The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-11
VARIATIONS OF THE WEATHER.

The report of the Weather Bureau rela-
tive TO the climate and crop service in the
Indiana section for the month of July con-
tains some interesting facts, one Of the
most striking of which is that during July
at Indianapolis. there was 70 per cent. Of
the possible amount of sunshine The mean
temperature varied from I.9 degrees in
Angola, Steuben county, to sO.4 at Mt. Yer
non, Posey county. The month is marked
for the wide range of the temperature in
every locality. The highest temperature
registered at Mt. Vernon July II, 1O4
degrees while the lowest was 81. July / and
% The lowest Temperature Of the month
was registered at Winamac, Pulaski coun-
~. Al degrees. The heaviest rainfall is
reported in Kokomo. 6.96 inches, and the
hghtest at Cannelton, Perry county a lit
tie over a fifth of an inch. At Evansville
the precipitation was two-hfths of an inch
At twenty-five of the ifty-elgh. stotions
the rainfall of July was below the average
Of the month for years. So there is a
basis of fact for the reports that certain
parts of the State needed more rain than
they received, while others had enough and
considerable to spare. These variations
show that portions of the State can suffer
from lack of rain while others. only a few
miles distant, have a bountiful supply.
The most interesting feature of these re-
ports are the maps showing the areas of
different amounts of rainfall. The north
west portion Of the State, extending as
far south as TO cover half of Benton and
| Tippecanoe counties. and nearly all of Car
roll. and east to take in Elkhart
part of Kosciusko and Fulton counties
leaving Cass but broadening south Of Cass,
extending eastward to cover Howard and
parts of Miami and Grant counties had an
average of over five inches of rain. Not
many miles from Grant, Blackboard and
Jay. and farther south, Madison county
had a precipitation of from two to three
/ inches. while half of Delaware, all of Ran
/ dOlph, Henry, most of Wayne ana Fayette.
/ and part of Rush and Hancock had
/ less than two inches. An oval-shaped
limited area which takes in a part of De-
/ catur and Ripley counties was moistened
with from four to five inches, while the re-
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entire range Of river counties southwest of
Clark and including most of Washington
and a part of Orange had less than an
average of two inches. An egg-shaped area
Of about a third of a county, embracing
small parts of Brown, Jackson and Bar
tholomew, was drenched with over five
! inches of rain. while the region round
about had from two TO four inches Foun-
tain and Vermillion and parts OF Parke
and Montgomery had a fall OF from two
TO three inches. while country surrounding
them had from three 10 four Portions of
| Putnam, Owen. Green and Jackson coun-
ties and nearly all OF Monroe had a fan
OF from four TO five inches. while the coun-
try surrounding had an inch or more less.
IL the excessive rainfall in the northwest
ern part of the State and in a smaller
area in the central southern section had
been spread over the whole State the rain
fall would not have been very much above
normal during July. The reports regard
ing clear, cloudy and rainy days show
that all these varieties occur on the same
day in Indiana. so that no one can judge
from the weather in his own locality what
it may be only fifty miles away