114.9417.05

10. 5411. E811.2715.1010.81

10.879.288.91

10.0611.61

11.20 14.5210.6611.459.74

9.779.91

15.6010.0710.55

12.6910.6112.5910.8010.55

12.549.79

15.9211.409.12

15.1215.259.828.72

12.26

9.5110.8810.4810.1810.04

10.4510.75_

12.7915.55

12.2510.7610.78 15.74+

* Included in following measurement. ** Measured at midnight.t Measured in Doming of day indicated.

tt Measured in morning after day indicated.e Massachusetts Department of Public Health.f Metropolitan District Commission.j Mo record) gage destroyed during hurricane.q Estimated; gage destroyed during hurricane.

r City of Holyoke, Water Department, s Springfield Water Works.t Total catch correct; distribution estimated, u Measured liSO p.m., September 19,. _ v Colline Co., Collinsville, Conn. w City of Springfield, Department of Streets

and Engineering.

PRECIPITATION

Table 4. Daily precipitation, in inches, September 12-22. 1938 Continued (Measured In the afternoon except as noted)

Ho. on ?1.1

171172175174175

176177178179 180

181182183184185

186187188189190

191192195194195

196197198199200

201202 205204205

206207208209210

211212as214 215

216 217218ag220

221

Station

Connecticut River Basin Continued

Massachusetts-Continued.

Vestf ield tt s/Vestfield Daa tt e/Vestfield SanatoriuaVest Granville t x/Vesthamton tt r/

Vest Otis tt e/Vest Parish tt s/Vest Pelham tt e/Vest Rutland tt f/ Vest Vare tt £/

Whiting Street Res. t r/ViUiamsburg tt e/Villiaasville tt e/Vinchendon tt e/Vorthington tt e/

Connecticut*

Bakersville t x/Barkhamsted ttBills Brook t x/Bloomfield ** v/Bristol t z/

Brown's Corner t x/Burlington tCamp Buck i/Camp Conner i/Camp Filley i/

Camp Robinson i/Camp White i/ColchesterCollinsville tCollinsville t v/

East Qranby t aa/East Hartland tGlastonbury ab/ Hartford **Hartland Hollow t X/

Manchester tt ae/Middletown ad/He* Britain *» ae/Hew Hartford t ifHewington * j/

Horth Station t x/Shuttle Meadow t a£/ South Meadows *» J/Thompsonville t ae/ Vest Hartford t i/

West Hartford ** x/ Vest Hartford t x/West Hartland tWest Hill t x/Whigville Res. t af/

Windsor t ee/

12

0.58.40_.44-

1.00.58

1.561.29 1.50

_.74

1.451.58-

_.21_.10-

__.55--

____M

M-

.07-

__.08_.10

_

.10

-.26M__-

M

15

_-

0.40.01.76

_.01-

.08

.92

.95-_-

.51_.17.19.52

.50

.24_.84.40

.45

.22_.25.62

M.44

.27

.42

.55

.55

.17

.19

.21

.54

.50

.24

.51

.28

.02M.68.25.57

M

14

0.51.59_.25-

.56

.55

.24

.70

__.65.81.66

.06__-.06

.08

.06

.55--

____-

M-

Tr.-

_-_.04-

_.10

.02

M*.05.05

M

15

0.06.04.70.51

1.84

_.06.25.07

1.54

.50

.10

.40

.11

.27

.29

.56

.56

.46

.47

_.41_.51.85

.40

.50

.67

.40

.45

M.58

.51

.56

.771.00.74.52.66

_.40 .61.45 .45

.65M.42.50.40

M

16

_-

0.08--

.24--

-

.08_-_-

.04

.52

.19-.14

.40

.05---

.12

.24

.15

.05-

H

.15

_.45_.07-

.55

.42

.06

.16

M_.10.17

M

17

0.48.55.42.26.05

.16

.56

.45

*

_.12.70.58.52

.01*_.41-

.08-.12-2.12

_-__-

*-

.60-

_-.52-.64

.04

.55

-

.45 M_--

M

18

1.121.07.54

1.02.21

.421.001.06

*

.52

.911.25.55.85

.541.50-.77.75

.40

.612.10.55

2.19

.29

.521.55.60-

.6

.51 2.901.45*

5.18.72.49.52

1.69

.58

.56 1.42.47 .52

1.27.44*.10.61

.52

19

2.402.552.565.085.88

5.042.951.91

4.44

2.564.561.602.572.78

.992.651.291.841.55

1.051.092.502.151.45

2.955.101.971.021.56

1.41.76*1.801.60

2.852.062.441.021.57

*2.12 1.52.98

2.10

2.05 1.90*1.101.85

1.88

20

2.952.802.112.502.28

5.282.795.40

q5.46

2.722.756.507.852.72

5.482. SO2.545.691.74

2.501.706.606.092.50

5.142.552.50J..791.44

2.12.51 6.796.105.46

7.664.085.522.065.55

2.522.00 6.951.45 1.55

4.15 1.48*5.151.85

1.78

21

2.012.575.652.104.89

5.752.902.24

q2.55

4.252.451.90

ql.675.65

5.055.502.875.005.48

5.175.585.755.005.70

5.875.505.102.864.50

5.322.65*5.222.90

2.524.712.842.912.45

2.874.58 2.186.10 4.92

2.41 4.74*5.155.57

5.99

22

_0.051.104.41-

.09

.02

8.02

.70---.01

5.04_

5.56-5.02

5.012.95---

1.20.12

1.042.712.05

1.84.15 6.24

5.45

_1.87M5.49-

2.952.54

2.00 1.07

1.1511.505.102.54

1.50

Total, atom 17-22

3.969.5210.5615.1111.51

10.659.98

11.069 QA O*

12.25

10.5510.7711.9515.0010.52

10.909.959.889.71

10.52

9.959.95

17.0715.7515.76

11.4511.199.968.989.55

9.7211.53 15.9515.1711.41

16.0115.4411.419.8011.88

8.7011.30 12.5811.00 10.16

10.51 9.69

11.5010.6010.20

11.47

it.* Included in following «* Measured at midnight.t Measured in morning of day indicated.

tt Measured in morning after day Indicated.M Record missing.e Massachusetts Department of Public Health.f Metropolitan District Commission.i Connecticut State Forestry Department.q Estimated; gage destroyed during hurricane.r City of Holyoke, Vater Department.s Springfield Rater dorks.v Collins Co., Collinsville, Conn.x Hartford Metropolitan Vater Bureau.

y Hartford Flood Investigation and Improvement Commission or City Enginser, Hartford, Conn.

z Bristol Vater Co., Bristol, Conn. aa Hartford Electric Light Co. ab F. H. Parker, Manchester, Conn. ac Manchester Vater Co., Manchester, Conn, ad City of Middletown} measured at noon, ae City Engineer, Hew Britain, Conn. Ho record

after 7 p.m., Sept. 21; pen blew off chart, (feather for Sept. 22 reported clear,

af Hew Britain Vater Co., Hew Britain, Conn, ag Connecticut Light & Power Co. cc Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station.'

50 HURRICANE FLOODS OP SEPTEMBER 1938

Table 4. Daily precipitation, in Inches, September 12-22. 1938 Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

No.on

pl.l

22222!224225226

227228229250251

2522552542552S6

257258259240241

242245244245 246

24,7248249250

251

252255254

255256257258259

260261262265264

265266

Station

Housatonic River Basin

Massachusetts :

Dalton tt e/Egremont tt .e/Pittsfield ttStockbridgeStockbridge tt e/

Connecticut:

Ansonia t ah/Bulls Bridge t ag/Camp Cross i/Camp Tourney t i/Cream Hill

DanburyDerby tt ai/Falls VillageNaugatuck t aj/New-Milford »*** ak/

Norfolk tt al/Prospect t am/Rocky River tt ag/SalisburySquantz Pond i/

Stevenson Dam ag/Torrington t an/Torrington tt ao/Torrington **** ap/ Trap Falls Res. tt aq/

WaterburyWaterbury (City Hall) ar/Wigwam Reservoir as/Woodville ttt at/

Hudson River Basin

Vermont:

Bennington

Massachusetts :

Adams tHopkins Memorial Forest nWilliams town

New lork:

