Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-08
StOck In Sight.
GOVERNMENT WEATHER BULLETIN.
Crop Conditions for the whole Coun-
try Mt the Hegin ning of the Meck.


WASHINGTON, Aug. THE week ending Au-
gust 3. 1896 was warmer than usual in all dis
tricts east of the Rocky mountains. with the
exception OF limited In the upper Missouri
valley eastern Maine, and extreme southern
Florida where 1t was slightly cooler than the
average. From the middle and South Atlantic
coasts westward over the Ohio. central Msss-
sipp and lower Missouri valleys including the
northern portion of the Gulf states, the week
was decidedly warmer than the average the
temperature excess ranging from three degrees to
nine degrees per day being most marked to the
southward OF the lower Missouri and lower Ohio
valleys, over the northern portions of the Gulf
states.
The week was also warmer than usual In
northern California. where the average daily
temperature excess ranged from two degrees to
six degrees, but elsewhere the Pacific coast
ana generally throughout the plateau regions
the week cooler than usual. the deficiency
ranging from three degrees to six degrees per
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The sOth and 3lst of July and the ist and
2d of August were exceptionally hot I'M the Gulf
states, and the maximum temperatures of those
dates We're as high as any previously recorded
during the last decade of july the first decade
of August, previous records being broken at
Little Rock. Ark Oklahoma, ok, and Pensa-
exceeded 100 degrees over an area extending from
western South Dakota southwark over central
Nebraska, Kansas Oklahoma and northern
Texas and thence eastward over the Gulf states
to the South Atlantic coast.
The minimum temperature, flfty-six degrees.
OH July 80 at San Diego, Cal, was az low as any
previous record for the last decade of July.
over a comparatively narrow area extending
from the central Missouri valley eastward over
Iowa. the northern portions of Illinois and In
diana, and from the upper Ohio valley to tho
New England coast. more than the usual amount
of rain fell during the week ending August D.
Central Michigan. the southern portions of Mis-
sssppi and Alabama, and extreme Florida, also
received more than the usual amount of rain.
but over much the greater part of the country
the weekly rainfall below the average. In
the west Gulf states only light showers fell.
and these were principally confined to the mme-
diate coast the greater part OF Texas and Ar
kansas. and much of Missouri, Louisiana, and
Mississippi receiving no rain. There was also
practically total absence of rain over portions
of southwest illinois, northern Alabama, and the
central and western portions OF the Carolinas.
on thd North Pacific coast from one-fourth TO
over three -fourths of an inch OF rain fell which
Is considerably more than the average for that
region.
owing to excessive heat and lack of rainfall
over the greater part OF the southern states. the
week ending August was less favorable In that
section than the preceding week
The general condition of cotton Is not as good
rs was reported in the bulletin of the previous
week, the intense heat having caused much shed-
ding and premature opening of bols. Picking
Is now quite general over the eastern portioh OF
the cotton belt. :,
The general condition of corn in the principal
states continues excellent In southern
the drouthy conditions of the previous week IN
Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi have be-
come more serious Hot winds, with tempera.
ture 1G0 degrees, prevailed in oklahoma ana
Arkansas causing serious injury to late corn.
The reports indicate that grain In shock ana
stack has been much. injured by excessive rams
of nreVous weeks.
Snrinr wheat harvest is well advanced In the
southern portion of the spring wheat region, and
the early is being cut in the northern
norton. North Dakota reports fair yieius OF
early wheat but much of the late sown VIII not
be cut. In Minnesota spring wheat has been IN
jured by insects. ,,., .,, II.
the Carolinas Some cutting has been done as
far north Pennsylvania.