The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-12

warmer Than Csual and Lees Rainy Il
the East-A Good Outlook.

warmer rAa. Ususl and less Rainy In
the East-A Good Outlook.
WAsHrssros CrrY, June 1.-The week
has been slightly warmer than usual on
the Atlantic coast southwark Of Virginia,
along the Gulf coast, in Central and South
ern Texas and Eastern New Mexico. but
the excess of temperature in this region
has nowhere exceeded an average Of deg.
Per day. and only In parts OF North Caro-
lima, Georgia. Florida, Southern Louisiana
and Eastern Texas has it amounted to 5
deg. per day.
In New England nearly normal temper
ature conditions prevailed, while through
out the remainder of the country the week
has been cooler than usual, the deficiency
exceeding 6 degrees per day over tho
whole regions extending from Michigan
and Indiana westward to the Rocky
mountains. The gre atest deficiency IN
temperature, from Z degre to 10 degrees
per day. occurred over the region from the
upper Mississippi valley westward to Utah
and Idaho.
Light frosts occurred in Minnesota on
the I'D and heavy frosts on the same date
in South Dakota, Kansas. Nebraska. and
Oklshoma Heavy frosts also occurred in
the Upper Missouri valley on the 9th and
and in the Northern and Central Rocky
Mountain regions on the 18th. 9th and
2Sth. Fruit and vegetables are reported
to have sustained slight injury in North
Dakota and Utah; elsewhere no damage
from frosts IL reported.
The season from March to date has
been slightly warmer than usual in tho
Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Southern
Louisiana and Eastern Texas. About the
normal temperature conditions have pre-
vailed in the lower Lake region and q
slight deficiency exists in New England
and the middle Atlantic states. Elsewhere
the season has been decidedly cooler than
usual, the greatest deficiency occurring
over the region from the upper Mississippi
valley weStWard to Idaho, where the daily
average Is from to 8 degrees lower than
the normal.
From the lower lakes and upper Ohio
valley eastward to New England there has
been less rain than usual. There has also
been less than the usual rainfall In South
ern Florida along the Gulf coast, from
Texas northward to the Dakotas, and on
the North Pacific coast.
In the Central Mississippi, Lover Mis-
souri, and Lower Ohio valleys and thence
Atlantic coasts there has been moro than
the usual amount of rain, the fall being
excessively heavy in Western Tennessee
and Eastern Arkansas. where from to 10
inches Of actual rainfall occurred. Not
withstanding this exceptional fall Of rain,
the reports from Arkansas and Tennessee
indicate that no serious injury resulted.
The telegram from Louisiana. however.
states that two-thirds of East Carroll par
ish is under water, and that damage is an.
,icipated between the Mississippi and
Beuf rivers, in Catahoula parish.
The seasonal rainfall from March to
May % is generally below the average ON
the Atlantic coast, in the Gulf states and
from Texas northwest to western South
Dakota; it has also been deficient over
portions of the lower Lake region and New
England. There has been decided ex-
cess in the central valleys and upper Lake
region. Over portions of Illinois and
Eastern Missouri the seasonal fall exceeds
the average by more than 10 inches.
Generally the weak ending May % has
been favorable to crops in the Atlantic
coast and Gulf states, and the condition Of
cotton is reported to have been decidedly
improved in the Carolinas. Georgia, Flor
ida and Texas. In the West and North
west, however, while the weather has been
favorable for tho prosecution OF farm work
it has been too cool for rapid advancement
of vegetation and quick termination Of
seeds.