Albany *»Albany (Airport) *»Amsterdam t au/Bedford HillsBig Indian tt av/

Blue Ridge t au/Boyds Corner ttBrown Station tt av/CairoCanajoharie t am/

Carmel ttColdbrook tt ax/

12

1.00.70

1.15.18

1.25

____-

.49__-

M_M--

M-M

-

___-

-

__.21

.65

.45__.92

_.52.15_-

.62

.27

15

_--

1.29-

.55

.38

.56

.59

.61

.62

.07

.58

.42-

M.39M.75.62

M.57H

.74

.72

.69

.44

.75

1.56

.821.50.71

.24

.24

.89

.48

.05

.60

.12

.09

.52

.95

.04

.06

14

_0.52.70Tr..52

.05

.08__-

_.99.02Tr.-

M.05M.05-

M-M

-

___-

-

_.02.01

.15

.25__.55

.75

.54

.80_-

.36

.80

15

0.60.57.15

1.02.50

.95

.521.01.52

1.56

.51

.161.18.57.90

M.94M.82.54

M.52M

*

.64

.59

.56

.26

1.05

.79

.76

.79

.65

.26

.69

.25

.20

_.02-.21.65

.07

.15

16

0.08--_-

.18

.45_.44-

.20-.47.25-

M.12H.52.20

M.10M

1.14

.14

.16

.51

.42

-

.51

.04-

.-.09.05-

.05-- .25

_-

17

_0.07.05.08.10

_-.06Tr..24

.05

.44

.12_-

.21-.15Tr..15

.67-

1.64

1.10

.15-.55-

-

_.02-

.14

.25-.05.14

_.10.40 -

.11

.85

18

0.25.15.20Tr..02

.60

.22

.10

.14Tr.

.952.06.22.51*

.70

.591.12.50.05

2.46.50

1.60

.83

.44

.52-.24

.08

.07

.19

.07

Tr..01.54.18.15

.08

.54

.65

.52

.22

.85

.97

19

2.032.352.501.002.35

1.95.81

2.67.86

2.86

2.921.482.662.522.96

3.241.712.911.802.55

1.781.471.50

2.42

1.851.401.501.11

.51

.54

.94

.98

2.091.78.02

2.001.65

.262.572.92.36.05

2.902.41

20

1.851.701.572.052.00

1.772.411.812. El1.89

1.525.502.051.671.67

5.192.002.751.581.58

5.655.185.08

5.55

2.402.582.495.84

2.55

2.092.442.58

1.551.25.96

1.551.06

.652.061.512.04.83

2.271.24

21

5.455.003.004.323.50

4.101.954.755.225.15

5.542.222.055.275.21

3.794.554.025.425.00

1.555.215.54

3.15

4.255.203.083.60

5.09

1.812.545.52

5.915.251.416.005.24

1.564.502.20£.811.60

5.772.22

22

0.09.15Tr..10.35

2.152.87.14

3.36-

.02

.045.511.65-

M1.86M-.08

M5.41M

12.24

.021.602.152.22

-

2.94.95.07

_-

2.48.25.25

2.65.16.08.41

1.75

.15

.08

Total,storm17-22

7.567.257.527.557.97

10.558.269.55

10.0910.14

10.989.7010.619.629.84

11.1510.5110.958.909.57

9.91-t11.5711.16 12.2411.05

9.099.109.02

11.01

6.21

7.257.067.02

7.496.545.219.856.22

4.989.777.487.444.44

9.887.19


«*** Measured at irregular times.t Measured in morning of day indicated.

tt Measured in morning after day indicated, ttt Measured at 11 a.m.M Record Kissing.e Massachusetts Department of Public Health.i Connecticut State Forestry Department.n 0. S. Forest Service, ag Connecticut Light & Power Co. ah Ansonia Water Co., Ansonia, Conn, ai Birmingham Water Co., Shelton, Conn, aj Naugatuck Water Co., Naugatuck, Conn, ak J. H. Nettleton, New Milford, Conn.

al Edward C. Childs.am New Haven Water Co., Hew Haven, Conn.an Torrington Register.ao General S. H. Wadhama.ap Torrington Water Co., Torrington, Conn.aq Bridgeport Hydraulic Co.ar City of Waterbury; measured at noon.as Waterbury Water Co., Waterbury, Conn.;

measured at noon.at City of Waterbury, Bureau of Engineering, au Mew lork Power & Light Corporation, av New York City, Department Water Supply,

Gas,and Electricity.aw New lork State Department of Public Works, ax Hew lork City Board of Water Supply.

PRECIPITATION 51

Table 4. Daily precipitation, in inches, September 12-22, 1938 Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

No. on pl.l

267268269270271

272273274275276

27727B279260281

282285284285286

287288289290291

292295294295296

297298299300501

302SOS504305S06

507508509310511

512513514315516

517518519520521

522525524525526

Station

Hudson River Basin Continued

New York Continued.

Conkllngville tt ay/Conklingville t au/Croton Lake tt ay/Delta t aw/Dolgeville t

East Jewett tt ay/Edgewood tt ay/Elka Park tt ay/Ephratah t au/Frankfort t aw/

Glenfaaa tGlens Falls t au/GloversvilleGrahamsville tt ax/Grand Gorge tt av7

Greenf ield CenterHigh FallsHincklay t aw/Hoffmeister tHonk Falls

HopeIlion tt a*.Indian LakeInghaas t au/Jachsonburgh t aw/

Johnsonville t au/Kingston t ax/Kingston ** ba/Lackawack tt ax/Lake Hill tt eg/

Lexington tt ay/Little Falls No. 1Little Falls No. 2 tManor Kill tt eg/Mechanicville t

Mohonk LakeMorgans Mills aj/

Mount McGregorNewconb t au/North Creek t au/

North Settlement tt ay/Northville tOak Hill tt ax/Pecks Pond t au/Peekamoose tt ax/

Phoenicia tt av/Pine HiU tt $r/Poughkeepsie *»Prattsville tt ay/Preston Hollow tt ax/

Rif ton ***SalisburySchaghticoke t au/Schenectady ** bb/Schroon Lake t

Schuylerville *» aw/Scotia tt aw/Sharon Springs No. 1Sharon Springs No. 2Slide Mountain tt av/

12

0.62_.46_.62

.76

.65

.69_-

__.28.24.68

.25

.05-Tr..03

_.24-

-

_.55.02.40.47

.66

.28_.96-

_.52-_-

.80_.64_.17

.45

.79Tr..57.51

.03

.41-.24-

.55-.14.11.51

13

_0.56.01.85-

__.01.92.85

.46

.61

.40_-

.25

.201.521.58.28

.67

.67

.47

.60

.80

.65_.21_.02

_.48.67_.35

.16

.56

.591.74.40

.01

.62_.73-

__.25_-

.20

.61

.90

.42

.66

.50

.69

.40

.44-

14

1.08_.25_-

.26

.40

.64_-

Tr._.03.95.26

_.01__.15

_.98__-

_.75.04

1.12.62

.51

.03_.10-

____-

.22_25

_.82

.56

.24_.24.20

.01__.20Tr.

.17_.04.05.64

15

0.42.1.02.15.55

1.37

.14

.12_.79.95

.51

.651.15_.28

1.65.83.90.75.75

1.15.16

1.041.151.05

.59

.18

.76_.15

.251.211.10.42.70

.851.571.30.74.71

_.98.02.96-

.12_.90.08.10

.901.55.64.92.76

.70

.85

.92

.94

.16

16

_0.48_.06.36

.01__.31.38

.05

.17__-

__.10.21-

.15_.10.56.26

.35

.02_-

.01_.40

.52

_.-_.14

.01

.60_.46-

____-

__.44_.10

____-

17

0.17_.11_-

.23

.25

.46_-

__.20.22.27

.15

.27__.24

_.88__-

._.22.32.42

.16

.21_.25-

.10

.19Tr_-

.15_.55_.48

.51

.13

.20

.54

.25

.29

.54_.26Tr.

