The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-10-22
SEPTEMBER WEATHER.
An Interesting Summary Issued By the
Little Rock Weather Bureau.
Inc Rainfall Was the Lowest For Septem-
Der During the Past Fourteen Years.
Total Absence of Precipitation
in Some Sections.

Inc weather summary for Septem ber,
Just issued by the Little Rock weather
bureau, shows the conditions to have
peen the most remarkable for that
month in the history of the bureau. In
the counties adjacent to the Mississippi
river and in the White and lower
Arkansas valleys there was a total alb
sence of rain, while the heaviest rain
fall occurred over the extreme west
portion of the state.
The mean temperature of the month,
76-7 degrees, is 3.s degrees above the
normal computed from a IA years
record, and is the highest September
mean temperature for the state, with
the exception of September, 1895, when
1t was I'll degrees; the next highest
September mean was 761 degrees, in
1884. The lowest September mean tenn
peratures were 500 degrees in 1883; 70.3
degrees in 1889 and 7O.6 degrees in 1883
and 1890.
The maximum temperature for the
month, los degrees, is the highest Sep
tembe maximum ever recorded for the
state; the next highest being 106 de-
grees, in 1896, and 1O5 degrees, in 1895.
The lowest September maximum for
the state was "a degrees, in 1899, and
other low maxims were 90 degrees in
1892, 81 degrees in 1888, and % degrees
in 1883 and 1890.
The minimum temperature for the
month, 33 degrees, is the lowest recorded
in September except on September 80.
1895, when 32 degrees was recorded at
Corning. The highest September mini
mum was 81 degrees, in 1854.
A comparison of the mean tempera-
ture for the state for September by de-
cades with the September normal shows
a mean temperature for the first decade
of 500 degrees, which is so above the
normal; for the second decade, a mean
of III degrees, which is AZ degrees
above the normal; for the third decade,
71.6 degrees, which is L. degrees below
the normal for September.
The monthly precipitation averaged
0.60 inch for the state, 3. 46 inches below
the 14-year normal, and is the lowest
September average during the past
"A years, the next lowest being LOO
inch, in 1883, and the next Los inches,
in 1891.
The greatest average precipitation
for any september was 7.02 inches, in
1890; the next greatest was 6.37 inches,
in 1886, and the next 4.6S inches, in 1884.
The mean temperature of the month
was 76.7 degrees. The highest monthly
means were 79.7 degrees, at Hot Springs;
1916 degrees, at Ozark; 1915 degrees, at
Prescott; 79.2degrees, at Magnolia, and
7o.1 degrees, at Texarkana and Wash
ington. The lowest was 72.O degrees,
at Silver Spring; 1913 degrees, at Jones'
boro, and IA degrees, at Corning.
The highest temperature recorded
was los degrees, at Keese's Ferry ON the
Sd, and the lowest S3 degrees, at Wits
Springs on the 10th and at Newport on
the 22d. The highest average maximum
was 97.S degrees, at Keese's Ferry, and
the lowest average minimum was 55.7
degrees, at Jonesboro.
The greatest daily range of tempera-
ture was 81 degrees, at Malvern on the
23d. The mean maximum temperature
for the state was 9l.4 degrees and the
mean minimum 62.2 degrees, giving a
mean daily range of 29.2 degrees.
The warmest day generally was the
I'd, with an average maximum temper
ature of % degrees The lowest tenn
peratures generally were recorded on
the 22d, the average minimum of that
date being 4S degrees.
The average precipitation was 0.60
inch. Greatest local monthly amounts
were 2.S7 inches, at Fort Smith; 2.s3
inches at Picayune, and 227 inches at
Ozark. No rain was reported at several
stations in the eastern half of the state.
The greatest 24-hour rainfall was O.
inches, at Fort Smith on the 9th-10th.
The days of greatest precipitation
were the 10th, 9th, l4th, 10th and 18th.
on which dates 80 per cent. of the total
rainfall for the month occurred. On
the I'd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 18th, and the 18th
to S0th inclusive, measurable amount
of precipitation did not occur at any
station within the state