Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-19


important 70 the planting States was extensively inu-
rous Atthe North April scarcely enters into the list of
months aectng cultivation and the profuson Of rain
was iavorabe to all that could be affected at that tme
was attened with unusually high temperature in New
YORK and the New England States.
Inc absence OF rain in some parts of Maine in April
was 'he only ufayorabe event in the general and early
advancement vegetation at the northeast through both
months.
In the Northwestern States the temperature of April
was but slghy higher than usual and vegetation little
beyond its uual stage Of advancement In Kentucky
and Tennessee 1t was decidedly warmer being from
three to velegrees above the mean temperature and
with the coniderable fall of rain unusually favorable
May was 'sualy colder than the mean at the South,
though It's Iean was not 80 low the effects Of the
month on yeetation might to show. There were
several ofcod and these in with rains
aso whichv we're quite unfavorabe at the West in this
month aDd inthe States Of AlaDa, cAnreia and east
war tie drought very severe The efecs Il she s-
encee es rain in y considerable quantity in large area
here from March toome time in June generally in
curious and IN many Instances quite destructive to what
ever was capable of injury at the time
North OF North Carolina the rains were abundant in
May, of them cold and unfavorabe, though none
extreme in Kstucky and Tennessee, and one
only Of the ross which occurred several times in those
States and to the cloS Of the MONTH occurred
Philadelphia farther Soth except at considerable
elevations in the interior. Mis- was slight frost in
parts Of lower Virginia and Neh Carolina on the 14th
and 18th.
In Central Pennsylvania and kestern New York the
usual changeabe character of the moth vas experienced
with favorable preponderance in mot respects In the
New England States the temperatur vas higher the
amount of rain greater and the season ore advanced
fhapa Tba rairo
and abundant in these States and the nunl and seve-
rity Of rosts greater than in Tennes
see All vegetable growths were brought forwe rapidly
and much in advance of the latitscs at the
West The mean temperature of May in Vermont, New
Hampshire and adjacent parts of other States vas from
two to five degrees above the general mean
In Ohio the mean temperature was slightly geater
than usual and the not unavorable but Nrher
west in Illinois and Iowa, the for the month was
two to four degrees below the average and with the
frequent frosts and some and cold rains yegaa
ton generally retarded
In June the extremes equally decided, though
not in May of opposite character in different parts
of the United States 1t characterized by excessive
heat and droughts almost every where the last
of which extremes the only exception in Wisconsin
and Iowa In these States the rains profuse, and
about one half greater than the normal The uni
7ersa deficiency of rain for this month has hardly been
equaed and the partial exceptions mtgations rather
we're in lower Florida parts of Virginia. and of
Northern Ohio and Eastern New York, with Western
Massachusetts The vicinity Of New York city was the
only decided exception east of Wisconsin.
The temperature of June was uniformly very high,
reaching the highest point of eight and nine degrees above
the normal in the Western States, and it gene
rally equal to that for july when the cury,
places it three to four-and-a-half degrees less.
The continuation Of the long drought in Georgia an
parts of adjacent States, which began at the close
March, Was the last Of june and the genera
exprssson os those isssressd d agricultural Affairs thsr
that he failure CT important staples would b
extensive
The same extreme absence OF rain produced decidedly
unfavorable effects in Massachusetts, and portions Of ad
jscent States The close Of the month was period Of
extraordinary heat the central parts Of the United
States without sufficient rain to relieve vegetation ex-
cept in the vicinity Of New York city.
In july at the South, the rains became abundant and
excessive in the districts Of excessive drought up to
that time In all the planting States east OF the Misss-
sipp they began near the srs Of the month"; and
continued and prouse throughout giving an amount of
water falling Of from seven eleven inches, nearly
twice the mean depth At New Orleans, and at Cedar
Keys Florida the amount was eleven and half inches
Some Of these flooding rains were locally injurious,
but such injuries were confined to the overflow Of river
bottoms and to the usual destruction from violent thun
der storms Of limited extent The temperature Of
the month was very near the general mean, and only
equal to that of June at the South except Immediately
on the Gulf coast
For the planting States the character Of the month
may be briefly summed up extraordinarily favorable
and as going far neutraze the greatly unfavorable
character Of the preceding months.
In Tennessee and the States west and in all districts
in this latitude, the rains were me usual amour,
and well distributed through the month In central ni
nos there was some deficiency but further NORTH in Iowa
and Wisconsin, an excess, reaching to double the
usual amount
In Michigan. Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania,
and New York. there were severe droughs through the
entire month and continuing into August Portions Of
Central and Eastern Ohio and Of Pennsylvania suffered
most in this month"; and the effect disastrous
products and especially the grazing interests West Of
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with some exceptions Of yo-
lent showers in limited districts the rains for the month
were very small and the conditions prevailed in
Central and Western New York. while the eastern pOr
ons Of both States had profuse rains nearly throughout
In the New England States there exception to
the general sucency and equal distribution Of the pre-
cpation and the temperature was rather above than
below the mean-in Maine decidedly above the genera
mean In parts Of the country the month appeared
colder than usual by the contrast with june but II was
not 50 in reality by the best comparisons able to
make with well-determined mean quantities
August in most parts Of the United States equal
in temperature to July and warmer than usual BY the
normal difference between these months which difference
varies from two to three degrees in the Northern States