The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-26
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Upper Mississippi valley
ST. Paul. Mimi. Mar. 1925 0020W0-02
Davenport. Ia Mar q 81 0O00 - 0.000.64
Des Moines. Ia Mar. 81 on goo .0ooO LOO 0.92
Dubuque Ia Mar. 900 0.00 .0.12 900 0.32
Keokuk. Ia Mar 1302S 0O000S0.00.20S
Cairo. ILL., April 1888 0.O0 .002 o.0J 900
Springfield. M. April p 0Sf 0.o001S 5000
81. Louis. Mo. April 4032 600 0S60O00
Missouri Valley
Kansas city, Mo.ApriI 1926 00l|O12O000.26
Springfield No. April 3062 100000 0000.5
Omaha. %eb--.--I pril Sol6 0-02 O-oJ 0-0Q. 0-0f
Sioux City, Ia. April 90Z2 900 Tl T0.02
Huron. s D......IMar. 2602 006O@0O0I II
Northern slope
Havre, Mont. 49,. April 81 900 80. TO.0
Miles City. MOnt.April 500 go. T0W0O0
Helena, Mont. Mar 1301s. O14O e0O.00i Il
Rapid City. :. u April Il O26 80. OOi 900 O.4s
Cheyenne. WyO.lApril IA as 4. "a goo 600 006
Nth Platte. Neb Mar. 24078I -. .0O00. 0.2s
Middle Slope
Denver. Col......lA APRIL $50 40I IOO2O00O00' T
Pueblo. Col $500. Mar go As 000OO0O.O q. %
Concordia. Kan. Mar. 26O.1S O.34 O.O0. TOGO
Dodge City Kan April IS o Is 100000 600 900
Wichita Kan. Mar 260.26 36OO0000I L
Oklahoma. o T.iApril 140-5o.i T0O00.o.000
Southern slope
Abilene Iex---IA April Ii05SI TOGO 1000
Amarillo. ex....IApril 15'O5si 100000 100000
Southern Plateau
II Paso- Tex...-.Is .H0O0'OO0 900 eco
santa Fe. y NJ Mar 24.O24 COOS 600 900 -.
Phoenix a t.. Mar. go "A OO0O 000.O0.OOO
Yuma, A. Z $500. Mar. . % O.VV.OW OUlOOO
Middle Plateau
Winnem'ca. Nev'Feb 2S0SsH 100000 0.O0'O.SO
salt Lake City. April s0.SS l1lO0O0I T1O8
end J'nct'n. CollFeb 020l00O0000.000c
no rain in three months.
IN explaining his statistics. Mr.. Blythe
said: THE above table indicates that pre-
cipitation was sufficient for crop needs IN
the Gulf States and the Southern slope dis
trict up to a week or ten days ago; in the
Ohio valley and Tennessee district up 10
the first week in April, inclusive. and the
Lower Lake region to the last of March.
and that since the dates mentioned no
rain OF consequence has fallen. The dis
tricts of the upper lake region, the upper
Mississippi valley and Missouri valley have
been markedly deficient in amount OF pre-
cipitatiOn since about the middle OF March
up to within the last two or three days. At
stations in the Northern slope district the
rainfall has been in the form of light, scat
tered showers throughout the spring In
the middle slope, including Colorado, Kan
sas and Oklahoma. the rainfall has con-
sisted Of scattered light showers also, and
IN the Southern plateau, including New
Mexico. Arizona and the extreme west por-
ton OF Texas, practically no rain has fallen
since the last week Of March"
In the Southwest yesterdays news was
not favorable. fierce wind. carrying
clouds of dust and low temperature, blew
all afternoon in Kansas. There is no in
oication of rain and the wheat fields are
drifting badly. The effect on all growing
crops is unfavOrable, but the wind has
been cool, no particular damage has been
done. 4 dispatch from Lyons says that
no rain has fallen there for seven months.
In eastern Oklahoma the wind blew a
hurricane all day and the thermometer
last night dropped 20 degrees. A norther.
carrying clouds of dust. is driving a blind
ing storm that is the most destructive of
years.