The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-10
MARCH UNUSUALLY COLD.
Winter Wheat In the East Subjected "a
Alternate FIeexing and IhaHin4.

Winter Wheat In the East Subjected to
Alternate Freezing and Thawing.
WASHINGTON CITY, April 1.-The mean
temperature for the month of March diff.
fers but slightly from the normal through
out all agricultural districts east of the
Rocky mountains. except in the spring
wheat regions of Minnesota and the Da-
kotas. In the Gulf states, the southern
portion of the South Atlantic states and
in Missouri and Kansas tho average tenn
perature for the month was about 2 deg.
below the normal. while in tho Northern
states east Of the Mississippi the departure
was about deg, there being . slight ex-
cess in Virginia and the upper Ohio val
ley, with . corresponding deficiency in
New England.
Over the spring-wheat region the average
temperature was from degrees to 10 de-
grees below the normal. On the North
Pacific coast the temperature for tho
month was from degrees to 6 degrees
lower than usual, while in Northern Mon.
tana the deficiency amounted to from 10
degrees to II degrees per day.
The weeks ended March 6 and 20 were
decidedly colder than usual throughout
and spring wheat regions and the Gulf
states, while the week ending March Is
was decidedly warmer than usual over the
region named. showing that the winter
wheat has been subjected to trying con.
.ditions of freezing and thawing, the effect
of which it will not be possible to deter
mine until the crop is further advanced.
warm throughout the Southern and Mid.
die Atlantic states and Ohio valley and
cold throughout the Northwest.
The month of March was relatively dry
throughout all districts east OF the Missis-
sippi, except in Wisconsin and Florida.
There was also less rain than usual in tho
Southwest and as far north as Kansas and
Missouri. Throughout the cotton region
the deficiency in rainfall ranged from two
to four inches. except in Texas and West
ern Arkansas, where the rainfall was from
one to two inches less than usual. The
rainfall throughout the Ohio valley, mid
die Atlantic and New England states was
from one to two inches below the normal.
except over portions of the immediate
New England coast, where there was .
slight excess.
Unusually heavy rains occurred in Flor
ida, where the excess ranges from one to
Eve inches. More than the usual amount
of rain 10 also reported from the states Of
the upper Missouri valley and the Dako-
tas, the excess in the east portion of South
Dakota amounting to one inch. Excess
sive rains also occurred in Southern and
Northern California, and the central por-
ton of the state received almost an
inch moro than the usual amount
The rainfall in Southern Califor-
mia was from three to five inches
above tho normal. and tho reports show
that the ground is now filed with mois-
ture, and that the conditions are favorable
for abundant crops in that section. Ore
gon received from two to three inches less
rain than usual for the month of March,
and the state Of Warrington reports .
slight excess.
Throughout q greater portion Of the
Rocky mountain districts and over the
central plateau region there was general
deficiency in rainfall, but reports from
Arizona indicate a slight excess in that re-
zion. MARX W. HARRry6roy,
Chief of Weather Bureau.