The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-17
MONTHLY REPORT
OF the SoutI, Carolina State Feather
Service for September.

J. ". Bauer, director 0: The Wealth
or Bureau. has just issued the follow
ing summary for September The
p*s3 1nrntl, was noted ~ being the
warmest Septertbet il The interior Of
the State, Of which record is ara!Absc:
Along the coast, the mea:i Temperature
was exceeded by TINT Of 1881 only, -
the annals Of the Weather Bureau.
The excess OF heat occurred znaiDly
during the daytime as the night telz'
perature differed but little from those
usual TO September. The month was
remarkable fvt the rIlmEer Of days
with ha&i1dunt tempeEaiarr" "f 80 or
above, the average t6r the >tatc l'av=
ing been II days, ranging from three
at Port Royal to ~ at Shaw's Forks:
.Thare was l. period Of from TO
consecutive days on which the maxi
nlttln temperature reached 80 or above
iii the central portions OF the State,
which wss the greatest heut-wavc ever
recorded in the same nlonth, and sell
dom surpassed during the hottest
months:
There vas only 26 per centnni oi
the usual rainfall and it was not we'll
distributed. Over Il narrow strip eH-
tending from Beaufort iuto Charlcst5h
county, there was o slight excess;
emitting this small territory, there
was only IS per ccntura of ihe 'ssnal
amount for the rest Of the State.
Three stations reported 10 rain, and
eight others less tEan half m inch.
All tic rain fell before the middle G!
thv month, followed by an unprcce-
ieuted period of clear, hot weather
that quickly dried the ground and
brought the growth Of fall crops to
stand still: cutting short such crops
as usually come to maturity b. the
end of September. The top-cro2 OF
cotton and late root crops sustained
the creates! injury; pastures became
brown and bare; streams ran very low.
and wells went dry in few localities.
The drought was most severe in the
western portions Of the State. The
mouth was favorable for harvesting,
and especially for picking cotton. t.le
dry weather made it possible to s":'are
the lint in the finest condition. Ii was
too dry for late corn and pens.
There was light frost, the first OF
the season, in Oconer. Pic!ic.:s and
GreenvilIc counties on the morning OF
the Both.
TEMpErATuRE-Nouthlv mean for
the State 769 which is 2.3 above the
normal. Highest monthly mean $40
ut Shaw's Forks: lowest 1::'.5 ut Red
Hill. Highest temperature 1875 at
Spartanburg On the 23tE: lowest 35 ct
Holland on the Both. State range II;
greatest range ct any staten g st
Spartan burg; least ~ at Charleston.
RAINFALL. Average for the. State
% which is3. 65 less than tie normal:
Greatest amount ut any station G.94 at
Charleston, least, none, at Central,
Lonsshore, and Shaw's Forks. Great
est amount in any "a hours 2.91 at
Charleston on the Sth. Average num-
Der of days with 0.01, or more rain I,
ranging from 9 days at Greenville and
Yemessee to none at Central, Long
shore, and Shaw's Forks.
WIND, prevailing direction, North
east
WEATHER, average number Of days
clear II, partly cloudy s, cloudy 5.
Foes, dates OF, L .2-5-7-S-9-l0-ll-l2-
1918 2O-21. .22-24-25~26--29.
So1AR, HA1os, Central 20; ellison
vile 1912: Santuc Is.
LUNAR HALos, Gillisonville Sth.
TurSDEHsToRsis, dates; l-5.G' So
lG.l1-l2-13-l6-27. Fluces, Camden
l-l0: Charleston l-S-9-1l-12-2I :Ckcraw
s-9-1O-l3; CJlumbia 10; Gii!:Snaville
lisp; Longshore l6; Fort Reg" |;
Statesburg 6-7-s-J-iO-l3;r Trenton 3-1b.