St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-16
WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
Old Probs Sizes Up the Situation
in General Terms.


WASHINGTON, March 15.-The signal
office furnished the following bulletin
for the week ending March Is, 1890.
Temperature-The week ending March
Is has been colder than usual in the
central valleys, the G ulf states i'm
Oregon, Northern California, and over
the Southern and Central plateau
regions. the deficiency in temperature
in these sections ranging from to de-
grees below the normal daily tempera-
ture for the week. In the Middle At
lantic and New England states and
lower lake region the week has been
warmer than usual, the daily ex-
cess ranging from to 6 de-
grees. Generally along the eastern
the temperature was slightly in
excess of the normal. while in Montana
the excess was more marked, the daily
temperature in this region ranging
from to above the normal. The sea-
son from Jan. l to March Is has been
unusually warm generally over that
portion of the country east of the Mis-
Sissippi, and from Missouri, KANSAS and
Colorado southwark to the gulf
coast and the Rio Grande val
ley. The average daily tempera-
ture over the greater portion
of this region has been from five to
nine higher than the mean for the same
period, as determined from observa-
tiOns OF previous years, and the season
is from ten to fifteen days in advance
in the Middle Atlantic states. Southern
New England and the upper Ohio val
ley, while tits about
ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE
81. ha tata and
trail valleys. The season has been
colder than usual from Minnesota and
Iowa westward to the Pacific coast; the
greatest departures from the normal
temperature occurred in the northern
Rocky Mountain region. where the
winter has been very severe. In this
section the average daily temperature
has ranged from 5 to 10 below
the normal. Precipitation-During
the week there has been more
rain than usual in the central valleys,
the region of excessive rains extending
from Eastern Texas nOrthward to East
ern Iowa, and nOrtheastward over Mis-
sissippi, East Tennessee. and the states
of the Ohio valley. Over the greater
portion of this region the rainfall for
the week exceeded two inches, while in
Eastern Texas. Northern Louisiana,
and a portion of Arkansas, the rain
fall exceeded three inches. Less
than the usual amount of rain
occurred In all other sections OF the
country, but in New England. the mid
die Atlantic states and the lake region
the rainfall generally. exceeded five
tenths of an inch, while in the South
Atlantic states and from Texas north
ward to Dakota and Minnesota only
light showers occurred, the precipita-
ton amounting to less than One-fOurth
of an inch, The season opens with
an unusual amount of moisture
throughout the states of the central
valleys, the lake regions, and on the
Pacific coast. while there has been very
little rain from Virginia southwark to
Florida. Generally throughout
THE WINTER WHEAT BELT
there has been about one-half more rain
than usual; the same condition prevails
generally on the Pacific coast. In
the spring wheat region of Mime
sofa and Dakota the season has
been dryer than usual, the rain
fall in this section being gen.
orally less than Is per cent OF the nor
NAL. 1t has also been dry in the South
Atlantic states, where less than one
half of the usual amount OF rain has
fallen. General Notwithstanding
weather continues in the Northwest,
where the season is backward and the
ground frozen, and although the rain
fall has been less than usual in
this section, ample moisture is
reported. The recent cold weather
has proved injurious to wheat and
fruit in Michigan, Illinois, Missouri,
Iowa and Indiana, and farm work de-
layed by the late spring. The freezing
weather in the early part OF the month
extended as far southwark as the gun
states and Georgia and North Carolina.