Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-16
OREGON WEATHER.
government Climate Data for
theyearS 1887, 1888, 1889.
LET he FACTS SPEAK FOR OREGON.
Winters in the Willamette Valley Aver
age Alb Ut 10 Degrees Warmer,
and Summer AbOut l5 Degrees
Cooler Than New York.
LET FACTS SPEAK FOR OREGON.

The following is the crop weather
bulletin Of the Oregon weather
bureau cos peraiing with the u. S.
signal service. For the week enuing
saturday, April Il.
WEATHER.
The temperature continues below
the average for this period Of the
year; since Jan. LIST it has averaged
nearly 40o daily below the normal.
The precipitation for the week has
been Delow the average; since Ja'
lst it has been about 20 per cent
above the normal. The sunshine
continues below the average. Dur
ing the week, rain, snow, sect aud
hail, fell in all parts Of the state.
Snow In the interior valleys the
second week in April is II most un-
usual occurrence. From Il trace to
one inch fell in the Willamette val
ley on the morning of the llth, but
melted as il fell or had disappeared
| 10y noon. The mountains through
out The state received II fresh co l.
! ing OF snow. The Sth and 9th were
warm, and bright sunshine pre-
/ vailed.
I WHEAT.
The winter crop of wheat contin-
ues In promising condition, but IT
has little growth. Reports indicate
that it Is forming excellent stools
and abundant yields are expected.
FRUIT.
Fruit trees are slowly developing
their blossoms; peaches and apricots
are generally well advanced. Cher
ry and apple trees are showing their
leaves, ornamental forest trees are
also showing tips of leaves. The
week has advanced the leaving
and blossoming very little.
FARM OPERATIONS, Eit.
Oats and wheat are being sown in
favored localities on uplands. The
low lands continue too wet for
much work TO be done on them.
Gardens are being prepared. Grass
Is not growing Us rapidly as is de.
sired.
The season continues backward
aud slow, warmer weather aud
more sunshine needed.
We have obtained from Mr.. B. $.
Payne, observer of the L. s Signal
Service at Portland the record of
temperature, rainfall, clear days,
and cloudy days, for the last three
years, We have arranged these
tables below and believe they will
easily fall within the comprehen.
Sion of any ordinary reader, as well
rs the striking facts of the great dif
ferences In favor of Oregon that will
appear when these records are conn
pared with any other state In the
Union.
Temperatures AND RAINFALL, ETC.
The temperature is recorded from
Fahrenheit scale thermometer The
maximum and minimum tempera-
turcs obtained from self-rcgistenng
Thermometers. The mean tempepl-
ture Of 1887 aud 1883 obtained from
the average of the tri daily readings
of exposed thermometers, for 1889,
from the average maximum and
minimum temperatures
The precipitation is recorded In
inchesand hundpdlhs, and Includes
rain, melted snow, slcet and rain.
Any day ON which ,0l OF an inch or
moro of precipitation occurred II
counted as IA day on which Il fell,
though Il may have fallen for only
10 minutes.
Cloudy, partly cloudy and cloud
less days are obtained as follows:
Whole, apparently, sky considered
as ten.lenths. Three-tenlhs ar less
covered with clouds Is termed "A
oloudless day. 4, 8, Q aud seven
tenths covered. "A partlv eioudy dav.