The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-16
ponular subject-The Weather.

Popular Subject-The Weather.
r.-mers and truckers for the past five or
-raetrs have had unfavorable conditions
- contend with, and reports from various
..,;,ns of the country indicate considera-
~, ds,ression among farmers over the stu
~ of course, it is very natural that
r'-r,srs should feel more or less anxious
ni+b March one-third gone and little or
thing comparatively, done of the work
49, i appropriate to the season. and which
.,,srally completed by March 10. In Mid
y. Gaorsia only small per cent. of the
sorn area has been planted, and little or
rotbinp done in the way OF preparing the
cotton land.
During the period from Jan. 10 to March
n a little over fifteen and half inches of
ain fell at Minedgeville. Rain fell only on
.irbteen DAYS in that time, but the rain &C.
,rred in such manner as to keep the soil
almost uuinterruptedly wet. Just about the
tina the soil would get in fair condition for
blowing another saturating rain would
come to stop the plows Sunshiny days
nara few. and in the intervals between
rains tup to March 81 little or no wind,
which kept the soil abnormally moist, even
in proportion to the rainfall.
Tbe number Of clear days during the two
months amounted to fifteen.
On March the rainy spell eliminated in
thunderstorm of exceptional heaviness,
nearly four aud half inches of rain falling
in the ten hours after 2 p. N. Only twice
before in twenty years have we recorded a
heavier fall Of rain in that period Of time
ito Wit: IN July 'S7 and Sept. 80, when eight
and six inches respectively fell in one day 8
RAIN
Such land as had just been plowed was
badly washed, and the bottoms and other
low places 50 thoroughly flooded as to pre-
vent any possibility of blowing them for
some time.
Owing to the thoroughly saturated condi-
tiou Of the soil from the previous rainfall
the earth could take up very little of the
last downpour and the result was an instan>
famous rise in the water courses that has
done considerable damage to fences, bridges
and the bottom lands along the streams,
outside of the injurious effect on the freshly
powed land, much of which was rolling and
susceptible to great injury from such a flood
Of water.
Like last winter, the coolest wave of the
season did not not put in an appearance I'M
til after the middle Of February. This year,
prior to Feb. 81, no lower temperature than
2So had been registered. On this date the
temperature fell to "a, with the soil hard
frozen for the first time during the winter.
Last winter the lowest temperature up to
March was 24a. On March 2, however, a
cold wave brought the temperature down to
220, with several mornings of severe freeZ-
ing. Again on March 16 belated cold wave
brought the temperature still a degree lower
-2l9.
The truckers, fruit growers and cultiva,
tors of flowers in the south are not likely tc
forget the disastrous effects of that winter.
ish March.
While the present winter has not been SC
mild as the last one, it is unquestionably en-
titled to be classed among the warm win
teTS," and as SUCH very nearly "first-class'
one too. The winter of '1SS9390 will doubt
less lead the van of the warm winters fol
many years, but 90~'91 will be found not
FAR behind it in the procession and well ii
lead of 'S1-'62. TITS and 1910.
That two such winters as those just
passed should occur in succession was moi
to be anticipated, for usually it appears tC
have happened that cold winters followed
abIormally warm ones, or vice versa.
The two preceding winters CS7-SS ant
$3.50 may fairly be regarded as normal
winters, the lowest temperature reached be
ing lS9 and 19' respectively.
A comparison of the winter months of thu
past four years:
RECORD DE EnIrR WI Nrrrrps