.57

.41

.10

.09

.18

18

_0.171.00.11.S6

.58

.731.43.22.15

.10

.16

.08

.25

.08

.20

.07

.20

.20

.04

.271.00.21.37.35

.25,25.51

1.20.90

.11

.09

.54

.10

.21

.26

.11

.50_.16

.10

.28

.IS_.75

.52

.17

.11

.11

.10

.07_.20_.12

.05

.08

.12

.10

.42

19

0.18.15

2.26.07.05

1.491.662.25.01.02

.27

.18

.562.101.23

.80

.65

.07

.072.20

.13

.22

.17

.02

.16

.35

.652.411.522.66

1.42.45.01

1.14.61

1.72.51.25_.11

1.59.14

1.46.55

5.10

1.751.591.841.281.40

5.00.66.55.70-

1.581.50.20.56.60

20

1.09.99

2.11.06.71

1.601.451.59.91.26

3.99.89

1.111.521.29

1.552.75.25.89

1.48

.84

.90

.43

.71

.47

1.495.202.011.151.27

1.351.05.75

1.351.24

5.751.191.48.80.73

1.551.561.661.101.50

1.081.101.971.241.42

2.501.101.451.51.80

2.101.901.14.70

1.04

21

5.841.703.66.56

1.40

4.393.503.281.24.82

1.561.522.931.405.40

5.502.65.65

1.282.56

1.725.191.991.391.26

1.171.552.992.182.22

5.551.851.582.771.58

5.802.563.011.661.50

4.181.582.781.502.50

2.50S.ll5.575.652.80

5.802.281.472.861.60

?.U1.905.752.805.55

22

_1.96.07

1.851.25

.11

.30

.SO2.063.10

S.6S1.87.18.25.24

__

2.452.25-

2.152.402.402.582.35

2.792.10_.25.24

.161.652. as.29

2.55

_.59.78

1.652.22

.552.00.07

2.12.10

.19

.12

.50

.17

.10

_.94

2.75_

2.68

.02

.11

.50

.42

.45

Total, storm 17-22

5.284.999.162.455.77

6.297.599.014.444.35

9.554.425.085.276.27

6.206.373.564.696.52

5.096.195.205.074.59

6.017.758.146.177.46

6.575.505.515.575.99

9.655.155.824.094.72

7.175.566.585.057.95

5.965.907.496.625.97

9.665.526. 585.15S.20

6.015.595.814.475.77

** Measured at midnight.**» Measured at 11 p.m.

t Measured in morning of day Indicated, tt Measured in Homing after day indicated,

ttt Measured at 11 a.m. au New York Power & Light Corporation. av New York City, Department Water Supply,

Gas,and Electricity.

aw New York State Departoent of Public Works. ax New York City Board of Water Supply, ay Hudson River Regulating District, as City Engineer, Ilion, N. X. ba City Engineer, Kingston, N. X. bb City of Schenectady.


Table 4.--Daily precipitation, in inches, September 12-22, 1938 Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

Ho. on pl.l

527528529350551

SS25555545555S6

557558SS9540541

542545 544545S46

547

548549

550551552555554

555556557558559

560561562565564

565566567566569

570871572575574

575576B77578579

Station

Hudson River Basin Continued

Hew York Continued.

Southeast Reservoir ftSpeculator t au/Spier FallsSprite Creek t au/Stewart's Landing t au/

Sundown tt ex/Tannersville tt ay/Trenton Falls ttTribes Hill tUtica t

Voorheeeville *» be/BaldenHappingers FallsHarrensburg t au/Warwick

Westerlo tt ax/West Hurley tt av/ West Kill tt av/West Point **West Shokan tt ay/

Windham tt ay/

Hackensack, Passaic. andRaritan River Basins

Hew York:

Palisades Park *** &/Southf ield ** &/

Hew Jersey:

Boonton tBowling Green »*» a/Brook Valley » »/CanlBtear Reservoir bd/Canoe Brook t

Cedar Grove Res . t bd/Charlotteburg bd/Chatham tDoverFleming-ton

FreeholdFreehold Ho. R-l ** be/Freehold No. R-2 ** be/Freehold Wo: R-S ** bg/Freehold Ho. R-4 »» bg/

Freehold Ho. R-5 ** bg/Freehold Ho. R-6 ** bg/Freehold Ho. R-7 ** be/Greenwood Lake t bf/Hightstown

Little Falls tLong ValleyItacopin Intake t bd/Hahwah **» &/Millington » &/

Milton t bg/Morristown «* bh/Morristown Res. » &/Hew BrunswickHew Milford »»

12

0.511.08.02_-

.40

.551.19_-

.45

.05_--

.75

.41

.91

.05

.22

.76

_-

__---

__-_-

_MH

.14-

____-

_----

15

0.02_.58.87

1.10

___.79.64

.25

.51

.52

.80

.51

_

:.47-

-

.89

.50

.01

.06

.08

.20

.12

.25

.02

.05

.10

.40

.15MMMM

MMM_.28

.09

.12

.05_.12

.06_.14.12.05

14

0.26.62__-

.52

.55

.81_-

.05-Tr._-

.52

.70

.44_.97

.51

_-

.04___-

.02_.11.02Tr.

_

.45-

.01

__-

____-

15

0.18_.93

1.141.50

_.18.11

1.09,82

.21

.93

.64

.95

.71

.10

.02

.17

.49-

.11

.44

.48

.29

.55

.24_.11

.45

.60

.16

.28

.08

.44MMMM

MMM.04.40

.29

.5!

.56

.25-

.54

.21

.16

.07

.76

16

_0.08-.29.28

_--.05.58

_-_.40-

_

.02_-

.01

_.07

Tr..01_.50.02

.77

.05

.02_-

_

-.22

.52___-

.07- .12-

17

0.21_.05_-

.57

.25

.20_-

.52

.17

.07-.15

.80

.55

.16

.05

.49

.25

.10

.19

_.10.11_-

_.18_.52.14

.19

.15

.15

.10

.17

.IS

.07

.12

.18

.22

_.05_.12.02

_.05.28.25.09

18

1.54.16.19.41.49

.90

.78

.21

.52

.18

_.07.05.20.12

.25

.60

.15

.211.05

.15

.07

.06

.10-.05.50.15

.15

.10

.18

.14

.08

.28

.52

.38

.41

.52

.46

.24

.19

.20

.10

.18

.15

.21

.07

.15

.24

.02

.08

.10

.22

19

2.49.28.53.09.19

2.181.93.24_.05

1.852.501.93.25

1.15

1.595.55 1.412.792.05

1.27

2.472.80

.152.242.401.20.20

.55

.58

.244.502.68

1.581.05.78.78

1.08

.99

.63

.685.111.75

.281.05.94

2.752.59

.142.10.76

t.821.15

20

2.44.60

1.42.63.71

1.171.42.62

1.20.22

1.462.522.161.102.75

1.451.28 1.251.951.22

1.48

2.562.10

5.882.002.572.905.95

2.862.564.48.56

2.54

.901.892.882.111.98

1.982.492.421.212.92

2.862.404.002.102.25

4.561.822.142.181.96

21

5.641.805.101.491.68

1.895.662.791.50.75

4.025.554.181.704.75

5.501.98 5.575.952.00

4.07

5.944.28

1.216.885.414.601.82

1.64t.511.423.204.660.685.004.014.194.96

4.864.794.742.884.55

1.685.801.155.025.E9

1.042.205.704.815.61

22

0.072.00.62

2.562.75

_.19.45

2.605.02

_-.07

2.80.07

.12

.14

.51_.25

.27

_-

2.54.06-.10

2.97

5.09.28

5.41.06-

__---

_--.07-

2.58.05

2.72--

8.56-.06--

Total, storm 17-22

10.124.845.765.255.82

6.713.074.065.424.18

7.653.418.496.058.97

6.897.56 6.508.956.79

7.22

8.949.45

7.688.228.549.509.09

8.297.019.757.768.90

8.488.617.877.588.26

8.468.488.297.609.52

7.58T.488.428.068.86

9.546.177.159.167.01

** Measured at midnight. *** Measured at 11 p.m.

t Measured in Borning of day indicated. tt Measured in orning after day indicated. M Record missing, a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy. au Hew lork Power & Light Corporation, av Hew lork City, Department Water Supply,

Gas, and Electricity.

ax Hew lork City Board of Water Supply.be Robert E. Horton.bd City of Hewark, H. J., Department

of Public Affair*, be U. 8. Department of Agriculture,

Soil Conservation Service.bf Horth Jersey District Water Supply Commission, bg Department of Public Works, Jersey City, H. J. bh Town Engineer, MorrlBtown, H. J.

PRECIPITATION

Table 4. Daily precipitation, in inches, September. 12-22, 1938 Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

No. on Pl.l

180581582S8S584

585586587588539

390

591592593394395

596397398599400

401402405404405

406407406409410

411412413414415

416417418419420

421422425424

425426427428429

450451

Station

Hackensack. Passaic. andRaritan River Basins

Continued

New Jersey Continued.

