The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-10
THE WEATHER IN TEXAS.
Report for December by the Texas
Bureau.
FLOWING HAS MADE FAIR PROGRESS
Generally Favorable for Small Grain.
The Strawberry Crop Not Hurt
by the Cold.

4 OF texas weather service, December. 1876:
Temperature degrees fahrerheit)--The
temperature on an average for the STATE
was 81 below the normal There was a
general deficiency in all parts o. the State
except over the northeastern portion. Of
J southwest Texas, where there was an ex-
cess amounting TO 10. Tie deficiency
ranged generally from 10 4. bat was less
/ than over the southern portion OF Cen
/ tTal Texas and was more Tran over the
! interior Of the central coast region. Two
] cold waves crossed the State the FRS; on
! tAe 80 and 4th and the second on the
/ 4';A sjth and 31st. The minimum tenn
! perature al most stations occurred on one
I o. the above dates. and most generally
+ Oh the 81 and ith, when freezing weather
/ occurred almost to the coas; line. The
minimum temperature for the month
{ ranged from zero In the northern portion
+ CT sne Panhandle 10 . above along the
quiz coast. The tigAeS. monthly mean
, ielnpera ture was si.i at Fort Brown low
( est monthly mean $50 al Amarillo. maxi
mum. S. az Fort Brown Oh the 2ith and
a. Sunse on the 81, minimum. zero az
I Coldwat-r on the "a greatest local month
is range. "A at Coidwa;er. Dean and RI
Paso least local uonthly range. ~ at
, Orange and RookporL
Precipitation Tn iaCAesl-The rrecipita-
/ ton on an average Tor the State was
AZ below the sornai. There was az
excess ranging from oil 20 20 along the
4 cas-. coast, but this did not extend TWEEN
80 - o. -, Sc. -,s-f,si ~ f,,s..,5,
- ~ 49, ,--rtt,s- ,,.,,.., -
I from a.; IN 90i 0ver c,Aa- r5-t,on. ~
/ tas STATE there was general deiciency,
( which was greatest over Southwest Texas
a1t The southern pc-iinus Of Central Texas
vne~e less than ~ per cent ~ She normal
{ tae .uonth.
{ Excessive precipitation amounting 70
: 11 PEE hour or 80 per inch r. twenty
1 four hours IS re ported from Ba.lirger on
tine "a and e4th
Greatest local monthly rainfall s1e AZ
Marshall. last local nor tnly rainfall 90
"a For. Rinrgold
Snowfall fstetfoDs and amount in Inches
ard tr7thsD--Aurora 20 Coidxater 40
+ Coleman r Dallas r. Dean u. Duval T.
f..t .Ue e. Fo-estbur- T. Cscree a.5 Happy
S. r4,.l.srl IL y4aqe f-e-,ar ~ 2itlia-A
n II, tsisrro - Su,nh,ir sr-irrs r
.rr,,f'. +, 5VDattsrfo-5 r wichita Fai;s
tfu -.. ..-or,..f fro,, Hewitt M, tbs
s'1 ,s.5 ~ oo.f a.,
80
, e.. r,,,i-. ~, 81.
~ Irp.. - - ''9 ''' We
~ "''4 ~. n va &c. =.
1900 ms - "A
- - -t- ,c.L
- 80 81 -, 80,
80. go -. - ~, u 49,, t3a H,,5
H., -, psits,i+1o IT,, ,sit. Rorl, srrinrs
t.,h. Wichita Falls l7th.
Tfaler Intas-Caivestcn 18th Mt. Blanco
2ssh
Wind tr-eyatlirr directtou)-Southcrn
rorrio- ~ ,ea state smith. northwestern
r,ortn, ~ Ia, state north
T5sr, r~oe, .sio,iors and dates,-Braz-
- al s1tb, ,.,rsl,a.ra nh, nm lath l4th
l5.b glst gpth. C1lero 18th. Corpus Christi
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- oo.i (,a-..,l,s ~ iotb. lions
W. - i,-.,..,s S.f on 19tb.
,9h o. - ~ ~, .,h. w, tsr,unfals
i'ihi'o - 90, - o, u, -, o., a. 49, E,h
etn' ~ ~ s 49,, o,.f tsih 5stb 20tb
F,h' iV'h' 41l'l' ~, 80 ,o., oc,h yS,T
alst san ANTONIO gu. IN -osi'' 49,, -
kAlinS ir-St 'st@ .oiS n.'s "a 49,, 49,,
Zoria atm ON l't., l''i., S''as, s'S H-t os,n
}d, 4th' o,n eti" I'm '',,, - ~ 49, ram
Cot7lcala -, ,ti oo,h otst. .,ucr,
Goth; Corpus christi 3lth. @st' puNal So
AN, l3th. -ith, -bll' -ilil' -Nti,' S..,'' ois.