The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12
WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN.
Regular Weekly Reports From By
rsau Correspondents.
PRESENT CONDITION OF The CROPS
Excess of HAHN in Mast Parts OF the
>tat~-Meteoroloei zeal PhcnomenS-
Cotton Planting General.

Galveston. Texas. april lo.-Tbe follow
ing IS the monthly report o: The Texas
weather service for March.
Atmospheric pressure IN inches as
hu;dredihsl- THE mean atmosphere pres
sure as shown by observations taken daily
al a II. and ?. m. 18th meridian ti-ns,
determined from six stations talrly as
trftuted over the State. was q -. which
IS below the average. The hiEhes, lnoai1ly
mean was ass7 at Galyestoa. AID the
lowest was 2s.s2 at Corpus Christ! and
Z. Paso. The weather duri1s he month
was generally controlled by four areas @.
low pressure and thrce areas Of high pres
sure. Tie areas OF high pIess aEe p!a'l.t--
from The jth 20 5fh. from the IAN % lti1
ana from The o3d to Goth respectively And
The areas Of loW pressure creased The STATE
from The is; 70 ilh from the sih 20 l-ta.
from the 18Th 70 the 22d and i7o-a re
-7th % the Close Of the month The l'N-
est barometer recorded during the mouth
was % - at Amarillo or the 2o!h while
the lowest over the Southern halt .. TIE
State was - 50 at Galveston sne Corpus
Christi on the 2Sth. Tho highest pressure
a; the several stations during the month
highest barometer for the month owe. he
Northwestern portion OF the stSte Occur
rod or this date, while the highest oc-
CURED over the Eastern portion o. The
state on the lsi and 15;n.
Temperature degrees Fah-eaheitl THE
temperature on an average 70. ;he STATE
was a. above the normal. There was
general excess throughout The state t9r
the month except over the extreme West
cru rort!oa Of West Texas. the Panhandle
and the mountainous portions % the state.
- hero it ranged from the normal -
below with the greatest deficiency in the
vicinity OF FL Paso. The excess ranged
from 20 ) g over North. Contra. and
Southwest Texas. and the eastern portion
Of We, Tcyas. from o. 20 ~ over tbs
coas, district. and from 80 10 Z over
East Texas with The greatest excess In
the vicinity Of Huntsville. The Temporal
ture generally raugrt from 10 - above
the daily FORMAL from Isl 70 letn. with the
greatest excess in tho vicinity % psles-
tine on The sth 4 cool wave 81 Sigh, in
iensity crossed the State on the l;ih aud
18th and the ternperature fen until il
ranged from 70 / below the normal vi,n
the greatest deficiency over thu northern
portion Of th.. State after which the tenn
perature rose and ranged from : to IL
above the normal from the I'm 10 The 22l
jnclusiye wi-h the grs!soet excess on the
10Th and elst On the pa and 24ih the
terat,erature fell 10 freezing or below I'm
all sections excet,t over the exrrerne r,orth
western portion of the state and an these
dates IT ranged from dsa,rees below, tba
normal alo-y Tho coas. ia ahor. ~ ha1oy,
over the -ortbyyost.rr, norr;o- n, .be state
after which i, rose anj continued abnva
me normal ,ht,o1pho,I, tho Month Tbe
MAXIMUM, te,nrara,,,ra ,or ~. r1o,,b a.
the several sts,iors occurred t.s-sr,iI,
from tho I'm "a tho t2,b frn,n ,bo 90,b ~
The 2oI and from tho " "a no cInsa "A,
the rnon,b The Iou,cs, ta,n-,ar,,,,ra ,or mo
month r,.,,,rro5 ovor ~ n1r,h,,eet,s,-r
rortion of the state or tho i4.b ybp. ~
lowest over tha o,bar ,,,-tto,,s 1,s,,,red
generally on no GA o.th or 95,b Tbe
Highest monthly mean ,o,rrer.t,,ro va.
72s AT For, pirggoId 1o,y.a, ,nor,hi,,
mean Al M Dcsn ,na,i,,,,,,,, Iot ~,
Cam rapi. pas m ~, a,s, a,,d =. ro-,
Rinrrold an Inc ION an6 ,3tb -,
m Tnlia nr I4,b c-oat.s+ Ill -,
rance ,r',.olt. -. 80 ~ ;.
r,rgo 90 a, poin, ia,a, t. .ai al -,
scryo,,0 ia 90 =. c-,.. .o.,, 80, ID.
reristerin,, ,s,r,,,,-ts RI ,,rd... ~
cal sai,y ror,o ,as ~ S.3.,.1.
precin,,afion ~, j,cbeat w. r-oci,,..
tion on an a,.e,are f,r ~, ST. IN
ahoyo ,bn rar,,af III r a. ~
rongirs fra,y, n 40 nv, 90 a ~ NJ,
baniie We, ro,as ~, ,,os,o 'iS -, "a,
VI '."NhN'Sb l'Ada anu Tue coast district