198 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW DECEMBER 1943
THE WEATHER OF 1943 IN THE UNITED STATES
By J. L. BALDWIN
mather Bureau, Washington, D. C.]
MONG the outstanding features of 1943 was the
A persistent hot, dry weather in the southern part of the Western Plains and in the East Central States in summer.
Crops, gardens, and livestock suffered severely in tlhese
areas, notably in Arkansas, Oklahoma, northwestern Texas, Kansas, and north-central Virginia. More than
half of the days in July and August had 100' tempera-
tures, or over at many stations in Arkansas, Oklahoma,
and northern Texas, with the record July maximum of
120' equaled in Oklahoma. Warm weather the last part of March and in April rapidly melted a deep snow cover on the frozen ground of
the Northern Plains resulting in destructive floods in the
Missouri Valley. Heavy rains in May resulted in floods
affecting 7 States from Oklahoma to Michigan that
caused extensive damage to agricultural and industrial
areas. In parts of the Arkansas and Osage Rivers the
floods were the greatest in 100 years, with near-record
stages reached in the middle Mississippi, Illinois, Wabash,
and Maumee Rivers. An outstanding storm of the year was a tropical hurri- cane in southeastern Texas on July 27 which killed 15
ersons and destroyed property valued at $15,000,000.
b illions of dollars damage was produced by winds on the Pacific Coast, mostly in California, on December 8-10.
Tornadoes killed 50 people and did approximately $12,000,000 damage (see article in this REVIEW). Hail
caused about $4,575,000 damage in Illinois on July 28 at Peoria and vicinity and in Warren County, while losses exceeded in the same month $2,000,000 in Iowa, and at
least $2,595,000 in Minnesota. Complete hail damage
reports will appear in the United States Meteorological
Yearbook for 1943.
Glaze and sleet on January 27-29 caused over $1,000,000
damage in Virginia and the District of Columbia area.
Another extensive glaze storm occurred in a south-central
belt extending from Oklahoma to the middle Atlantic
States on December 24-26. An interesting example of temperature inversion oc-
curred over the western portion of Wyoming on December
29 during the presence of a large stationary high-pressure
area, when Lander had a temperature of 1' (its lowest
for the month), while on the same date Dubois, SO miles to the northwest and 1,600 feet higher, had 60' (its highest
for the month). A much more phenomenal temperature
contrast condition occurred in the Black Hills of South
Dakota on January 20-23. This was described in an article by R. R. Hamann, of Rapid City, S. Dak., in the
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW of March 1943.
EFFECT ON CROPS
I n general, the weather for the year 1943 was somewhat
less favorable for agriculture than in 1942, rincipally because of untimely spring frosts, unfavorah Y e wetness
during the spring planting season and, later, harmful
dryness in certain areas. Dry weather curtailed crop production in some sections, but in most of the principal agricultural States favorable conditions prevailed and the
general farm output, while considerably less than for the
preceding year, was larger than normal. There were also several periods of unfavorably cold weather in the spring which heavily damaged fruit and
early vegetables over a wide sout'h-cen tral and southern
be,lt, extending from the Atlantic Coast to the Great
Plains, nnd unusually small crops of apples, peaches, cherries, apricots, and strawberries survived for harvest.
East of the Mississippi River, in addition to the un-
tiniely frost, the spring mont,hs brought frequent heavy rains to many sections which saturated and flooded low-
lands and seriously hampered farmers in planting corn,
haying, and other seasonal work. The corn crop got off to a late start, but wit'h the advent of summer, favorable
temperatures and much sunshine hastened development and re1ieve.d the a.pprehension of probable failure to
mature before the fall frosts. Summer warmth hastened
maturity and there was no material frost damage, while the fall senson was unusually favorable for harvest; pro-
duction for the country as a whole was the second largest
of re,cord. The summer was warmer than normal in nearly all seetioiis of the count8ry and most of t,he principal agri-
cultural States had sufficient moisture to produce good crops, but unfavorable dr-yness developed in ce,ntral-
eastern sections and much of the South. The outst,aiiding fe.ature. of the fall mont,hs was wide-
spread dryness, in marked contrast to the two preceding
falls. I t was one of the driest falls of record over large areas. While this facilitated the harve.sting of crops,
the dryness was unfavorable for the seeding and germina-
tion of winter grains, especially in the western Winter Wheat Belt and the South. About the middle of December a severe freeze over-
spread the South, rgsulting iU more or less damage, heavy
in localities, from Texas eastward to Florida and the
Carolinas. Florida suffered most with a loss of truck
crops, many ready for market, valued at more than
4 inillion dollars.
