The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-29
WEATHER DROP BuLLETIN
OF tho West Virginia Weather Service
for tho Week Ending August rs.

OF tho West Virginia Weather Service
for tho Week Ending August rs.
PAREEgsUuRd, w. VAn August 2S.-
Rainfall rainfall for the state very
light, and averaged 20 OF an inch,
which was considerably below the nor
NAL.
Tempcrature.-The temperature was
about normal aud averaged for the state
II degrees
Sunshine.-AveraSo for tho state, 90
per cent.
The long.coatInueI and distressing
drought, broken to-day by ruin, and
promises to DO of such duration aud
steadiness as to. improve very material
ly the growing crops; more particular
ly late corn, late potatoes, tobacco aud
buckwheat, The drought has inter
fered with fall blowing to Ggreat extent
on account OF the hardness OF the
ground.
1t would be useless to narrRte the ef-
fects OF u protrRcted drought.
Corn-Corn matured too early and
rapidly, the ears not filling out we'll
and the crop will be light. Corn in the
best land will be good.
Grass-A large decrease in hay COM
pared with other years, and, on account
OF tho brought, clover seed will not DO
raised in some localities. Pastures in
many districts have been seriously af-
fected by the drought; full pastures, with
the assistance Of several good rains, will
DO improved considerably on uptands
pastures dried UP.
Tobacco-Tobacco, which was re-
ported as especially promising in the
early part Of the season, has now de-
Perforated in growth on account of
drought, except in good aud strong
lands.
stock-Live stock, considering the
shortness of pasture and scarcity OF
water, are reported to DO in q compara-
lively good condition generally; stock
suffering in many districts for water,
and feeding being resorted to by others.
Stock being shipped to market for want
OF pasture.
The following counties have reported
specially regarding pastures, corn, stock
and potatoes; Barbour, Berkeley, Brax-
ton, Brooks, Clay, Cabell, Doddridge,
Fayettc, Grant, Greenbrier Hump
shire, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson,
Kanawha, Lincoln, Lewis, Logan, Mer-
Ger, Monroe, Morgan, Marion, Mason,
Monongalia, Marshall, Ohio, Preston,
Putnam, Randolph, Roano, Summers,
Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wetzel,
Writ, Wood.
Tho following counties, Barbour,
Cabell, Fayette, Harrison, Jackson, Lin
coin, Putnam. Raleigh, Tyler. Wayne,
and Wood reported specially regarding
tobacco. W, W. DENT,
Obser., Weather Bureau, Director.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU, 7
PARHERsBURo, WEST VA. }
Summary OF the voluntary reports
West Virginia weather service for the
month Of July, 1893:
Temperature = Highest monthly
mean 80 degrees, at Central Station.
Lowest monthly mean 81 degrees, at
Davis. Maximum 08 degrees, ut Now
Cumberland on the Goth. Minimum AZ
degrees, at Davis on the 18th. Greatest
monthly range IS degrees, at New Cum.
berand and Spencer. Least local
monthly range, so degrees, ut Pleasant
Hill and Weston.
Precipitation-Qn ipches)-Greatost
monthly, 500, at Martnsburg; least
monthly, 1877, at Point Pleasant
Wind-tprovailing direction)-south-
west.
Thunder storms-t Dates Of 1928. 8,
Q, s, II, u, 10, IA, 10, 10, II, Is, 81, %,
90, 20. 80, 81
W. W. Dent,
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