San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
CLIMATE AND CROPS.

The climate and crop bulletin of the
United States weather bureau for the
month of February has been receiv-
ed from Chief Moore and is as fol
lows:
Washington, ID. c., March /, 1897
Temperature.-February, 1897, aver
aged warmer than usual, over all dis
trict east of the Rocky mountains, ex-
cept in North Dakota, northeastern
South Dakota, along small portions
of the middle Atlantic coast, and over
the north Pacific coast. The average
daily temperature excess ranged gen
orally from l degree to 4, except over
the lake region, upper Mississippi val
ley, and the North Pacific Slope, where
it ranged from 4 to degrees per day.
In Montana and North Dakota
southwark to southern California, in
| Guiding New Mexico, and Arizona,
tire month was colder than usual, the
Temperature deficiency averaging gen.
orally from 1 degree to per day, the
greatest deficiency occurring over
Northern Montana, Noarth Dakota,
Northern Utah, and Northern New
Mexico. where it averaged degrees.
IlSI VI TIE WIS
warmer than usual over the entire
country except in the lower Mississip-
pi valley, South Atlantic, and gulf
states. The average daily excess of
temperature ranged from degrees to
-, being most marked in the upper
Mississippi, Red river, and Missouri
valleys. and the upper lake region,
where it ranged from IA degrees to
Is.
The second decade of the month
was warmer generally from the upper
lake region and Minnesota southwark
to the gulf, and westward from North
Dakota to the Pacific coast, the av-
erage daily excess ranging from de
grees to 10 per day. 1t was colder
from New England and Eastern New ,
York southwark to the eastern portion
of North Carolina and from South
ern Wyoming, Colorado, and West
ern Kansas southwestward to the Pa
cific coast, the greatest deficiency oc-
curing in Central New York, Colora-
do and Northern New Mexico wher
it ranged from 3 degrees to Z per day.
The week ending February %, 1897
was warmer over all districts east of
the one hundredth meridian, the aver
age daily excess being most marked
in the lower Mississippi valley and
Texas, where it averaged from 10 de-
greeS to IA per day. West of the one
hundredth meridian the week was
generally colder, the average daily
temperature deficiency being most
marked in Nevada, where it ranged
from II degrees to IA per day.
Cold waves in February, 1897
There was but one cold wave of not
able extent and intensity during Feb
ruary. 1897, which occurred on the
26th and 9th, and moved from Mon
tana SOuthwestward to the Ohio val
ley. accompanied by temperatures
ranging from 20 degrees to 80 below
the normal for the season.
PrecipitatiOn-In the central valleys,
New England, and from Alabama
westward to Arizona, the precipitation
during February was less than the av-
erage, the deficiency being most mark
ed in the southern portion of New En-
land, the Arkansas and Red river val
leys, where it averaged from two to
four inches; there was also a slight de-
ficiency in the eastern portion of
and Northern Oregon.
hCIC was Tic USUAL
of precipitation in the district
from Western New York and South
eastern Ohio eastward to the Atlantic
coast, including the south Atlantic and
east Gulf states, where the excess
ranged from one to six inches, being
most marked in the western part Of
In West Virginia, Virginia.
and portions of South Carolina and
Georgia, the excess averaged four
inches. There was also more precip-
itatiOn than usual during the month
over the region from the Missouri riv-
er westward to the Pacific coast,
where the excess ranged generally
from one to two inches. From Utah
and Northern Nevada to the Northern
California coast, the excess in precip-
itation amounted to from 2.5 inches TO
3 inches.