Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-09-23
DEPARTMENT OF AaRIcULrULRR.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURR
North Dakota Weather Service-Advanc,
Summary for August. 1892.
The month of August was chiefly
characterized by q period Of extreme
heat from the LIST to- the 18th, followed
the remainder of the month by a temper
AZURE slightly below the normal. The
warm weather of the first half of the
month, combined with the almost gen.
eral absence of precipitation, had a very
damaging effect upon the crops of the
state. The latter half of the month was
q decided improvement for agricultural
purposes, excepting that rain occurred a
little too frequently and heavily in the
eastern counties and too infrequently in
the western portion. From the 26th to
the 18th very severe wind, hail and rain
storms prevailed, and during this period
the heavy falls OF the month occurred
generally; the heaviest falls being as
follows: In 3 hours 1872 inches at Sey-
mour on the 9th and 28th, 1.33 inches
in 5 hours at Bismarck on the 9th.
1.2O inches in 31s hours at Napoleon on
the 9th, LA inches IN ~ hours at
Grafton on the 9th, 10Y inches in 6
hours at Mimic on the 9th, 1.67 inches
in less than "a hours at Lakota on the
9th, 1'61 inches in less than "a hours at
Moorhead on the 28th. Other heavy
falls during the month were as follows:
In 2 hours Ill inches at Church's Ferry
on the 10th, 1.23 inches in 21S hours at
Fargo on the 18th, 80 inches in 81 hours
at Wild Rice on the 18th, 100 inches in
less than "a hours at Dawson on the
I'D. The monthly fall of rain was very
unequally distributed. It was consider
ably above the normal in the Red River
Valley counties and the south central
portion of the state, while in the remain
ing portion, particularly in the west
Missouri counties, it was greatly below.
At Yule, Billings county, only "a of an
inch was recorded, while at Fort Bnford,
Williams county, and Fort Stevenson,
Mclean county, only 70 and IA of an
inch fell, respectively. A very severe
rain and hail storm occurred on the 10Th
IN the southeast section, resulting in the
loss of a vast amount of grain.
The first light frost of the season oc.
CURED at Fort Butord on the 18th. On
the Both a light frost was general over
the safe and a heavy frost on the same
morning at Woodbridge, Cavalier coun-
ty. No damage was occasioned by these
frosts except a slight one to garden pro-
duce.
Pressure, inches: Monthly mean,
1898. Highest observed, 3o.3O, at Fort
Buford, on the 18th; lowest observed,
1854, at Fort Buford, on the 18th. Ex-
IRENE range, 0.76.
Temperature, degrees: Monthly mean,
O7.3. Highest monthly mean, 7O.8, at
Fargo and Fort Yates; lowest monthly
mean, GAS, at Saint John. Maximum
temperature, los, on the 18th, at Wood
minimum temperature, "a, on
the Both, also at Woodbridge. Extreme
range, 81 degrees. Greatest monthly
local range, 81, at Woodbridge; least
monthly range, 81, at Saint John.
Greatest local daily range, 81, on the Sd,
at Woodbridge; least local daily range,
on the 28th, at Minot. Mean daily
range, 28.5. Departure of mean tenn
p~erature from the normal plus "a de-
grees.
Precipitation, inches: Monthly mean,
2-39. Greatest monthly fall, 4.14, at
Saint Vincent; least monthly fall, 0.3O,
at Yule. Departure of mean precipita-
ton from the normal, plus % of an inch.
Average number of days on which oil of
an inch or more precipitation &C.
8.
Wind: Prevailing direction, south
east. Maximum velocity and direction,
SO miles from the east, on the 18th, at
Average hourly velocity for
the state, "a miles.
TIOSU, hllAluS. OdA1dUl4 dAO VOOu.
Both.
Hail: Bismarck, 9th; Forman, 18th,
18th and 9th; Moorhead, 28th; Wood
bridge, 9th.
Thunderstorms: Ashley, 10th, 14th,
10th, Doth and 9th; Bismarck, LIST, 9TH,
14th, 18th, 10Th, 25th and 9th; Fargo,
7th, 18th, 23d and 28th; Forman, 4th,
9Th, 10th, 18th, 18th, Doth, 9th and 28th;
Fort Buford, I'd, 7th, 18th and 25th;
Fort Stevenson, LIST and 25th; Gallatin,
4th, 7th, 18th, go, 26th and 9th; Graf
ton, LIST, Sd, 4th, 10Th, 18th and 10Th;
Grand Rapids, 10th, 18th and 9th;
.Moorhead, 4th, 10Th, 9th and 2sth;
Napoleon, 9Th, 9Th, 9th, 10th, 18th, 14th,
10th, 18th, 10Th and 9th; Power, I'd;
Seymour, 18th and 9th; Wild Rice,
18th, 18th and 9th; Woodbridge, LIST,
9Th, 10Th and 18th.
Merit Wins. ; 7.-