Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-02
THR SIGNAL SERVICE.
The Temperature for the Past Weeh
has been Cooler than Usual,
Especially In Texas.
The Rainfall for the Season Greater than
Usual In the Southern Portion OF
the Cotton Region.
WEEKLY OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON, April. War Depart
ment-The temperature for tie week
ending March 81, has been cooler than
usual in the Mississippi valley and thence
westward to the Pacific coast, the great
est departure from normal temperature
occurring from Texas northward to the
Missouri valley, where the daily average
temperature ranged from l00 to 150 be-
low normal, while it was slightly
colder than usual In New England
and New York. The season from
January to March 81 has been colder than
usual IS reported. The greatest deficiency
In temperature continues In the north
west. In the states OF the upper lake
region, Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa and
northern portions OF Indiana, Illinois and
Missouri, the average daily temperature
has been some to 6 lower than usual
In all other sections the temperature is
lower, excepting from East Tennessee
southwark TO the Cult coast. During the
current week In the southern portions OF
the winter wheat regions and the Ohio
YslleV and southern states east OF the
Mississippi the seasonal deficiency OF
temperature previously reported mas
been decreased.
The rainfall for the week has been
greatly In excess in all districts east OF
the Rocky mountains, the only states re-
porting Deficiencies being Kansas, Texas
and the Indian Territory. Very heavy
ralns occurred in the lower Ohio valley
and generally throughout the southern
states, excuses ranging from four to six
inches being reported III Georgia and Ais
been greater than usual in the southern
portion of the cotton region, and in lows,
Ksnsas, Nebraska, Dakota, Northern
New York and in the interior
of New England. During the past four
weeks there hiss been from 25 to 50 per
cent. more RAIN than usual in the wheat
and corn regions, except in Northeast
Minnesota, where the rainfall has been
less than usual during Msrcn. On the
Pacific coast the rainfall for the sea-
son has been generally less than usual,
although In some sections of Southern
California slight excuses are reported,
and in Northern California and Southern
Oregon the rainfall exceeded Is per
cent. of the usual amount. In Northern
Oregon the deficiency for the season
amounts to 7.5 inches.
General remarks-Rsports from Michi-
gan, Ohio, Indians, New Jersey, North
Carolins, Kentucky and Tennessee indi-
cate that the weather of the past week
has been favorable, although the season
Is reported as late and farm work re-
tarded. Reports from South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas in
dictate that the weather Of the week was
generally unfavoraole for growing crops,
although favorable conditions are
reported for the latter part
of the week. Farm work
in the southern states has been greatly
interfered with on account of heavy rains
and in some localities March winds and
local storms have injured the crop. Re-
ports from Arkansas indicate that the
fruit hiss not been injured, except in the
bottom lands. In Louisiana the week II
reported as the most unfsVorable OF thu