The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-10-18
MONTHLY REPORT
of the South Carolina State Weather
Service for September.


Service for September.
j. W. Bauer, director OF the Wealth
er Bureau, has just issued the follow
ing summary for September The
past month was noted as being the
warmest September IN tho interior of
the State, of which record is available.
Along the coast, the mean temperature
was exceeded by that of 1881 only, in
the annals of the Weather Bureau.
The excess of heat occurred mainly
during tho daytime as the night tenn
perature differed but little from those
usual to September. The month was
remarkable for the number of days
with maximum temperatures of 90 or
above, the average for the State hav-
ing been III days, ranging from three
at Port Royal to 27 at Shaw's Forks.
There was IL period of from to IL
consecutive days on which the maxi
mum temperature reached 90 or above
III the central portions of the State,
which was the greatest hcat-wave ever
recorded in the same month, and sell
dom surpassed during the hottest
months.
Thcr" w"s only % per centum of
the usual rainiail and il was not well
distributed. Over II narrow strip eX
tending from Beaufort INTO Charleston
county, there WAS Il slight excess:
emitting this snail territory. there
was only ~ per crntum OF the usual
amount Tor the rest cE The State.
Three ,fn;;uuS reported no rain. and
eight otLcr> less tEuu half an inch.
a =.
the month, followed 10y IN unprcce-
dcntcd period of clear, hot weather
that quickly dried the ground and
brought the growth OF fall crops to
stand still; cutting short such crops
ms usually com" to mnturity by the
end of September. The top-crop of
cotton and late root crops sustained
the greatest injury; pasture, became
brown and bare; streams ran very low,
and wells went dry in 1. few localities.
Tho drought was most severe in the
western portions OF the Strtc. The
month was favorable for harvesting.
and especially for picking cotton. the
dry weather made it possibla to secure
the hut in the finest condition. twas
too dry for hate corn and pCns.
There was light frost, the first of
the season. in Oconcr, Pickcns and
Grccnville counties on the morning OF
the 30th
TEMPERATURE. Monthly mcGu for
the State IG.9 which is 2.3 above the
normal. Highest monthly mean $40
ut ShAw's Forks: lowest T&.j ut Red
Hill. Highest trmpcra.u"r 1OG ut
SpnrtunhUrg on the 18th; lowest 30 Mt
Holland on the 3nth S:at" range, Il;
greatest range at any AtGtirn % at
Spartnuburg; least >. at Char nston.
RAINFALL. Average Tor th, State
1.29 which ISL. 90 less than tie normal.
Greatest amount at any station 6. "a at
Charieston; least, none, Mt Central,
Longshorc. and Shaw's Forks. Great
est amount III any "a hours 2.9I ut
Charleston on til" Sth. Average num-
Der Of days with DOL, or more rain 4,
ranging from o dnys at Grccnville and
1cmassCc 10 none ut Central, Long
shore. and Shaw's Forks
WINn, prevailing direction, North
cnSt.
WEATHER. average uumbrr OF days
clear ! :, partly cloudy 8, cloudy ,.
Foes, date, Of, / 2-5-7-
I3-1S.20-21 -22-Gt- 25-2G-29.
SOLAR. H>Los. Central 90: GilIi,uu-
Vile 7-S-l2: Santpc Is.
IvHiE HALnS. Gillisonvi!lc Sth.
IuvNDENsroKMa. oates, l-5-G. 50
l0-li. l4-l3-!G-27. Places, Camden
l-10; Charleston IS @-li-12-27 ;Cheraw
S-9-1U-i3: Columbia 10; Gillisonvillc
l-7-S-i2: Lougs!:uvv II; Port ROYAL ];
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