Oak Ridge Reservoir bd/PatersonPaterson t M/PlainfieldRaymond Dan t bf/

Ridgef ield *»Rlngwood t bf/Rockaway ** a/SooervilleSplitrock Pond t bg/

Woodcliff Lake *» bj/

Delaware River Basin

New Tork:

Andes tt ax/Arena tt ax/Arkville tt ax/Balsam Lake t ax/Beerston a/

Bovlna tt ax/Butternut Brook tt sfjChina *» c/ClaryviUe *« ax/Craigie Clair tt ax/

DelhiDownsville tt ax/East Delhi tt ax/Frost VaUey tt ax/Halcott Centre tt ax/

Hale Eddy a/Harvard ** ax/JeffersonvilleKortright Station tt ax/Lake Delaware tt ax/

Lewbeach tt S£/Mary Smith tt ax/Neverslnk tt ax/New Kingston tt ax/Oakland Valley ** c/

Parkston tt ax/Port JervisRelay tt ax/RoxburyRoxbury tt ax/

Seager n ax/South Kortright a/Stamford n ax/Terry Clove tt ax/

New Jersey i

BelvidereBrldgetonBurlingtonCanden **Camden (Airport) J&/

Culvers LakeLambertville

12

_Tr.M_-

____-

-

1.21.88

1.10.95.17

1.27.55.10.18.67

.08

.861.30.68

1.09

.21

.24

.06

.471.33

1.28.66.47

1.09.03

1.42.20

1.10.07

1.01

.34_.84

1.00

___.OSTr.

_-

15

0.06.21M.14.22

.21

.11_.12.12

-

____.84

_-.77.52-

1.27___-

.51

.54

.42_-

____.37

___.94-

_1.23_-

.15_.06.04.02

.24

.09

14

_Tr.M_-

Tr.

_0.01.52

-

.57

.23_.15.88

.38

.55

.59

.10

.56

_.50.40.72.45

.06

.27

.02

.46

.07

_.50.77.53.07

.42

.04

.15

.02

.57

__.24.46

Tr.__Tr.Tr.

_-

15

0.521.01.57.24.01

.15

.54

.08

.11

.08

.65

.40_.61_.70

.50

.181.26.56.04

.67

.25

.30

.21

.77

.£9

.521.01.41

_.56.03.45.66

.21

.57

.69

.55

.20

.53

.51

.25-

.40

.05

.40Tr..21

1.00.05

16

____-

Tr.0.02_.51-

-

_.22__.02

.01-_.05-

____-

___.57.11

___.01-

___Tr.-

_.'55_-

_.OS.01Tr.Tr.

_.60

17

0.20.42.11.20.11

.14_.27.14-

.09

.28

.38

.54_.05

.50

.50

.20

.09

.32

.12

.35

.54

.55

.56

.11

.52.52'

.41

.16

.27

.40_.40.17

.58

.22_.28.55

.28_.14.SO

.06

.49

.18

.51

.29

_.25

18

0.26.24.29.40.33

.59

.58

.10

.08

.29

.04

.07

.40

.56

.04

.11

.41

.01

.39

.15

.21

.11

.11

.31

.03

.11

.10

.07

.11

.21

.19

.05

.65

.15

.55

.21

.68

.05

.02

.52

.55

.05

.05

.04

.21

.17

.14

.07

.20

.70

19

1.381.245.002.103.56

1.025.562.511.552.00

1.61

1.561.211.20.55.78

1.501.74.20

1.961.69

.271.191.001.801.58

.15

.60

.471.221.00

1.691.481.811.591.55

1.671.051.23.48

1.46

1.68.02

1.201.31

1.511.782.182.551.91

.922.65

20

2.981.851.845.471.40

1.561.282.022.062.43

2.12

1.481.801.551.791.27

1.561.82.98

1.291.56

1.7511551.581.121.25

1.251.601.581.551.62

1.981.641.271.671.52

1.612.161.7S1.521.67

1.261.022.301.71

2.252.851.762.152.85

1.90.85

21

2.122.201.585.602.22

4.502.542.405.841.60

5.59

2.752.512.911.172.75

3.082.002.472.012.50

2.572.602.162.582.90

2.412.292.712.962.23

2.532.552.092.782.56

2.532.575.S85.802.98

5.501.701.102.72

3.602.884.642.142.75

5.505.55

22

1.09Tr..02_.04

_.05_.04

2.80

-

.37

.50

.251 45.29

.56

.57

.09

.58

.45

.70

.55

.28

.40

.35

.29

.05

.16

.47

.62

.36

.50

.27

.42

.05

.50__.25.33

.502.75.25.37

____-

.50

.02

Total, storm 17-22

8.035.956.849.777.66

7.617.997.107.698.85

7.70

5.915.976.405.525.18

6.555.775.865.746.00

5.425.805.196.165.97

4.524.915.116.235.22

6.466.125.806.395.95

6.206.686.586.166.16

7.145.825.296.09

7.268.198.9S7.097.85

6.828.02

** Measured at midnight.t Measured in morning of day indicated.

tt Measured in morning after day indicated.M Record missing.a Corps of Engineers, 0. S. Amy.c 0. S. Geological Survey.

ax New Tork City Board of Water Supply, bd City of Newark, N. J-, tepartnent of

Public Affairs.

bf North Jersey District Water Supply ConaisBion. bg Departaent of Public Works, Jersey City, N. J bl Society for the Establishment of

Useful Manufactures.bj Hackensack Water Co., Neehawken, N. J. bk Measured at ItSO a.m. and credited to preceding

day.

54 HURRICANE FLOODS OF SEPTEMBER 1938

Table 4. Daily precipitation, in inches, September 12-22, 1938 Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

No.on pl.l

452435454455456

437438459

440440441442445

444445446447448

448449450451452

455454455456457

458459460461462

465464465466466

467468469470471

472475474475476

477478479

Station

Delaware River Basin Continued

New Jersey Continued.

Lay tonMoorestown tNewtonNorth MerchantvillePemberton

PhillipsburgTrenton No. 1 *»Trenton No. 2 **

Susauehanna River Basin

New lork:

BairtbridgeBainbridge tBeaver Meadows *» a/ KL/Berkshire a/Binghamton **

Bridgewater a/Chenango Forks a/Cherry Vajley a/Cincinnatus tCoopers town

Cooperstown tCortlandCoventry a/DeRuyter t aw/East Newark Valley a/

Franklin tGee Brook Hills tGreene tHamiltonHarpursville a/

Hunts Corner ** a/Leonardsville tLisle a/Morrisville tNewark Valley a/

New Berlin tNorth Edmeston ** a/NorwichOneontaOneonta t

Otego *» a/Oxford sJRiohford «* a/Sherburne tSmithville Flats *» a/

Smyrna «* bm/South New Berlin ** o/Straits Corners be/Truxton No. 1 ** c/Truxton-No. 2 *» o/

Upper Lisle a/Whitney Point tWorcester ** a/

12

_0.01_Tr.-

Tr.--

.09Tr..48.76.04

.69_.20-.12

_.07.10_.04

____.10

1.00_.04_.13

_.56.10..08-

.52

.52

.50_.55

.52

.51_.29.30

.36_.25

15

0.26.04.11.05.09

.38

.02

.04

1.291.S8.52_.73

__.60

1.26.67

.791.061.50.61-

1.181.801.18.20.68

1.00.87.76_.96

.88

.47

.89

.90

.98

.54_.68*

.681.06

.58

.821.47.29.50

1.401.85.51

14

_-_Tr.-

0.04Tr.Tr.

.11_.90

1.80.41

__.08-.04

_.40.06-.01

___.54.15

1.70.01.61.01.63

_.62.18.02-

.421.041.62_

1.10

.76

.47_.47.54

.35_.47

15

1.02.19

1.20.32.06

.50

.54

.51

.51

.49

.20

.02

.29

1.05.68.72

1.55.75

.65

.56

.15

.48

.01

.581.29.65.65

1.18

.04

.74

.90

.57

.38

.70

.261.05.84.51

.11

.29

.05

.84

.18

.19

.522.10.24.27

.851.50.11

16

_0.05Tr.Tr.-

_Tr.Tr.

_.15__Tr.

__-.12-

.08___-

.28

.09

.08

.08-

_.09-.15.05

.34

.05

.02

.0?