TEMPERATURE
The mean temperat'ure for the year 1943, derived by
weighting the averages for the varying areas of the several St,at.es, was 53.4', or only 0.2' above the average for the
1586 t,o 1943 period, during which time the highest mean annual temperature was 55.6' in 1921 and the lowest
51.5' in 1917.
Mont'hly and annual State temperature departures are
presented by table 1, supplemented by a chart showing
the annual distribut'ion areally.
Yearly temperatures averaged generally 1' to 3' below
normal in the more nort'hern Rocky Mountains, some upper Mississippi Valley areas, the lower Peninsula of
Michigan, and from northern Pennsylvania to Maine,
while they were generally from lo to over 3' above the
average from eastern Montana and southern South Dakota southwestward over an extensive sout'hwestern
area., including the Great Basin and far Southwest. The highest State yearly average was 70.6' for Florida and the lowest was 39.8' for North Dakota. The greatest
mont'hly Statme ave,rage was 87.1O for Oklahoma during
August and the lowest was the January average, of - 1.4O
for North Dakota. The highest temperature report,ed during the year was
124' in July at 2 stations in California. The lowest was
-60' at Island Park Dam, Idaho, on January 18.
January temperatures averaged below normal in the
198 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW DECEMBER 1943
THE WEATHER OF 1943 IN THE UNITED STATES
By J. L. BALDWIN
mather Bureau, Washington, D. C.]
MONG the outstanding features of 1943 was the
A persistent hot, dry weather in the southern part of the Western Plains and in the East Central States in summer.
Crops, gardens, and livestock suffered severely in tlhese
areas, notably in Arkansas, Oklahoma, northwestern Texas, Kansas, and north-central Virginia. More than
half of the days in July and August had 100' tempera-
tures, or over at many stations in Arkansas, Oklahoma,
and northern Texas, with the record July maximum of
120' equaled in Oklahoma. Warm weather the last part of March and in April rapidly melted a deep snow cover on the frozen ground of
the Northern Plains resulting in destructive floods in the
Missouri Valley. Heavy rains in May resulted in floods
affecting 7 States from Oklahoma to Michigan that
caused extensive damage to agricultural and industrial
areas. In parts of the Arkansas and Osage Rivers the
floods were the greatest in 100 years, with near-record
stages reached in the middle Mississippi, Illinois, Wabash,
and Maumee Rivers. An outstanding storm of the year was a tropical hurri- cane in southeastern Texas on July 27 which killed 15
ersons and destroyed property valued at $15,000,000.
b illions of dollars damage was produced by winds on the Pacific Coast, mostly in California, on December 8-10.
Tornadoes killed 50 people and did approximately $12,000,000 damage (see article in this REVIEW). Hail
caused about $4,575,000 damage in Illinois on July 28 at Peoria and vicinity and in Warren County, while losses exceeded in the same month $2,000,000 in Iowa, and at
least $2,595,000 in Minnesota. Complete hail damage
reports will appear in the United States Meteorological
Yearbook for 1943.
Glaze and sleet on January 27-29 caused over $1,000,000
damage in Virginia and the District of Columbia area.
Another extensive glaze storm occurred in a south-central
belt extending from Oklahoma to the middle Atlantic
States on December 24-26. An interesting example of temperature inversion oc-
curred over the western portion of Wyoming on December
29 during the presence of a large stationary high-pressure
area, when Lander had a temperature of 1' (its lowest
for the month), while on the same date Dubois, SO miles to the northwest and 1,600 feet higher, had 60' (its highest
for the month). A much more phenomenal temperature
contrast condition occurred in the Black Hills of South
Dakota on January 20-23. This was described in an article by R. R. Hamann, of Rapid City, S. Dak., in the
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW of March 1943.
EFFECT ON CROPS
I n general, the weather for the year 1943 was somewhat
less favorable for agriculture than in 1942, rincipally because of untimely spring frosts, unfavorah Y e wetness
during the spring planting season and, later, harmful
dryness in certain areas. Dry weather curtailed crop production in some sections, but in most of the principal agricultural States favorable conditions prevailed and the
general farm output, while considerably less than for the
preceding year, was larger than normal. There were also several periods of unfavorably cold weather in the spring which heavily damaged fruit and
early vegetables over a wide sout'h-cen tral and southern
be,lt, extending from the Atlantic Coast to the Great
Plains, nnd unusually small crops of apples, peaches, cherries, apricots, and strawberries survived for harvest.
