Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-16
MORE WARM WEATHER
A Rise in the Temperature Predicted
for Tomorrow.
PORTION OF THE CORN CROP RUINED
Western Agricultural Regions Con-
tinue to Suffer From Drouth.
r E L I Eff MUST COM E

| N d - u q M " = L " " M T.
This has been the warmest day since the
| cessation of the hot spell which recently af
| 1icted Washington. About o'clock this
afternoon the thermometer down town reg
istered 90 degrees while at the weather bu
| reau, where circumstances tend to keep the
| mercury down during warm weather, the
| registration was about degrees less
Right on top Of this high temperature
rests an unusually high percentage of hu-
| midity in the atmosphere, which tends to
| exaggerate the heat. The normal rate of
| humidity for the city of Washington Is
| about IS per cent, but today 1t was COM
puted to be in the neighborhood of 80. At
| 8 o'clock this morning the proportion of
| moisture was figured at the weather bu-
| reau at 81 per cent, so that while the ther-
| mometer at that time registered only 7S
| degrees the heat and humid conditions
| working in conjunction rendered the wealth
| er exceedingly disagreeable
1t is probable that tomorrow the mercury
Will soar to still more lofty heights. for the
| weather bureau predicts hotter weather for
! the next twenty-four hours. Accompanying
| the heat, however, there will be light south
| erly winds, which may considerably assuage
| the situation. Today a warmer day,
| as Inquired throughout corresponding hours,
/
| If the mercury continues in it's ambitious
| flight for two or three days more 1t is prob
able that the city will experience some
| weather in the nature of a reflection Of the
| recent spell of terrific heat.
Ihe Warmest place in the country at
| o'clock this morning was Kansas City, Mo-,
| where the mercury stood at the 50 mark,
| and gave every indication of climbing
| throughout the day. Boston registered so
| degrees at that hour, Philadelphia and New
| York ~ degrees. Throughout Missouri,
| Kansas Iowa and contiguous regions the
| mercury stood at 50 early this morning
Out In that territory some of the crops
| have been suffering from combination of
neat and lack of rain. Omaha and eastern
| Nebraska were refreshed by a copious rain
fall last night, while Kansas City and vicin-
| lty have also been benefited by slight rains
curing the past twentyfour hours. Out in
Montana this morning the weather must
| IN certain sections of that state the ther-
| mometer registered only So degrees
Some of the Crops Suffer.
The weather bureau this afternoon issued
| bulletin on the condition Of the crops in
the west. 1t shows that in some sections
| of the country irreparable damage has been
done to the crops by the drought, while in
| others the agricultural growths are -four
| ishing. The following general summary is
included in the bulletin:
The states of the middle Rocky noun
tain region and Missouri and Mississippi
valleys have experienced another the third
consecutive, week of intense heat the max
lmum temperatures over a large part OF
these districts ranging above 100 degrees
daily during the week, many stations re-
| porting from 100 degrees to 1O7 degrees
with an almost entire absence of rain the
crops in the region named have been SUBJ
jected to most unfavorable conditions In
the states lying Immediately to the east
ward OF the Mississippi river very high
| temperatures have also prevailed, but the
heat has been less intense and it's effects
not so serious as in the districts to the
westward. On the Atlantic coast very IA
vailed with abundant rains. excessive and
damaging in portions Of the middle and
south Atlantic states. On the Pacific coast
1t has been cool and dry with frost in
Washington on the 18th.
The corn crop as a whole in the great
corn states of the central valleys has ma
teriahy deteriorated, and has sustained
serious injury over the western portion of
the corn belt, especially in Missouri, Ne
braska, Kansas and Oklahoma. very
large part of the crop is late, however, and
this has withstood the trying conditions of
drought and heat remarkably well, and
with early rains will still make fair crop. |
This is particularly applicable to Iowa.
Nebraska and portions of Kansas ana
trail and southern Missouri, portions of
eastern Kansas. Arkansas and in the CEN
trail and west gulf states has been irrep-
arably injured In the upper Ohio valley
corn while needing rain, has improved,
and In the Atlantic coast districts the crop
has made excellent progress.
Winter wheat harvest is about finished
except in the more northerly portion of the
Atlantic coast districts. where in some sec
tions 1t has been retarded by rain Har-
vest1ng has begun in the north Pacific
coast region under very favorable condi-
tions.
Wheat Rfpened PrematureIy.
over the southern portion of the spring
x-ho hoe
maturely and the general prospect is less
promising than previously reported. In the
northern portion, however, the outlook
continues favorable. Harvesting is ex-
pected to begin in northern Minnesota by
the 18th. In Oregon spring wheat is need
ing rain.
Goats have suffered, in common with
other crops, from heat and drought in the
states Of the central valleys. Harvesting
Is now progressing in the more northerly
''Haying has been retarded by rains in
the New England and middle Atlantic
states. but has made good progress in the |
Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys. The |
yield will be very light in the states of the |
Missouri and central Mississippi valleys
but good crop is generally Indicated in !
the lake region, upper Ohio valley and ex-
treme northwest.
Except in the Carolinas and Florida. |
cotton Is generally we'll cultivated and
over the greater part of the central and
wel, although growth has been checked |
and fruiting at the top is commonly re-
ported. Cotton has suffered from heavy
rains in North Carolina, where it is maxi
ing too much stalk. In Georgia the pros
pect is much below the average and many
fields have been abandoned In southwest
Texas early cotton is opening, and some
picking has been done.
THE weather conditions have been highly
favorable for tobacco in the Atlantic coast
states. but the crop is generally in need
of rain In the Ohio valley, and is suffering
severely In the western portions of Ken
lucky.
'The prospect for apples has been greatly
lessened, especially over the central val
leys, as result of heat
The Different Crop Conditions.
An indication Of just what the crop con-
ditions are in various parts of the country
is given in the following detailed reports |
reproduced from the bulletin:
"Ohi0: Columbus-Splendid harvesting
weather and time well improved: wheat