.58

M__.55-

.01_.06.01-

__-

17

0.10-.17.55.06

.02

.54

.40

.22_.24.04.55

.16

.50

.12

.02

.06

_.20.55_-

___.17-

.52_.26Tr..10

Tr..27.25.16-

M.48.29_.28

.28

.55

.02

.18

.10

.56Tr..19

18

0.02.26.10.05.11

.07

.58

.58

.05

.27

.11

.01

.15

.28

.29

.20

.25

.07

.15

.12

.09_.04

.15

.28

.41

.07

.59

.04

.51

.02

.22

.04

.40

.02

.21Tr..16

M.19.06.28.06

.15

.08

.27--

_.55.06

19

1.54.27.60

1.661.91

1.792.462.54

.50

.18*_.06

.29_.25-.11

_Tr.__-

.02_.08.15.06

_.06.10.26-

.40

.54

.15

.57-

.25

.22

.05

.11

.50

.14

.51

.11--

_.05.28

20

1.753.452.122.552.01

2.852.275.01

.39

.58*.50

1.06

.50-1.15.24

1.55

.85

.50_.29.02

.80

.04

.40

.65

.85

.65

.44

.68

.10

.68

.58

.95

.751.09.94

1.14.77.72.28.74

.74

.81

.01

.49

.48

.05Tr.1.85

21

5.S41.423.055.165.21

2.492.673.22

1.79.85*-

1.62

1.57_2.65.69

2.10

1.56.90_.71.60

1.21.75.85.99

2.54

1.50.80.82.64.80

1.002.051.672.981.29

2.611.551.85.81

1.47

1.702.44.92

1.651.88

1.55.90

5.29

22

0.022.60.05_-

__-

.591.78*.59.15

.70

.101.951.641.27

2.51.52.54

1.84-

2.541.551.58.68.48

.511.85.64

1.55.65

2.06.09.55.10

2.51

M.55.52

1.77.20

.20

.14

.88

.59

.12

.111.55.06

Total, storm 17-22

6.558.006.077.759.52

7.228.129.55

5.645.645.2±.94

5.20

5.50.69

6.522.824.96

4.852.04.76

2.84.66

4.522.405.522.714.12

2.295.462.472.752.25

4.245.595.544.904.90

4.003.562.955.252.85

5.015.972.212.522.46

1.852.855.65

* Included in following measurement. ** Measured at midnight. t Measured in morning of day indicated, a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army c U. S. Geological Survey.

aw Hew York State Department of Public Works, be U. S. Department of Agriculture,

Soil Conservation Service, bl 5.00 inches measured Sept. 26. ton Chenango Experimental Forest.

PRECIPITATION

Table 4.--Dally precipitation, In Inches, September 12-22, 1938 Continued (Measured In the afternoon except as noted)

No. on

pl.l

480481432485434

485486487483489

490491492

495494495496497

498499500501502

505504505506507

508509510511512

515514515516517

518519520521522

525524525526527

5285295SO5S15S2

5SS5545S5GS6SB7

Station

St. Lawrence River Basin

Vermont!

Barre t bn/Burlington *»CornwallCraftsbury CommonEnosburg Falls

Essex t bn/Marshf ield t WMiddlesex t bin/ .Montpelier t to/Newport

Northfield *»RutlandWaterbury Dam ** a/

New York:

Alexandria BayAsbley #**» eg/Ausable Forks tt W

. Baldwinsville t mfBeaver Falls t

Big MooseBloomingdale tBoonville tBonaparteBrewerton t aw/

Cadyville t be/Canastota tt bg/Canton **Chasm Falls **Chazy

Cleveland t aw/Colton tCopenhagenDannemoraEagle Falls t

Forestport t aw/Fulton t aw/GabrielsGouveraeurHerring t ,

High Market tHooker t to/Ithaca **IthacaLake Placid (Airport) t

Lake Placid Club ttLawrencevilleLocke t bg/Lowvllle tLyons Falls t to/

HcKeever tNew London t aw/North LakeNubia a/Ogdensburg

Oswego **PeruPort Henry * » au/Raquette Lake tSabattis

12

_0.69_.10Tr.

____Tr.

.54

.16

.78

.03_.77_-

_--_-

_.66.45.50

1.10

__.50_

___.02-

__.79_-

1.05.14_Tr.-

__.86.10.16

.87

.09__-

15

1.05.46

1.65.95

1.95

1.251.02.93.88

1.00

.612.57.59

.281.41_.50.67

.90

.861.01.62.27

.70_.11.25-

.46

.70

.60

.601.06

.97

.58

.84

.481.45

1.101.201.011.851.15

_.50

1.25.54.79

1.86.51

1.00_.14

Tr..62.90.75

1.79

14

0.01.15__Tr.

__-.02-

.25_.25

.02-.57--

__-.24-

_.57.05.05.12

____-

_--Tr..01

_-

1.15.01Tr.

.29__Tr.-

___.50-

.55_.48.10Tr.

15

0.7S.11.72.67.24

.24

.66

.78

.66

.60

.471.08.66

.50

.68-.93.17

.75

.12

.95_.88

.22

.03

.10

.15-

.85

.10

.19

.50

.17

-.76.78.02.09.07

.77

.50

.061.15.27

.12

.09

.95

.59

.55

.76

.78

.97

.47

.47

.04

.10

.04

.48

.18

16

0.07Tr._Tr.-

.02

.15

.59.'65-

__-

_.57-.08.01

_Tr..02_-

.01Tr.Tr..06-

.11

.10_.06.09

.20

.09_Tr..05

.04

.05

.14

.16

.01

__.20.02.08

.07

.29_.05-

.01-_.15.11

17

_0.04_.05.08

____.01

.20_.15

__-_-

.15Tr.-_.12

_.27Tr._.10

_Tr.-_Tf.

__.26_-

_-.25.01Tr.

.14Tr.-Tr.-

.01_.15.22Tr.

Tr..06_.12Tr.

18

*Tr._

0.07.09

.04

.45

.07

.25

.10

.05

.25-

__..08-

_Tr..21_.08

.04-Tr._-

.18

.02_.08.10

.11

.05

.56_.01

.15-Tr..21.19

.09_.21.05.25

.10

.48_.07-

_-v_.02

19

0.52.58.20.12.12

.45_.16.04Tr.

.51

.52

.47

_.42_-.06

_.10.15_-

.15

.05

.14

.05

.12

_Tr.-.02.12

1 .05_.06.05-

.08-.05_.11

.25

.05Tr.Tr..57

.02

.06

.12

.04-

.07-.14

. .06.11

20

0.52.85

1.08.87.55

.27

.56

.61

.56

.57

.901.00.69

.041.10.49.08.20

.67

.12

.06_-

.26

.48

.15

.50

.95

.02

.12-.49.07

.06

.051.20.19.11

.02

.20

.50

.15

.27

1.45.21.40.05.62

.11

.07

.79

.62

.25

.05

.70

.46

.50

.11

21

1.262.851.881.601.89

1.201.051.071.051.19

2.952.C95.12

2.552.051.47.16.58

1.751.00.52.45.28

1.511.692.442.971.97

.45

.501.001.90.65

.62

.071.80.48.22

.55

.801.46.48

1.64

2.951.471.20.6,2

1.40

.59

.892.15..77.60

1.152.541.581.14.87

22

1.94-

1.12.50.88

2.801.482.201.47-

_.34-

.401.252.951.451.87

.522.101.8!2.041.58

2.16.21,27.05

1.09

1.752.152.201.502.40

2.441.561.901.852.48

1.701.50.27

1.225.40

.041.781.5S1.86.12

2.502. SI1.60 .661.50

.351.052.722.122.01

Total, storm 17-22

4.244.104.282.995.61

4.765.524.115.571.87

4.594.504.45

2.794.804.911.772.71

5.095.522.752.491.74

4.102.492.718.524.21

2.402.795.205.995.52

5.261.695.582.552.82

2.502. SO2.192.055.61

4.88S.495.542.562.76

8.52S. SI-4.792.S82.SS

1.274.S54.705.62S.12

* Included in following measurement.** Measured at midnight. »»» Measured at 11 p.m. **** Measured at irregular times.

t Measured in morning of day indicated. tt Measured in morning after day indicated, a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Amy.

227007 O 40 5

au New York Power & Light Corporation.aw New York State Department of Public Works.bn Qreen Mountain Power Co.bo E. C> B. Cameron.bp System Properties, Inc.bq Oswego River Watershed Corporation.br BJack River Regulating District.