East of the Mississippi River, in addition to the un-
tiniely frost, the spring mont,hs brought frequent heavy rains to many sections which saturated and flooded low-
lands and seriously hampered farmers in planting corn,
haying, and other seasonal work. The corn crop got off to a late start, but wit'h the advent of summer, favorable
temperatures and much sunshine hastened development and re1ieve.d the a.pprehension of probable failure to
mature before the fall frosts. Summer warmth hastened
maturity and there was no material frost damage, while the fall senson was unusually favorable for harvest; pro-
duction for the country as a whole was the second largest
of re,cord. The summer was warmer than normal in nearly all seetioiis of the count8ry and most of t,he principal agri-
cultural States had sufficient moisture to produce good crops, but unfavorable dr-yness developed in ce,ntral-
eastern sections and much of the South. The outst,aiiding fe.ature. of the fall mont,hs was wide-
spread dryness, in marked contrast to the two preceding
falls. I t was one of the driest falls of record over large areas. While this facilitated the harve.sting of crops,
the dryness was unfavorable for the seeding and germina-
tion of winter grains, especially in the western Winter Wheat Belt and the South. About the middle of December a severe freeze over-
spread the South, rgsulting iU more or less damage, heavy
in localities, from Texas eastward to Florida and the
Carolinas. Florida suffered most with a loss of truck
crops, many ready for market, valued at more than
4 inillion dollars.
TEMPERATURE
The mean temperat'ure for the year 1943, derived by
weighting the averages for the varying areas of the several St,at.es, was 53.4', or only 0.2' above the average for the
1586 t,o 1943 period, during which time the highest mean annual temperature was 55.6' in 1921 and the lowest
51.5' in 1917.
Mont'hly and annual State temperature departures are
presented by table 1, supplemented by a chart showing
the annual distribut'ion areally.
Yearly temperatures averaged generally 1' to 3' below
normal in the more nort'hern Rocky Mountains, some upper Mississippi Valley areas, the lower Peninsula of
Michigan, and from northern Pennsylvania to Maine,
while they were generally from lo to over 3' above the
average from eastern Montana and southern South Dakota southwestward over an extensive sout'hwestern
area., including the Great Basin and far Southwest. The highest State yearly average was 70.6' for Florida and the lowest was 39.8' for North Dakota. The greatest
mont'hly Statme ave,rage was 87.1O for Oklahoma during
August and the lowest was the January average, of - 1.4O
for North Dakota. The highest temperature report,ed during the year was
124' in July at 2 stations in California. The lowest was
-60' at Island Park Dam, Idaho, on January 18.
January temperatures averaged below normal in the
LXXI--72 December 1943. M. W, 1
I
DECEMBER 1943 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 199
northern third of the country, where deficiencies of 5' to 9O occurred in large northwestern areas, and above in the southern two-thirds. A severe cold wave overspread
the northern interior betwee,n the 16th and 19th, breaking the lowest January temperature records at many stations in Wyoming and Kansas. Zero reading extended to the
tlhio Valley. Cold weather again spread sout,heastward over the
:ount,ry about the middle of February with readings of
25' to -35' or lower, in New England, New York, and
i..l ! North Central States and 10' or more below freezing
in northern Florida. However, practically all of the
country, except Florida, showed averages above normal
for that month, especially the northwestern Plains. lMarch also was characterized by pronounced short- period successions of unseasonably cold and abnormally
warm weather. The most severe cold of the season pre-
vailed over practicnlly the entire region from the Rocky Mountains eastward from about the 1st to the 9th. I t
broke practically all of t'he lowest March temperature
records in Georgia, and on the 3d equaled the lowe,st March reading of 9 O in Mississippi. Subzero temperature,s
were recorded in Arkansas for the first time in March,
while -22O in Missouri was 10' lower than any previous March reading on record, and -45' in Michigan set a new low for this month in that State.
Temperature averages for April were generally below
nordnal east of the Mississippi River and above to the we:->ward, with de,ficiencies of 7' centered in western
Ne$- Pork, and excesses of 8' in middle Rocky Mountain
a r . s. Freezing extended almost to the Gulf on the 14-16.
I t - ILS the coldest April on record in New York. May was
-I
Astently cool in the Northwest and North Central ttes and seasonal to considerably above normal in the
+, and South. me was decided1 warmer than normal in central and
ortions a n i cooler than usual rather generally
;ord in South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, New rsey, Maryland, and Delaware.
