Altho storms originate or are first detected in nine different sections,
it is a fact worth mentioning that they all leave the United States in
the vicinity of New England or Nova Scotia. Some of the southern
depressions starting near the coast, pass to sea south of New York, but
in general an observer standing on Plymouth Rock can virtually encompass
within a radius of 500 kilometres, 300 miles, the paths of ninety per
cent of the storms that traverse the country.
Thus a storm that originates in Texas (7) will probably pass close to
Cape Cod. Likewise, types (3) and (5); while the other types may pass a
little to the north or south. See Chart, Paths of Storms.