Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-11

Normal temperature and precipitation in
sltlas Is the title Of special bulletin No.
lu'i issued by tho Texas weather service. II
|sNas complied by Joseph l.. Cline, end like
az OF the bulletins by him. Il treats Of a
subject new To the people OF Texas, but Of
vast Importance to them.
This bulletin does a great work for Texas
~ establishing the dead line AZ II were
Nntfe crops can be grown without irrigation
taking twenty inches as the basis Of the
Nelage rainfall necessary to grow crops. we
uHu mat the line runs east OF Childress
eqh'y and the Fort Worth and Denver rail-
loaa. and west o. Abilene on the Texas and
f.glae West OF this line the rainfall comes
esi9s twenty Inches and farming there must
g united TO irrigation.
u me good people living out there will only
WI ms iart, aH Was dono about Garden
w and other places In Kansas, and Greeley
snu other places In Colorado and proceed as
~ u9he w those states. TO wind mills, few
AI~ ana irrigation, they will be on a sure
sau 70 wealth and abundance. If this bullc-
un uoes but convince tho people OF that
sn'ha that they cannot depend upon rain
Y s'ow crops. It will have done valuable
yin wind mill irrigation is grand sue
W and turning to this mode OF farming il
~ easy matter.
~ discussing the bulletin. Mr.. Cline SAYS.
a. mo from studying these normals that
~ msnest mean annual temperature In
80 prevails over the lower Rio Grando
uhP' Nhere II is 1873 degrees ut Fort Ring
~ deauced from thlrty-six years records
a uulpefature averages 20 degrees or above
A me Nueccs valley, and the isothorm Of
h,,ae's runs from lndlanola TO Eagle Pass.
'ween his and line running from Omnge
V heatno thence to BrackettylIle there is A
w Of country about so 10 100 miles Wide
~. ~ US greatest breadth In the nrazos Wiley,
Ky, =. uo mean annual temperature ranges
M 70 20 degrees. Leaving this region the
n. ,s.a run nearly parallel to the coast, and
,a,,,nperature falls toward the northwestern
d. oi NE state at the rate Of aboht :
,,sns N " miles untll the mean annual
IA X ute Tails to d,1 degrees at Hartley.
:. ~ northwestern portion OF the Farmland
inference Of nearly 90 degrees betvcen
IA "ean annual temperature OF the southern
norihern portions Of the state
~, ~ h the coldeat month In tho gear
NJ AZ. IVY central and southern portions Of
,,,, .e and giyeg tho lowest temperatures
,ss.asV' over the Panhandle the lowest
,omsti~l'e also occurs in january, but are
ss,,.s,ss deferred until February. rhe
IA - temperature In winter ranges from
r,,,, degrees lower over the northern
s ,,,,s. OF The state than over the southern
r,sr,'" while In summer the difference
-, from 10 degrees. The lowest
rnio,,y mean temperature Is SIG ut Fort
N. W. wheeler county In January and
e.n,,s lowest Is $50 at Hartley IN Hartley
r,,s III February, These statlonB are To-
tnss.s' me Panhandle. aud we find az We
NJ. ~ .outhward that the normal Temporal
4. y me winter months rises rapidly until
nio,,t, reached where the lowest
h,h.sY mean Is above 20 degrees. Tho
t,,ss lnohthly mean temperature is S7.i
r,,,,s. Fort Mcintosh In July, and the
n,sr poruon o. the state experiences a
h. ~ s'aperature In July and August rang
,,hss V 10 81 degreea. The extreme
ntb,hs monlhly mean temperature in these
~ ~, about 10 degrees.
ft,,t n'sheat temperature OF which there II a
isl 49,. 10 degrees at Painter on July 3
'tunr,a" occurred during the. prevalence OF
1A,,,s', not windH."' These winds we're
bas nv loNsr the aouthern portions Of Texas,
SID :, Gssneai temperature recorded In the
ttfs~ ~. weston was 9S deRreea. Tempofa,
rsflsness lp degrees have never been *
While rss. slong tn. immediate gulf coast.
sxio ~, shy over tho other portions N the
iehe. III. "nlptraturea are experienced In
y s1ns ~ and Auguat. and infrequonily
have hesn months but such Temperatures
hrhsf na., i,eoqraed mnrc frequently mu n
''ghd TN. nan Northern Texas, II ls
htofds *. close examination Of lac
vAl5 ana, 'ns maximum temperature Ee.-
iaand ,,.s'N from TO l5 degrees hirh,r
~, nan near tho coast aurin, do aus.
t.li,r4ss lhe dlRerehge N tIinuerni,,-e o.
ten,l, nf The human body IA reduced ma
- IA, ~, ssr ,he'cehlral and nurthsrti portio1s
tsa n. ny evaporation. 40 No pros,td
As guli ialaae Tie Der cent Of ,5 ,o