Temperatures for July averaged normal to about 5' &.hove for practically the entire country. They continued
generally above normal t8hrough August, especially in the drought areas of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Te,xas, Kansas,
Virginia, and adjoining sections.
September was cool east of t,he Rockies, with deficiencies of 4' to 6' in t81ie middle hilississippi Valley, but warm
weather continued in the far West, ranging up to over 8'
above normal in Ore,gon.
In October warmer than usual weather pre,vailed from t'he Pacific coast to Lake Michigan, especially in North
Dakota, while temperatures averaged generally below normal from Texas and the Gulf to easteim Canada, with the laIgest deficiencies, 4 O , centered in Alabama. "Indian
Summer" was reported from t8be Northwest. Near the
middle of the niontli freezing extended nearly to t'he Gulf
and some low temperature records for the mont,li were broken in northern Florida.
November temperat,ures were somewhat above normal in the far West a.nd slightly below betwwn the Gulf and
Great Lakes. December was warmer than usual from the
Pacific to the western Lakes a.nd colder t,lian normal from
New Mexico and Texas to New England. A cold wave spre.ad southeastward at the middle of the month, bringing
below-zero; readings to the interior as far sout,h as
Tennessee on the 16-17 and severe freezes into Florida
from thc 16th to 19th.
r
,t T i e r n of t E e Rocky Mountains. I t was the warmest June of
PRECIPITATION
The average annual precipitation for the country as a
whole, based on weighted averages, was 26.27 inches, or
2.78 inches less than the average for the 1586 to 1943
period, during which time the wettest year was 32.74 inches in 1915 and the driest 24.65 inches in 1910.
Figure 1 gives the percentages of normal precipitation by States for 1943; figure 2, the percentages for the growing
season; table 2, the percentages for the months and the year; and table 3, the mont>hlg and annual amounts. The
areal distribution of annual precipitation is shorn in per-
centages by chart. Precipitation for the year was much below normal in a
large area extending southward from the southern New England coast to the Carolinas and southwestward to
southwestern Texas ancl New Mexico, and in the region from South Dakota to Texas. More than the usual
amount fell along the West Gulf coast, in the middle por-
tion of the far West, in central and western Missouri, and at slightly more than half of the stations from eastern
Mont,ana to Maine. Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska,
and Washington received approximately three-fourths of their normal amount, while 10 percent more than normal fell in the Great Basin.
On an annual basis, the wettest State was Louisiana with 51.73 inches. This was tjhe only State to have an
averawe total of 50 inches compared to 6 States in 1942.
The &;est State, as is usually the case, was Nevada with 9.69 inches. On a country-wide basis, the winter, includ-
ing December of 1942, had 93 percent of noma1 precipi-
tation; spring 108 percent; summer 94 percent, and fall
FIWRE 1.-Percentage of normal precipitntion, 1943.
FIaom z.-percentage of normal preeipltation, April 1-Beptember 30,1943.
-
ptember 30,1943.
200
March
-1.4 $1.6 -5.6
$0.8 -1.8
-0.1 -2.1 -3.8 -3.8
-3.6 -3.9 -3.6 -2.9
+o.a
-3.9 -6.6
-3-0 -4.2 -7.2
-4.1
+2.9 -2.0 +O.3 M .3
-0.8 -1.7 -6.8 -1.6 -6.0
-0.9 -0.4 -2.2 -5.7
-3.6
-3.7 -0.1 -1.1
-2.9
-2.3
-6.8 -4.7
-3.0
MONTRLY WEATHER REVIEW
Aprfl
--
4-0.7 +3.3 +1.4 +0.9
+&l
-0.6
-0.6 +3.7 -1.0 -2. a
$0.2 +3.4 -2.0 +1.1 -3.4
-4.0 -0.2
+o.8 +o.7 +4 4
+3.8 +5.8 -5.0 -4.1
4-46
-5.7 -1.3 +3.3 -8.9
+3.9
+2.3 -5.5 -1.1 +4.1 -0.9
+3.2 +6.0
-2.4 +l.9 -3.9
-2.0 +7.6
DECEMBER 1943
June
+3.5 -1.3 +2.7 -3.8 -0.6
4-1.3 +2.6 -3.8
+a. 9
+I 0
+2 0 4-1.6 +3.6 +2.0 +5.6
+a. 3
+o. 8 +3.4
+2.2
-3.9
-0.1 -3.4 +2.9 +5.3
+o. 3
+4.7 +4.2 -2.5 +5.0
+2.3
-3.7 +4.8
+3.6 -0.9 +4.2
+o. 7 -2.8 +4.9 -2.6 +5.2
$2.6 -1.6
80 percent. May was the wettest month, averaging 3.46
inches, and February the driest, averaging 1.21 inches. This was the driest February of record for the Unit>ed
States. During the April to September growing season, more than the usual amount of precipitation was received in
Florida, Kansas, Utah, and Oregon, and in the area es-
tending from Montana to Maine and thence southward to the Ohio Valley and Missouri; elsewhere, amounts were
generally below normal, with only 69 percent of normal in
Maryland and Delaware, 70 percent in New Jersey, 76 percent in Mississippi, and 79 percent in Arkansas.