Table 4. Daily precipitation, in inches, September 12-22. 1938 Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

No. on Pl.l

558559540541542

645544545546547

548549550551552

555554

_----

_---

555556557558559

560561562562

564 565566567568

569570571572575

574575576577578

Station

St. Lawrence River Basin Continued

Hew York Continued.

Sempronius a/Sheds be/SkaneatelesSmiths Basin ttt aw/South Edwards tt

SperryvilleStillwater Reservoir tSyracuse **Syracuse (Airport) tTupper Lake **

Virgil a/WanakenaWatertownWhiteface Mountain tWhitehall

Whitehall *»» aw/Billiamstown t bo/

Canada:

Brome t be/Cedars t bs/East Angus t bs/Farnham bs/Lac Hegantic bs/

Lacolle bs/Lennoxville bs/Montreal tt bs/Ottawa tt bs/

Minor basins

Hew Hampshire:

Bartlett S/Berlin tDurhamErrol tOorham **** bt/

Great Falls t b/HamptonMilan *»*»Pinkham Notch

Massachusetts:

Accord Pond tt e/ Attleboro tt e/Beechwood tt a/Blue Hillfi/Boston **

BrocktonBrockton tt e/Chatham tt e/Chestnut Hill tt f/East Walpole tt e/

East Wareham tEverett tt a/Fall RiverFalmouth tt a/Franklin tt a/

12

0.09_.58_.80

.201.06.61-1.12

.48

.51

.69_.59

.73-

1.15.20_.81-

.751.22.58.20

____-

___.06

.57

.41

.68_.27

_.56_.96.57

_.92_.59.55

IS

0.75.80_1.21-

.80

.02

.21

.69

.25

1.501.56_1.911.07

.451.20

_1.05_

1.02

.07_.01-

.621.101.201.561.00

1.44.72

1.19.82

.19

.14

.20

.92

.65

.45

.111.04.16.06

.52

.02

.54

.40

.09

14

O.S8_.69_.04

.06

.55

.54_.15

.40Tr..06.02.01

.28

.02

.51_.25-

.25

.55

.57

.41

_.02_.02-

.19__-

.02

.04

.01

-

_.01_.04.01

.19__.28-

15

0.59.40.24.65.08

.SO

.10

.22

.66

.12

.88

.17

.01

.521.17

.78

.94

.28Tr..59.05.57

_.IS.01-

1.04.72.67.67.82

.12

.44

.721.24

.58

.50

.46

.57

.56

.57

.491.28.40.52

.25_

1.15.90.50

16

0.02.05.01.56Tr.

.05

.08Tr..22.02

_.07_.45Tr.

.02

.05

.51

.18_-

___-

.01

.05

.08

.09

.09

.94

.05_Tr.

-

__-

Tr.___-

1.24___-

17

0.17_.18_.02

_.10.19_.05

.56

.08Tf..04.05

.11-

.05

__-

.05

.08

.04-

_Tr.__-

___-

.82

.98

.81

.25

.56

_.85.96.74-

_.76.47.49.79

19

0.04-_.25.11

_.05Tr..19-

_.01_.17-

_.18

.15

.04

.12

.11

.20

.15_.08.02

.09

.04

.65

.11

.07

_1.52_.11

1.98 1.201.841.001.19

1.551.94.42

1.941.34

.381.58.52

1.102.06

19

0.07.21.22.44.18

.25

.15

.01

.01

.15

.07_Tr._.52

.95Tr.

.64__.21-

.25

.17

.08Tr.

.21

.051.45.08.01

_1.68.12.54

.22

.55

.261.04.67

1.04.28.90.48.55

1.24.62

1.21.51.96

20

0.40.14.25

1.50.42

.08

.52

.57

.04

.79

.59

.45

.08

.251.25

1.10.50

.21

.58

.19

.88

.40

1.551.06.34.07

1.85.82

2.211.79.74

_1.77.85

1.74

1.12 .95.88

1.471.50

1.281.80.16

1.271.02

.511.001.74.14.64

21

0.80_

1.641.S82.51

.742.201.57.57

2.16

.951.06.40

1.552.60

2.252.00

.791.461.092.04.71

1.95.69

1.491.77

5. SO2.741.S12.242.75

2.81.05

2.544.09

.16

.28

.19

.26

.10

.19

.15

.10

.10

.20

.01

.14

.51

.02

.24

22

0.901.55.75

1.25.59

2.24.47.50

1.58.06

.561.442.552.54.14

_.95

1.66.02.70_.05

__.05.50

.861.17_.19

1.60

___.17

.05

.02

.01

.01-

Tr..02_.01Tr.

.15

.01__.OS

Total, storm 17-22

2.581.905.005.12S.04

5.295.572.142.195.21

2.515.025. OS4.114.52

4.41S.65

S.4S2.102.10S.241.S6

5.752.002.582.56

6.114.825.624.415.15

2.814.825. 516.65

4. SO S.74S.984.014.02

4.045.002.544.555.59

2.444.104.252.264.69

** Measured at midnight. *** Measured at 11 p.m. ***» Measured at irregular tiaes.

t Measured in morning of day indicated. tt Measured in morning after day indicated. ttt Measured at 11 a.m.

a Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. b Public Service Co. of Hew Hampshire, e Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

f Metropolitan District Commission.n U. S. Forest Service.o Blue Hill Observatory.aw Hew York State Department of Public Works. be U. S. Department of Agriculture,

Soil Conservation Service, bq Oswego River Watershed Corporation, bs Meteorological Service of Canada. bt Onion Water Power Co., Lewiston, Maine.

PRECIPITATION 57

Table 4. Daily precipitation, in inches, September 12-22, 1938 Continued (Measured In the afternoon except as noted)

No. on pl.l

5795805dl58253!584'

585586587533

589590591592595

594595596597598

599600601602605

604605606607608

609610611612G15

614615616617613

619620621 62262!

624625626

6276236296506!1

6326!!6546!5C56

657653

Station

Minor basins Continued

Massachusetts Continued.

GloucesterGreenbush tt e/HyannisIpswich tt e/Jamaica Plain tt S/

Lakeville tt e/ Lynn tt e/Manchester tt e/Mansfield tt e/Mars ton's Mills

Middleboro tt e/Middleton ttMilford tt e/Millbury tMillls tt e/

Hantucket *»Needbam tt e/Mew Bedford ***Hew Bedford tt e/Hew Bedford tt e/

Newton tt e/Horthbridge tt e/Horton tHorwood tt e/Onset tt £/

Peabody tt e/Pembroke tt e/PlymouthPlymouth tt e/Provincetown

RockportSalem tt e/South CarverSpot Pond tt I/State Farm tt e/

SwampscottTaunton tt e/Tisbury tt eOxbridge, tt e/Waltham tt e/

Wenhao Lake tt e/WestonWest Roxbury tt e/ Wilmlngton tt e/Winchester tt e/

Wollaston tt e/Worcester bu/Wrentham tt e/

Rhode Island:

Block Island *»Diamond Hill Res. **** bv/GreenvilleKingstonNorth Sm}.thf ield t b"/

Pawtucket *»»» by/Pawtueket **** by/PortsmouthProvidence *»Slocum

Wood River JunctionWoonsocket t bx/

12

_0.55_

1.421.06

.42 1.081.21.50-

.491.50.50-.57

_.73_.53.44

.91

.43-.80.45

1.14.55-.5!-

_1.18_1.04.45

_.62-Tr..93

1.20_.92

1.521.15

.96Tr..50

M__-

MM_Tr.-

_.54

15

1.49.16.80.06.05

.25

.1!

.25

.101.10

.22

.OS

.09

.66

.08

.79

.09

.6!

.29

.20

.20-.60.10.28

.05

.14

.71

.18

.69

1.29.15.59.20.10

1.05.20.50.57-

.401.05.11 .02.07

.111.25-

.74M.70.56.40

MM.55.39.47

.54-

14

_0.05-.06.04

.16

.06

.04

.04

.10

.12

.07

.05

.05-

_.02_.14.10

.05

.25

.18

.02

.52

.05

.04-.10-

_.04.11.02.07

_.06.40-.15

.08Tr..02 .07.05

Tr.-.11

_M__-

MMTr.Tr.-

_-

15

0.28.34.54.52.42

.95

.25

.26

.51

.25

1.12.58.49.55.17

4.05-.95

1.171.55

.59

.41

.05

.301.59

.29

.631.25.93.95

.29

.55

.12

.40

.74

.50

.542.15.53.45

.51

.55

.57

.59-

.51

.68

.40

1.16M.57

1.52-

MM.87.42

1.10

.96

.29

16

_-

0.75-Tr.

