The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-03
HOT WEATHER AND CROPS.
High Temperature and Little Rain
Reported Last week.

In his report regarding climate and crop
conditions for the week ended July !,
James Berry, Chief of Climate and Crop
Division, Of the Agricultural Department
says
The week ending s a. m, July I. was
excessively warm throughout the central
valleys. Lake region. New England, the
Middle Atlantic States, and over the
northern portion of the Gulf States,
where the average daily temperature eX-
cess ranged from 3 degrees to u degrees
being greatest in the lower Missouri Val
ley. upper Lake region. and MIoure At
IantiC States. In California the week was
also warmer than usual. the average dal-
ly temperature excess ranging from ) TO
; degrees. Along the south Atlantic and
Gulf coasts the temperature conditions
were nearly normal. over the middle and
northern plateau regions and on the north
Pacific Coast the week was decidedly cool,
the temperature averaging from to Il
degrees below normal. the deficiency be
ing most marked over the eastern por-
lions Of Washington and Oregon north
ern Idaho, and western Montana
The maximum temperatures of the
week yere Unusually high in the central
valleys. Lake region and New Englan /.
where many stations reported the high
est yet recorded in the last decade Of
June The maximum temperatures OK
ceeded 100 degrees in the lower Missou~
ri Valley. over the middle Rocky Noun
tain slope, California, and Arizona, and
reached 100 degrees in the Middle Allan
tie States From the 9th 10 the 9th
aEnormaIiy low temperatures occurred II
northern California, Nevada. and south
ern Oregon. Winnemucca. San Francis
Co and Roseburs reporting the lowest yet
observed in the last decade OF June. that
at the former station being only de
grees above freezing.
/ Heavy rains fell over the greater part
OF the upper lake region, including poT-
lions OF the upper Mississippi and Ohio
valleys. and more than the usual amount
occurred over limited areas in the Gulf
and South Atlantic States, central and
eastern Montana, and on the extreme
North Pacific Coast Over much the larg-
! er part of the country, however, the week
was very dry, no appreciate amount OF
rain falling over large part of the Mid
/ die Atlantic States, eastern Florida, por-
lions Of the lower Missouri Valley, and
/ the southeastern Rocky Mountain slope,
including large part of western Texas.
| There was no rain in southern Oregon,
I California, and throughout the middle and
( southern plateau districts
The seasonabIe precipitation from
I March / TO date G23 days. is in excess OF
/ the average generally throughout the At
/ iantic Coast districts, over the northern
/ portion Of the upper Mississippi Valley,
/ and the greater part Of the middle and
northern Rocky Mountain slopes Gen
( orally throughout the central valleys the
/ greater part OF the lake region, central
! and west Gulf States. and in California
] and OreEOH the SCaSOndble rainfall is de
cidsdIy deficient The greater part OF Cal
ffOInia has received only about half the
+ average. and over considerable portion
I of the central valleys and west Gulf states
7 the seasonable precipitation ranges from
One-third TO twO-thfrdS the usual