The outstanding features of January's precipitation were extremely heavy amounts in most sections west of the Rockies, and extreme dryness in central interior por-
tions of the country. It was the driest January of record in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, with a State average
of only 0.08 inch in Oklahoma, and the wettest since 1916
in Nevada and California. February was outstandin for widespread deficiencies
tively driest States were Florida and New Mexico with 26
percent of normal, Texas 28 percent, and Arkansas 29 percent. Most of the Plains States continued dry durin March,
PacXc States and from Ohio and Indiana southward. In
April precipitation was generally subnormal in a large area from sout,hern California and the Mexican border to South Dakota.
May was characterized by unprecedentedly heavy rain- fall in most interior valley areas. It was extremely heavy
in Missouri, where 25.54 inches at Joplin broke all monthly records. In June precipitation was much above
in precipitation, except in t % e Pacific States. The rela-
with normal to above mostly elsewhere, especial 7 y in the
July
I
August
---
normal in a triangular area from Montana eastward to
the upper Lakes and southward to Missouri.
Large excesses fell during July in most sections from Lake Erie southward over the South Atlantic and imme-
diate middle Gulf States; however, large deficiencies
developed in Arkansas and Oklnhoma, with a dry area
in the Central East centered in the lower Potomac Valley. Extreme dryness intensified during August in t'he middle
Atlantic nrea and western Cotton Belt, with many sta-
tions reporting less than 25 percent of normal rainfall.
September precipitation was above normal from Ten- nessee and Alabama to southern Texas and in Florida, and
generally deficient elsewhere, especially west of the Great
Plains. Unusual contrasts prevailed in October, with
large deficiencies mostly in the southern latitudes except southern Florida and Arkansas and large excesses in the
Northeast and far Northwest.
Amounts were somewhat above normal during Novem-
ber from Minnesota to the north Atlantic Coast and in Alabama and Mississippi, and below elsewhere, decidedly
so from Ohio, Kentucky, and Arkansas westward over
practically the entire western part of the country. On November 6-8 the most severe snowstorm in Minnesota, for so early in the season, did $1,100,000 damage, mostly
by smothering 150,000 turkeys in that State. This snow- storm and blizzard blocked roads and suspended farm
work from northeastern Nebraska to Wisconsin.
December precipitation was considerably above normal from southern California eastward over the soutbern
Plains and Missouri, while it was much less than half the usual amounts in the northern half of the country,
with only 9 percent of normal in Minnesota. It was the driest, December for more than a century in the Minne-
apolis-St. Paul area and for over 54 years at Seattle.
