The times., 1899-05-24
New York Cotton Market.
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The Bulletin Issued by the Mctcoro-
logical Hurcau

The following bulletin was issued by the
Weather Bureau yesterday:
The week ending a M, May % aver
aged decidedly cold throughout the Rocky
Mountain and Pacific coast regions, end
over the northern districts to the cast
ward of the Rocky Mountains. The aver
age daily temperature deficiency ranged
from six TO nine degrees over the greater
part of the Plateau and Pacific coast dis
tricts, and over portions of the upper Mis-
souri, and upper Mississippi valleys. Lake
region, and Northern New England. In
the Southern States the week averaged
warmer than usual, being decidedly warm
over the northern portion of the Gulf
States, where the average daily excess in
temperature ranged from six to nine de-
grees.
The maximum temperatures of the week
were below eighty degrees in New Eng
land. over the northern portion OF the Mid
die Atlantic States. in the Lake region
and over the northern portions of the up
per Mississippi and upper Missouri valleys;
they ranged from eighty to eighty-eight
degrees from the Texas coast northward 10
Iowa and thence eastward to the Middle
Atlantic coast: above ninety degrees in the
lower Ohio Valley, Tennessee, the South
Atlantic and east Gulf States. reaching
ninety-eight degrees on the South Atlantic
coast.
Freezing temperatures occurred in the
Northern Rocky Mountain region, and at
a few stations in the upper Lake region,
and Northern New England. From the
central Missouri Valley eastward to the
Southern New England and Middle At
lantic coasts the minimum temperature
ranged from forty to fifty degrees. over the
central portions of the Gulf and South At
lantic States from fifty to sixty degrees,
and from sixty to seventy-siX degrees
along the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The period from the 18th TO 18th was
exceptionally warm in the South Atlantic
and East Gulf States, where numerous
stations reported the highest maximum
temperatures yet recorded for the second
decade of May. Unusually low seasonal
minimum temperatures occurred IN the
southern Rocky Mountain region on the
18th and 22d those at Santa Fe and FL Paso
being the lowest on record for the second
decade of May.
East of the Rocky Mountains the ex-
tremes of the week are Highest, IS de-
grees. at Charleston. S. c., and Savannah,
Ga; lowest, 26 degrees, at Willston, n. D.
In portions of the middle Atlantic
States, Lake region, lower Ohio, and CEN
trail Mississippi valleys and from the low
er Missouri Valley northwestward TO the
north Pacific Coast, there was more than
the average amount of rainfall during the
week ending May %. In the central and
lower portions of the Missouri Valley, and
in Western South Dakota, the rainfall was
very heavy, nearly inches falling at Rap
id City, S. D., while portions of Montana
and Wyoming received more than ! inch.
Except over few local areas OF limited
extent the rainfall in New England and
the South Atlantic and Gulf States was de-
iicient. there being an entire absence of rain
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from southern Colorado and New Mexico
westward to the Pacific Coast. The upper
Ohio Valley, Indiana, northern Illinois,
southern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa,
and the Red River Valley OF the North re-
ceived very little rainfall, the deficiency in
these districts generally exceeding one
half inch.