Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-08-26
DEPARTMENT OF AGR1cU1TURF.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Advance Summary for July-North Da-
kota Weather Service.
First three days of month the tenn
peratu1e was abnormally cool, and light
frost occurred on the morning of the I'd,
at Woodbridge, Cavalier county, with. a
minimum temperature Of 81 degrees,
which was the lowest recorded at any
station during the month. From the 4th
to the 9th, excepting for a sharp fall on
the morning of the 9Th, abnormally high
temperature prevailed owe the entire
state, with maximum readings at the
majority of stations on the 10th and 18th,
although the extreme temperature for
the month, 108 degrees, occurred at Me-
dora, Billings county, or the I'D. From
the 2Sth to the close of the month, cool
weather prevailed, with light frosts on
the 18th and Doth at Bismarck.
The distribution of rainfall was very
unequal, principally owing to many
heavy local showers. In the upper
James River valley and in the eastern
portions Of Trail, Cass and Richland
counties it vas considerably above the
average, while IN Pembina, and all of the
northwest counties, excepting Williams,
it was below the normal. The I'M
usually heavy fall in Williams county
wa due to the great amount which fell
in the storm of the 22d. At Fort Blu
ford 3.41 inches, or about rs per cent. of
the total monthly precipitation, fell in
two hours on that date, causing serious
damage to crops in that vicinity. Heavy
showers during the month we're quite
frequent, the heaviest falls being as fol-
lows: Three-forty-one inches, in 2
hours, at Fort Buford, on the 22d; 2.O3
inches, in 2a hours, at Minot, on the
18th; 1.41 inches, in "a hours, at Wood
bridge, on the 18th; 1.86 inches, in 81
hours, at Wahpeton, on the 18th; 1852
inches, in 2 "A hours, at Power, on the
18th; 1.72 inches, IN 8 hours, at Kelso,
on the 18th; 1.25 inches, in l hour, at
Jamestown, on the 18th; 100 inch, in.
l hour, at Valley City, on the 11th. Fl
Pressure Gnches): Monthly mean,
1898. Highest observed. 1925, on the
9Th, at Bismarck; lowest observed, 1898.
Highest observed, at Fort Buford. Ex-
treme range, OFT.
Temperature (degrees): Monthly mean,
68.7. Highest monthly mean, $50, at
Glendale; lowest monthly mean, $50, at
st. John; Maximum temperature, 1903, on
the 22d, at Medora; minimum tempera'
ture, 81, on the Sd, at Woodbridge. Ex-
treme range, II degrees. Greatest month
ly range "a, at Medora; least monthly
local range 80, at St. John; greatest
local daily range, SO, at Medora, on the
25th; least local daily range, 8, on the
9TH and 9th, at Fort Buford and Moor
head respectively. Mean daily range,
$50. Departure of mean temperature
from the normal, plus 03 of a degree.
Precipitation .(inches): Monthly mean,
1928. Greatest monthly fall, 5.23, at Daw-
son; least monthly fall, III, at White
Earth. Departure of mean precipitation
from the normal, plus O.37 of an inch.
Average number of days On which oil of
an inch or more precipitation OCCUR
red, 8.
Wind: Prevailing direction, south
east. Maximum velocity and direction,
46 miles from the north, on the 18th, at
Bismarck. Average hourly velocity for
the state, 81 miles.
Miscellaneous phenomena dates of
Auroras: Ashley, 18th and 10th; Bis
marck, 18th, 18th and Goth; Church's
Ferry, 18th; Fort Stevenson, 18th; Gal
latin, 18th; Grafton, 18th and 25th
Kelso. 18th, 18th, 18th, 10th, 21st, 25th
and 2sth; Medora, 10Th; Moorhead, 18th;
Seymour, 10Th; Wild Rice, 18th and
10Th, Woodbridge, 10Th, 21st, 26th and
Both; Yule, 10th.
Frost, light: Bismarck, 28th and Goth;
Woodbridge, Sd.
Frost, killing: None.
Hail: Bismarck, 18th and 18th; Daw-
son, 18th; Fort Buford, 22d; Grand
Rapids, 18th; jamestown, 18th; Mimic,
18th; Moorhead (east or station), 22d;
Wahpeton, Both; White Earth, 10Th;
Woodbridge, 18th; Yule, 18th and 18th.
Lunar halos: Ashley, 18th; Fort Blu
ford, 9Th.
Mirage: Kelso, I'd, 18th, 18th, Goth
and 28th. 49,.
Parhelia: Gallatin, LIST.
Rainbows: Gallatin, 4th, 9TH, Goth,
9th and 30th. " ~, -
Solar halos: Wild Rice, 7th; Yule,
9th.
Thunderstorms: Ashley, 10Th and
18th; Bismarck, 7th, 18th, 18th, 18th,
18th, 22d, 25th and 26th; Glendale, 10Th
and Goth; Fargo, 18th, 14th, 18th,
22d and 18th; Fort Buford. 9th,
10th, 18th, Ath, 21st and I'D; Fort
Stevenson, 9Th, l4th, 18th, 22d and 27tL;
Gallatin, 4th, 11th, l4th and 18th; Graf
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