Qovember
TABLE l.-Mon~hly and annual temperature departures from normal for the year 1943
Decsmber Annual
~--
6tate
+l. 6 +O. 2 +2.3 -0.8
+l. 5
+a. 9 +l. 7
44.6 +l. 1
+a. a
+2.0 +2.4 -1.a
4-0.6
+O. 6
-1.9
+o. 7
+a. a +o. 1
+o. 8
-3.8 -6.3
+l. 1
$0.3 -8.3
-0.2 +3.5 -3.5 -0.6 s 2 .2
-3. 6 +1.6 -7.8
+l. 0
+O. 4
-2.7
0.0
+l. 8 -6.9 +l. 8
-0.7 +3.3 +2.2 -5.6 +3.0
-3.1
+o. 3
-
+2.4 -0.6 +4.5 -1.7
$2.3
+2.0 +3.0 +3.9 +l. 5
+4 8
-2.0 +l. 2 +l. 3 +4.1 13.1
+6.1 +7.3 +3.1 +l. 8
-1-3.0
+2. 6 1-21 +2. 2 -1-5.9 +4.0
+s. 8
+4.8 +l. 2
+2.3
+4 0
+2.1 4-1.5 44.4 +2.7
+a. 9
+l. 8 +1.6 +l. 4 +7. 6 +2.1
+3.6 +2.2
+a. 3
+a. 4
+l. 3
+l. 6 4-6.7
-
+0.3 +1.9 +2.2
+1.5
-0.5
4-1.0 +o.9 +3.2 +3.2 +0.3
+2.9 +l. 4
+l. 8 +l. 4 -1.4
+l. 7 +l. 2 -2.8 -1.2
+o. 1
-2.7 -3.0 +l. 9
+3.2 +l. 5
-1.8 -2. 6
+3.6 -0.6
-3.3
-3.1 +l. 7 -0.2 +1.3 +l. 2
0.0
+2.2
-3.6
2:
-2.5
+o. 7 +l. 1
-2.7
+a. 7
+o. 7 -0.7 +2.4 -2.8 +1.7
-1. 2
-2.2
+1.7
+o., +0.4
+0.4
+O.z
+4.1 -0.7 -0.4 +l. 2
+2.8
-1.2
+o. 4 -0.4 +1.4 +l.8
+2. a
-2.5 +0.5 +l.3 +2.7 +3.1
$;i j
+l. 2
+o. 5 +o. 7
+2.2 +5.5
~
3eptember October
~~
I/ -3.0 +l. 1
-3.9 +3.7
+9.3
-0.4 -2.9 +3.4 -4.2
-4.0
-3.6 -2. 2 -4.0 -2.8
-1.8
-3.8 -3.7 -2.8 -3. 5 +l. 3
-1.6 +4. 6 -1.5
-0.8
+o.2
-1.5 -3.1 -1.2 -3.1 -1.2
+4.6 -2.8 -3.3 -1.6 -3. 6
-1.9 +3.2 -2.7 +3.3 -3.8
-2.9
+o. 2 -1.6
+o. 2
+O. 6
-2.0 -2.6
+l. 8 -0.7
-0.8
-0.1
-1.5 -1.7 -3.2 -1.7
-1.1 +I. 1 -2.4 -1.4 +3.0
+o. 3 +2.3
+o. 4 -1.1
-0.7
-1.0 -1.6 +4.2 -1.4 -1.8
+o. 1 -2.5 -1.9 +2.6 -2.6
-2. a +2. 5 -1.4
-to. 8 -2.3
0.0 +2.Q
-2.0
so. 4 -0.6 +l. 2
+o. 8
-1.7 -1.7 +l. 1
-3.0 -2.6
-2 5 -0.7 -1.9 -3.7 -1.0
-2. 2 -2. 0 -2.8 -1.7 +2.3
so. 1 +o. 9
-0.8
-1.3 -1.2
-1.9 -1.3
+l. 9 -2.1 -0.4
+O. 6
-2. 6 -1.9
+o. 1 -1.8
-2.2
+o. 7 -0.6
+l. 1 -2.1
-3.3
+a. 4
+o. 6
+o. 9
+o. 3 +O. 6 +l. 3
-0.1
-0.1 0.0
-0.4
-0.4
-0. 2
4-0.6
-0.2 -0.2
so. 4
-1.3 -0.9
+o. 4 0.0 -0.5
+LO +2.1 -1.1
0.0
+l. 0
-0.8
+o. 1
+o. 3 -0.3
+o. 5
-0.4 -0.7
-0. a +o. 4
+o. 1
-0.1
+I. 6
+o. 4 -0.6
-0.4
-0.8 4-1.6
DECEMBER 1943
Novembei
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
TABLE 2.-Perceniage of normal precipitation, 1943
108 4 28 41 62
85 82 47 65 66
62 17 39 98 112
115 115 108 35 57
38 78 147 91 70
110 60 76 45 19
60 99 78
89 62
93 60 81 37 77
113 88
201
December
72 117 83 81 87
69 92 55 59 42
46 179
58
100 45
40 9 74 98 49
25 87 29
40 203
38 89 24
38 193
42 36 112
71
125 88 69 67 61
20 71
2o
Nebraska. ____ __ __ ______ ____. Nevada..- __ - - - - __ __________ New Eneland _______.________
New J e &T _______. ______
~
__ New Me. m-.. ____________-
New York .__________________
North Caroline _____________
~
North Dakota.. _____________ Ohio _..__..__________________
Oklahoma _________.________.