.75__.95

_--.25-

Tr.-__-

_-.47_-

_---.15

_-.96_-

_----

__-

-

_Tr.-

_M.01_.50

MMTr._-

_-

17

0.21.58-.64.54

.55

.98

.70-

.54

.80

.65-

1.01

.06

.97

.15

.63

.70

.64

.75-.71.95

.72

.30

.10

.58-

_.79-.57*

.251.04.55.46.67

.46-.32 .65.74

*.20.75

.44*.01.07-

**.16.64.12

_-

18

1.781.26.95

5.201.50

1.14 1.721.782.01.30

1.045.205.13.32

2.05

2.192.141.041.151.28

2.502.451.251.291.58

1.691.111.161.05.20

1.501.95.64

1.962.07

.921.591.501.602.10

1.921.451.68 5.142.52

2.64.58

1.72

.42*1.98.95.85

**.30.75.79

*.30

19

2.76.65

2.95.76.47

.54 1.00.50.17.30

.55

.581.555.701.00

.051.20.65.5!.93

.611.542.00.55.54

.35

.701.101.08.12

1.52.19

1.15.64.71

1.21.22

2.052.561.02

.712.54.50 .70.65

.202.45.50

.57*1.10.55

2.15

**1.05.49.45

1.951.76

20

1.20.42.40

1.651.15

.43 1.501.931.641.50

.542.211.492.51.66

_.55.57.51.05

1.101.42.41

1.15Tr.

1.21.25.56.01.40

.951.47.77

1.881.10

1.52.91-

1.77.62

1.472.021.05 .95

1.95

.761.70.2!

1.25*1.331.082.00

**.90

1.041.1!

.501.54

21

0.02.05.25

q.05.12

.11

.02

.04

.19

.50

.11

.11

.552.19.16

.04

.15-.08

q.06

.12q.501.58.16.09

.07

.10

.08Tr..55

.15

.02

.01

.05

.08

.19

.15

.25

.49

.22

.02

.25

.10

.19

.15

.155.44.25

1.004.00.62.18.56

5.10:.sa.50.17q46

.27

.95

22

_-0.02Tr.Tr.

.15

.07

.01

.05-

.09Tr.-q.15-

_-.06.09

q.08

.01-.10.01.05

Tr..02-.04-

_Tr..07.01-

Tr.Tr.-.02.01

_-.01 .01Tr.

.02

.02-

_M.04.01-

MM --

_-

Total, storm 17-22

5.972.964.556.505.78

2.32 4.045.084.715.20

2.536.707.189.174.33

2.544.992.192.7!S.05

4.776.665.525.642.74

4.522.965.002.701.07

S.704.622.625.105.96

4.075.714.556.684.65

4.586.044.15 5.655.81

5.7!3.595.25

5.464.005.652.305.56

5.10J.585.415.092.65

2.725.05

* Included in following measurement. *» Measured at midnight.

«** Measured at 11 p.m. **** Measured at irregular times.

t Measured in morning of day indicated. tt Measured in morning after day indicated. M Record missing.

e Massachusetts Department of Public Health.f Metropolitan District Commission.q Estimated; gage destroyed during hurricane, bu Winter Hill Meteorological Observatory. bv City Engineer, Pawtucket, R. I. bw Woonsocket, R. I., Water Department. bx Woonsocket, R. I., Sewage Works.


Table 4. Dally precipitation, In Inches, September 12-22. 1938 Continued (Measured In the afternoon except as noted)

No. on

pl.l

659640641642645

644645646647643

6496SO651652655

6S4655656657658

659660661662

66566466 5666667

668669670671672

675674675676677

678679680681682

Station


Connecticut:

Bridgeport aq/Camp Hadley i/Cannondale by/Easton Lake t aq/Greenwich t bz/

Groton tttt ca/Hemlocks Res . tt aq/Lake Dawson t am/Lake KonomocLake Saltonstall t am/

Lake Whitney t am/Laurel Reservoir t eb/Mead ?ond t ob/Milf ord t am/Mount Carmel tttt M/

New Haven **North flranf ord t am/North Guilf ord t am/North Stamford tt cja/Norwalk

Wallingf ord ed/Wepawaug Reservoir t am/Wilton (Norwalk) ttWolcott Reservoir t af/

New York i

Babylon 1BridgehamptonBrooklyn ** ee/Brooklyn Eagle **Cutchogue

Flushing «*Freeport «* of/Garden City eg/Long Beach ** oh/Manhasset ** of/

Mineola ** sf/MitcheU Field «* QJMount Vernon **New York «* ej/New vork «* ok/

FatchogueRlverheadScarsdaleSetauketWesterleigh **

12

____-

_-__-

_--_Tr.

0.08__.56-

___-

_-_--

___M-

___Tr.-

____-

15

0.75.85.69.92.59

.76

.78

.56

.60

.59

.56

.52

.42

.66

.55

.54

.51

.55

.04

.50

.45

.45

.50

.51

.07

.42

.11

.20

.41

.19

.15

.17

.14

.17

.17Tr..12.15.17

.18

.59

.18

.50

.14

14

____-

_-

0.05_-

.10

.04

.04_Tr.

Tr..17.17.62-

_.18_.08

__.01.01-Tr.__Tr.-

_.16-Tr.Tr.

____.01

15

0.68.61.82*.49

.92

.86

.90

.07

.95

.90

.85

.82

.851.05

.79

.80

.80

.05

.69

1.21.75.67.61

.53

.44

.70

.46

.65

.46

.27

.92

.55

.44

.77

.36

.56

.66

.29

.55

.66

.50

.55

.46

16

0.05.02.05.96.05

_*.20_.06

.05

.06

.04

.04

.58

Tr..04.05_-

_.09_'.25

_----

^_.04_-

_--Tr.-

_-__-

17

0.55__*-

.76*-.07-

_----

.60-_.22.40

*-.SI-

*.93.11.19.41

.18

.39

.19

.22

.19

.14

.19

.15

.12

.19

.88_.21.43.19

18

0.09*.52*.17

.58*.59

1.501.55

.62

.24

.25

.71

.70

1.62.41.59

1.57*

*.60_.64

1.40.65

1.43.62.69

1.581.865.551.722.77

5.105.00.63.59.44

.522.02.04.55.54

19

5.036.185.044.091.21

.97*2.55.97

1.51

2.091.861.652.042.58

1.045.525.512.075.84

*2.301.852.32

_.45

1.081.51.50

.76

.481.27.67

1.64

1.02.56

1.601.301.76

2.00.90

1.851.651.20

20

2.E65.951.662.421.70

.11*1.762.354.64

.961.591.91.78

5. SO

5.562.202.902.38*

7.00.96

2.201.55

1.02.60

1.941.781.95

1.385.253.562.952.74

2.545.001.601.731.69

3.692.822.153.982.15

21

5.082.081.925.552.75

1.0211.452.676.504.55

6.595.055.154.555.89

5.026.496.102.156.42

5.904.255.725.76

5.804.524.085.824.20

4.275.975.515.214.45

4.402.425.285.714.05

4.225.696.554.255.69

22

___2.152.65

_-

i.as_1.01

1.522.563.651.831.18

_2.121.71.04-

_1.75_

2.76

1.42-.--

___-.05

_--_-

Tr..05_--

Total, storm 17-22

11.1612.216.94

12. IS3.48

5.2411.459.22

11.8712.64

11.589.50

10.579.54

11.65

11.6414.5414.418.67

10.68

12.909.36

10.0611.05

9.646.938.697.927.75

3.679.95

11.688.77

11.79

11.009.179.237.758.15

11.319.48

10.8010.917.75

* Included in following measurement. ** Measured at midnight.t Measured in morning of day indicated..

tt Measured in morning after day indicated. tttt Measured at noon.

