variable-climatic

Updated: May 18, 2025

The reason is found in the fact of a more humid atmosphere existing at Utica, and, indeed, at all points in the variable-climatic district, whether north or south of either the thermal lines or latitudes in which Minnesota rests.

Ledyard Bill - Minnesota; Its Character and Climate: Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together: With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.

This supposed course will convey the general idea of the track of a northeaster when it envelops the whole variable-climatic district of the Union. There is a singular eddy known to all climatologists to exist in Iowa, where the annual precipitation of water is great, exceeding that of all the surrounding States.

Ledyard Bill - Minnesota; Its Character and Climate: Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together: With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.

In contrast, the amount of rain falling annually in this State is shown by these statistics to be much below that of any lying east of the Mississippi, in the variable-climatic district; and, indeed, below that of every other in the entire Union, excepting Nebraska, which averages about the same amount of rain-fall, though without the same amount of dryness and elasticity, which are such notable features in the atmosphere of the former State.

Ledyard Bill - Minnesota; Its Character and Climate: Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together: With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.