Annual
-- 8: 131 x 17( 13:
6' 13: 121 61 3i
7: 2 34 63 87
a 119 41 16
180
42 188 70 81
69
72 125 149 58 6
112 83 138 118 40
69 124 84
57 93
114 135
169 128 121 132 102
136 161 108 87 126
89 69 162 166 96
137 118 151 82 99
70 1% 84 79 72
95 121 164 127 94
106 78 159 68 128
100 104 109 117 119
la0 103
Nebraska- _____ __ ___ - ____ __ __ Nevada .__.. ____.___________. New England _-____
~
_________ New Jersey-.: _______________ New Mexico __-______________
135 133 96 17 28
m 87 18 67 94
58 87 89 266 55
72 65 183 88 28
43 61
40 48 57
41 71 35 62
9 21 78
46 176
117 38 72 24 41
62 38
m
I
New York. ..________________
North C8I'Olina ___________._.
North Dakota ..____________.
81 97 70 119 107
94 97 166 98 93
143 141 ch9 82 72
155
142 61 138 156
124 196 101 84 148
100 111 147 87 74
158 81 89 160 75
76 368 100 102 83
145 124
4.07 1.73 1.00 8.24 1.04
1.76
6.65 2.68 1.21
1. 17
0. 79 0.18 1. E4
3.08 2.94
2. w 0.95 2.09 0.39 1.57
0.22 2.28 2.47 2.97 0.41
2.17 4.72 0.73 1.80
0.08
4.55 2.68 494
0.65
1.95
1.31 1.50 2.76 2.81 3.43
1.62 1.09
Wtember
4.40 1.70 3.23 0.08
0.39
4: 4( 2! 61 6i
2t 31 86 69 64
72 69
41 57 63
100 103 41 45 80
62 79 69 57
26
81 49 102 66
46
65
w 37 81
61
28
88 59 85 58
44 69
-
October
-___
- -
Februar
2 .x 0.54 1. oc 2.68 0. a
0.81 1.71 1.4f 1.04 1.47
0. 77 0.59 1.81
2.66 2.01
1. 76
0.78 2.49
0.57
0.37 0.83 1.80 2.01 0.19
2.23 1.97 0. 60 1.68 0.63
2.05 1.71
1.58 0.46 2.65
0.51 1.24 1.85 3.12 1.89
0.57 0. M
-
0. m
1
December
3.50 1. 50
3.43 3.30 0.77
1.62 3.80 1. 15 1.27 1. 16
0.52 1. 50
2.20 5.22 1.41
0.82 0.07 3.91 2. 10 0.42
0. 16 0.86 0.99 1.41 1.42
1.11 3.36 0.12 1.03 3.10
1.88 1.12
- 3.94 0.11 3.21
2.83
0.03 2.17 3.22 1.96
0. n 0.52
March 1 ) April
Annual
--
December
3.50 1. 50
3.43 3.30 0.77
1.62 3.80 1. 15 1.27 1. 16
0.52 1. 50
2.20 5.22 1.41
0.82 0.07 3.91 2. 10 0.42
I3
a 6(
12 5:
7f 10f 111 1s Bc
93 77 97 54 89
07 51 64 75 140
90 143 99 77 n
123 91 104 97 70
127 115 115 45 85
45 71 87 120 109
67 88
Annual
--
9f 31 1tX 3: 13C
124 122
8g 218 218
109 121 138 80 125
153 140 85 211 75
64 37 152 133 85
161
100 176 226
81 163 80 84 98
116
80 111 92 112
127 104
m
-
March
9.87 1.32
A66 4.82 1.31
4.28 7.90 1.94 2.75 4.67
1.61 0.85 7.62 7.88 3.58
2.82 1.37 8.57 2.63 0.93
June )I July
April
--
'
June
3.50 0.32 2.86 0.37 1.46
6.32 4.33 2.09 3.84 3.68
6.16 5.54 4.04 4.04 2.79
4.79 5.67 2.64 6.35
4.00
4.36 0.96 3.49 3.24 1.82
I I
July
--
85 47 30 57 64
110 90 81 93 137
139 91 103 78 55
104 124 55 70 70
102 79 115 89 80
102 133 109 158 34
70 104 124 82 88
124 82 104 71 143
- -
August
7i 13!
2(
33 125
101 76 78 89 74
142 72 35 56
30
100
125 46
65 117
61 32 95 40 88
101 52 133 84 26
218 65 68
99 04
25 143 38 130
m
131 82
-
September 1 1 October
3
91 111 8:
71
6!