M Record missing.i Connecticut State Forestry Department,

af Now Britain Water Co., New Britain, Conn, am New Haven Water Co., New Haven, Conn', aq Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. by D. Henry Miller, Cannondale, Conn, bz Greenwich, Conn., Water Co. ca Water and Electric Department, Groton, Conn.

cb Stamford, Conn., Water Co.cc Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station.cd Wallingford, Conn., Water Department.ce Qravesend-Ave. Vj City of New York,

Department of Sewers, cf Nassau County Department of Public Works,

Hydrologies! Bureau, eg Oliver H. West, Garden City, N. I. ch City of Long Beach, N. I. ci II. S. Army, Air Corps, oj Battery Place, ck Central Park.

PRECIPITATION 59

Table 4. Dally precipitation, in inches, September 12-22, 1938 Continued (Measured in the afternoon except as noted)

No. on

pl.l

685684685686687

683689690691692

695694695696697

698699700701702

705

Station


New Jersey:

Atlantic City **BelleplainClaytonColts Neck No. R-8 *» be/Elizabeth

Elizabethport *»» cl/HammontonIndian MillsIrvington *» cl/Jersey City

LakewoodLong Branch **Marlboro ** be/ em/Marlboro *» ba/ en/Marlboro ** ba/ co/

Newark ** ,cp/NorthfieldPleasantville tRunyonSandy Hook *»

Tuckerton

12

_--M-

_-_

0.08Tr.

__MMM

M-__-

-

15

Tr.-

0.06M.09

.10-.09-.17

.17

.24MMM

MTr..01.15.17

.04

14

0.07--MTr.

__Tr._-

_.05MMM

M_Tr._.02

-

15

0.05.05.05M.15

.15

.08

.01

.24

.24

.05

.02MMM

M.04.06.16.39

.02

16

_--M0.20

_.11Tr._.18

Tr.Tr.MMM

M-_.29Tr.

.01

17

0.79.15-.11.05

.09_.20.06.02

.17

.16

.15

.15

.12

.20

.28_.11.15

.25

18

0.22.22.22

2.22.10

.25

.05

.10

.25

.54

.122.91.74.75.76

.50

.20

.58

.252.56

.41

19

1.51.82

1.801.221.55

.921.801.65*.42

1.90.57

1.151.101.15

1.89.84.29

1.21.75

.92

20

5.221.772.252.691.65

1.805.002.57*2.15

1.752.582.001.922.07

2.101.661.241.412.24

2.96

21

4.504.525.104.764.96

4.542.884.266.175.16

6.554.544.864.754.85

5.935.925.894.905.85

5.16

22

_0.04--Tr.

_-_-.05

___--

_-

2.85--

-

Total, storm 17-22

. 10.047.527.5511.008.29

7.587.758.566.468.10

10.2910.568.868.658.93

6.478.903.657.889.51

9.78


*** Measured at 11 p.m.t Measured in morning of day indicated. M Record missing.

ba U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.

cl Joint Meeting Maintenance.cm Instrumental area.en Plot No. 1.co Plot No. 24.cp Kresge Department Store,

William Wiener, Meteorologist.


Table 5. Supplemental records of daily precipitation, in Inches,September 12-22, 1938

(Measured In the afternoon except as noted)No. on pl.l

704

705

706 707708709710

711

71271$714 715716

717718

719720721722725

724725726

727728729750751

752

755754755 756

Station

Merrimack River Basin

Jew Hampshire:

Milford t a/

Thames River Basin

Connecticut!

No. Grosvenordale tt b/

Connecticut River Basin

New Hampshire:

Claremont t C/ Franconia d/Marlow d/North Grantham d/Twin Mountain d/

Vest Canaan d/

Vermont!

East Haven d/Oallup Mills d/North Tunbridge d/ Plymouth d/Ricker Mills d/

Wheelock d/Windsor t s/

Hudson River Basin

New Zork:

Aaawalk tt f/Cross River tt f/Croton Falls tt f/East Branch tt f/Mechanicville t sJ

Spier Falls t £/Titicus tt f/White Pond tt f/

St. Lawrence River Basin

Vermont:

Chittenden t a/Goshen t a/Highgate Falls tttt h/Hydeville t e/Middlebury t a/

Minor Basins

Hew Hampshire!

Exeter tt i/

Messachusetts!

Holden No. 2 tt j/Kettle Brook No. 5 tt j/Lynde Brook tt i/ Worcester *» j/

12

-

-

-

-

0.10_-

.57

Tr..10.26 .42-

_-

.78

.77

.65

.54H

M.61.66

__H--

.5

1.591.571.21 .18

IS

0.75

.65

1.87 1.501.201.801.28

1.45

1.61.69.78

1.201.25

1.411.55

.01

.01

.05

.02M

H.01.OS

2.552.21M1.761.95

*

.02_

.78

14

Tr.

-

-

__-

-

__

0.01

-

.57-

.52

.50

.51

.42H

M.50.58

__H.79.04

*

.45

.66

.46

15

0.49

.61

.75

.58

.95

.98

.22

.69

.59

.701.74 1.59l.Od

_.90

.25

.19

.17

.12M

M.2$.15

1.70.75M-.52

.5

.25

.01

.21

.69

16

0.20

-

.44

__.05

.10

_.40-

-

_.20

_---M

H--

1.50.62M.66.10

-

__

-

17

Tr.

0.87

-

-_-

.10

__.02 Tr.-

_-

.55

.18

.20

.15H

u.20.08

__H--

*

.46

.40

.56

.78

18

0.51

5.35

.07

.06

.20

.15

.02

.20

.59

.26

.57

.47

.56

.55

.15

1.10.82

1.291.15.24

.25

.88

.55

_.09--.04

*

1.951.692.51 1.07

19

0.90

2.57

-

1.20l.SS.13

.90

Tr..10.51 .55.06

.10

.20

2.482.652.602.58.61

.252.44?.74

.12

.28

.2

.28

.18

2.25

1.492.011.54 5.19

20

2.06

5.29

2.27 1.412.952.351.56

1.90

1.161.961.50 2.091.15

.861.95

2.502.765.102.461.21

.972.552.22

.79

.79

.4

.74

.58

*

$.474.085.52 2.02

21

5.10

.44

2.27 2.555.402.005.05

5.44

2.541.622.84 4.402.42

2.582.40

5.564.184.404.281.46

1.825.714.74

1.581.201.81.421.40

2.0

.561.04.66

1.98

22

0.5$

-

2.19 .65-

1.101.20

.10

_-~

-

-2.10

.10

.08

.11

.152.96

2.20.03.18

2.755.961.92.551.89

-

_-

:

Total, storm 17-22

6.70

10.80

6.80 4.477.757.456.01

6.64

4.095.944.34 7.515.97

5.696.80

9.7710.5911.5910.586.48

5.479.78

10.15

5.046.524.54.994.09

4.25

7.919.228.S9 9. OS

* Included in following measurement.** Measured at midnight.t Measured in morning of day indicated. tt Measured in morning after day indicated.

tttt Measured at noon.M Record missing.a Town of Milford.b Grosvenordale Co.

c Claremont Water Works.d Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.e Central Vermont Public Service Corporation.f New Zork City Department of Water Supply, Gas, andElectricity.

g New Zork Power & Light Corporation, h Village of Swanton. i Exeter Water Works, j City Water Department, Worcester, Mass.

PRECIPITATION

Table 5.--Supplemental records of daily precipitation, in inches,September 12-22, 1938--Continued

(Measured in the afternoon except as noted)Ho. on

pl.l

757758759740741

742745744745

Station

Minor Basins Continued

Rhode Island:

Hopkins Mills tt £/Kent tt k/Ueutaconkanut Hill tt k/North Scituate tt k/Providence tt k/

Rooky Hill tt k/Warren t o/Hestoott tt k/Westerly j3/

12

0.78.57.27.46-

.54».46-

15

0.07.05.16.29.48

.17».18.60

14

0.29.05.10.06-

.11».06-

15

0.04.60.52.43.57

.171.14.40

1.50

16

_-__-

__--

17

0.78.72.84.85-

.79_.78-

18

1.841.021.101.65*

2.12.94

1.55-

19

1.52.50.40

1.552.02

1.50.75

1.602.15

20

0.95.62.46.59.70

.652.25.40.95

21

0.47.54m.58.51

n.44.26.39-

22

0.07.05.05.Ou-

.04_.04-

Total, storm 17-22

5.345.402.80H4.805.23

5.504.184.725.10

* Included in following measurement. t Measured in morning of day indicated.

tt Measured in morning after day indicated. k Department of Public Works, Providence, R.

m No record; gage destroyed during hurricane.n Estimated on September 21.o Bristol County Water Co.p Board of Water Commissioners.

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