The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-16

Warmest in Eastern Wasaiuyton-Ar
Extraordinary Precipitation.


OLYMPIA. May Ia-lspeciai. l-Complese re-
turns irum thtrty-ive s:stiors of observation
scattered throughout " ashlng,ou show that the
month of Aprii, 1883, was nm unusually cool.
cloudy and rain. month The mean tcmpera-
tu.e Of the month in the state was ass degrees
This il IL degrees c1lde. than the average Auril
temperature. The full deficiency in the tenn
peraturo was not confined To any particular sec
ton OF the state; IL amounted 10 Is degrees In
Western aud sc degrees IN Eastern Washing
ton.
The wsrrlcs. monthly mean temperature for
the state was sas degrees at clyde, Wa.la walla
county. The coolest was ais, al RosAlia The
highest point reached by the Thermometer at
any station during the monsa was Il. ut Eliens-
burg % the -fth. and the lowest was - degrees
st Watersl.le, on the i.,a. As a general thing
the weather grows wa-nie. much sooaer In East
era than Western Washington after March, but
tbs year the temperature was practically the
same IN both sections OF tho az ate.
The warnest days In the month were the 18Th
ccs9h and a,ta, while the coolest Temperatures
occErre! or the In aad s,a aaa from the I:,s
10 18th. OF the sixteen stations siiusiet IL, the
western ha!t al the state. Eashon had The warm
est wea'aeF. the mean tam rerasuEe being IL 1
degrees, While Port Auesiee. with q mean o. 4. :
hal the colies. weather.
lSe "arnes. Of the seventeen stations il
tasiesa ash.ngton was clyde. with mean of
a. degrees. The eoldes, liz tia; district was
kos4y.a. with a. ) degrees
\ comparison Of tie April records of tbs pas.
twenty o. mere years G.scoses the fac. that this
ysst sAer IS al exeess al moisture IN the stale
os Aui inches Western Washington received
- tueses more than tie usual Auril amount.
sa1 AAsiGsa asasngtoa hst lie INCHES over
ses average Tar thai section III the state
~ usaA3, TIE heaviest monthly raiasail oc-
evfsvd over TIE extreme northwestern tor,!c., OF
t'a*aaIa eauaty. the aFloant al Neaa Bay for
fae "eata ne ias 1852 inches, and et Ts,oash
is-sIst. a se~ na.ies - The essyars il vas iSas
ineass ne greatest aFloU2t %. sa;n IRA. fell at
any station dnr .as a1w consecutive Il hos-s
s'a':oa ia tie state received over sn inch ~
rain, sas $gaa-.e-, ssae,sa. hsin- J % fnehe. 8,
Fers s4g8eoe "a Yakima co4atv.
TIE saoash oeeaes. closaay sues -ssvv ovev the
grsA.<E fosfIea q ias safe ana resnalge. So
with o@iy oae or twc sight Interruptions n,t5f
TIE -isA. OWING 10 az almost nnbroaer .-ssaes-
sion o. storms .roga tae iss all TIE I'D !haSe
storms al ~ grated "a ;Ee Pacific ocean. and
sTsAsas 'a!s toast ls TIE slesastr o. Cape fiat.
teiys swept ever iae ssste toward Aoa,ans
aess q TIA Eao1Gtag2s. the rasHs were Of
Almost aaisy ecra'Fenee sreua tas beginning OF
Tie E'a@Gaa 70 sAs 81 assi IA portions OF p.efeo
county i ra.aes evsry DAY 10 TIE raaasa.
iae sans1iae ~es sos.gsly deficient during
us tFss sArre VEGAS 81 TIE Doaga. hus on III >
lass six 90 sevesa aAFs heiSAs AID sara
tfs IRE " ao-e tAs noah Ass Gos bean a ssa,s
e1a exeept tai TIE ee~ni AZ. rzsaw asssher nmx
hal q tendency 10 Eetsrs. tie E-owsa of yerrts
iiol ara prsvensst tie caGn rses.az -. seozssr-
saa pos saS operass0aA Tae outlook sa~xye-
: 1.as' encouraging &c a. PoEsinas OF tie s:a:e.