2'
5s
76 86 64 4e 178
73 93 30 116 131
85 155 151 210 42
163 2Q
74 71 99
181 177 11 154
66
62 L87 82 137 80
110
1;
m
TABLE 3.-Monlhly and annual ptscipitaiion (inches), i943
0.77 1.25 3. 09 3.01 0.54
2.91 5.05 1.23 4.44 1.99
3.03 2.73 6.09 0.74 6.94
2.04 1.44 4.03 3. 96 4.59
2.17 1.16
3.72 0.34
2.04 0.92
2.18 3.88 1.68 3.70
2.67 1.96 3.91 2.51 3. 14
2.30 1. IO 3. 13 2.91 1.60
2. 14 1. 10 3.34 2.82
0.23
3.70 3.27 1.48 3.12 2.33
2.58 3.98 3.70 0.94 3.77
1.32 0.82 2.95 2.89 3.84
1.67 1.36
3. m
3. m
- -
May
-
3.74 0.1c 7.8C 0.36 2.40
4.97 4.28 1.43 8.7B 8.71
4.40 4.61 5.43 3.68 4.67
4.87 4.42 3.64 9.91 1. 56
2. 12 0.31 5.07 4.62 0.98
5. 50
3.67 2. 21 6.39 10.28
1.40 6.08 2.89 2. 35 4.09
4.25 0.91 4.34 1.81 4.59
4. a 2. 10
3.68 5.24 5. 07
3.37 2.76
2.00 3.34 4.27 5.29 3.15
2.37 2.10
1.78 3.84
5.75 1.95
4. m
4.72
0. 98 1.13 0.04 1.41
8.12 5.30 0.52 3.00 4.22
4.89
2. a5 4.21 4.73 2.45
2. 83 4.07 2.78 2.49 0.99
3.01 0. 30 4.31 4.21 1.96
7.89 2. 72 6.01 0.96
0.30 4.47 7.22 2. 04 4.37
3.23 0.71 4.85
0.53
6. 56
2.63 0.71
3. 96
- -
Auugust
3.04 3.08 1. w 0. aa 2.51
7. 11 3.96 0.47 2.97 2.51
5.07 2.26 1.32 2.92 1.34
2.77 3. 99 1.92 2.46 1. 24
1. 70 0. 15 3.63 2. 16 2.11
3.81 2.94 2.61 2.88 0.77
0.87 2.72
2. I8 2. 59
0. 61 1.40 1.73 1.03 3.95
4.31 0.89
-
3. 90
6.44
3. P 0.18 2. 41 3. 13
2.18 2.39 2.58 10. 15 1.88
2.27 1.80 5.57 3.51 0.37
0.87 0.22 1.85 1. 85
0.98
1.45 2.79 0. 51 1.83 2. 75
0.11 0.72 3.14 0.68 5.31
3.48 0.38 2.32 0.43 1.26
0.42 1. ss
0.86 0.80 3.48 1.13 0.89
2. 54 0.65 2. 24 2. as 1.60
1.66 1.67 1.67 1.50 5. 18
1.94 1.70 0.92 3.23 1.34
1.17 0.93 5.27 7.55 0.47
6.34 0.94 0.76 1.76 2.82
3.60 5.62 0.33 1.72 1.56
1.33 2.00 2.50 4.09 2.26
2.10 1. 19
No v e mb e
3.44 0.04
L 1(
0.Q
1. I 2. li
0.92 1.74 2.02
1.01 0.22
1.33 3.79 2. 97
1.31 3. 90 0.93 0.52
0.29 0.50
5. 13 2.89
0.46
3.41 1. 61
0.44 1.23 0.39
1.80 2. 87 1.84 0.65 2. 22
2.11
2. 04 1.85 2.12
2.08 0.46
a ot
2.88
0. w
90 92
73 100 87
91
93 96 95
103
93 83 93 81
105 109 78 95 102
78 110
88 85 80
100 88 109
91
89
(I)
92 94 84
83 1 10 84 78
92
97 89
m
-
m
47.76 la. 45 35.01 24.01
14.28
48.04 46.92 16.88 34.80 37.44
31.53 24.62 37.66 51.73 34.34
33.04 27.23
41. 56 37.89 15.11
17.18 9.66 40.54 39.04 11.57
39.27 43.45 la. 38 3654 23.86
23.97 38. o(
43.83 17.71 41.81
m. 39 14. oa 35.74 27.52
40.08
29.51 12.39
0. 16 0.86 0.99 1.41 1.42
1.11 3.36 0.12 1.03 3.10
1.88 1.12 3.94 0.11 3.21
2.83
0.03 2.17 3.22 1.96
0. n 0.52