The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-11
BULLETIN
U. g. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
 TURF.
ClimatoIogicaI Service of the Weather
 Bureau, Alabama Section, for the Period Ending Monday, April Q, 1908.
6:eneraI Review of the Season.

mild. though rains were quite frequent during the greater part of the month she stste msas @aa empses Sesrees % or 2s degrees above the normal. and unseasonapiy warm weather prevailed from the 18th to the 22nd. However, light freezes rature being as low as Is degrees Tn the northeastern counties on the 9th; Moderately cold weather also prevailed during the last few days. The preci- pitation, which was almost entirely. in the form of rain. averaged sligntiy pe low the normal. though the rainfall was wa. generally heavy on the Znd ana ora, oi, the Fist and 22nd The last four. days were generally dry and favorable Tor outdoor work.
 February was generally dry. mild and favorable for all outdoor work. 2.ss inches. was 322 inches below the normal. and 4:s5 inShes h less s,ati than wos Jos rather unevenly distributed. the monthly amounts being least in the northern and eastern counties and ton of the State. There were eleven days on which no appreciable precipi- tation occurred in any portion or lhe state The mean sPste Was q5s de- grees, or OF degrees below the normal and 6.4 degrees higher than for Feb ruary, 1905. While there were no se- vereiy cold periods. freezing temperaa- tures prevailed on several dates. Moo, erately high temperatures preValledn on the 12th and 18th, readings or ~ degrees or highe1r, being warm reeoTae1 weather ca also prevailed from the 18th 10 tne 26th, the 23rd, when temperatures or TO degrees or higher were quite gen eral. being the warmest day oi '"e
 The month of March was notably wet and cool, with somewhat less than ,rl .hs Of for tSe entire state was 51.6 degrees, or 4.6 degrees below normal, and S2 degrees lower than for the month of March. 19O5 The hlgn- est Temperature recorded was S5 de- grees at Lucy. Houston County, on the 23rd: the lowest was 20 degrees at Valley Head DeKalb County, on the 21st. On the mornin@ or the dst. .neraI lrI thToughout the Northern District and occurred at a number of stations In tne southern half of the State. From the gradually, thehighest readings Of the month occurring at number or stations on the latter date. Comparatively warm weather continued until the l4th' the of the month On the 21st the cold ext eStended % nearly to the Gulf coast; Rather high temPera1ssST5es te 1bn 1st5 preV"''eu ir9.h The 'ne average rage precipitation for the month of March for the entire State was 9.2e inches. or 394 inches in ex- cess of the 1ormat nor March ana 1903 H0S 'if The gresttet ggrestest 'T monthly amount was 15.7S inches at Demopolis, Marengo county and the least. S.So 1nches au nuey' ey ceeding 1000 inches were recorded at twenty.three stations, exceeding HOO inches at sixteen stations. eXceeolne L ceeding 1900 inches at six stations. The rsinfaii was greatest over an area ex- tending from the. west-central to S .ns northeastern portion of the state. dnu was least in the extreme southeastern counties.
 The first nine days. of April were were generally favorable for all ,Ind 1ptdoo5 and inc sunshine was ample. there belng four clear and two partly cloudy Gdys. with but three days on whlcn nttie iA any sunshine was received. Pra'titcdhlt iy no rain fell during the first elgnt days. though moderate showers WSie were fairly general over the noroner" ons '"' thirds of the State on the sun. sorota-
 The first three nights were moderAIe- lv cool light freeze occurring m sk irene northern counties on the !sl' with light frosts general in the Northa tha Snd and 3rd From the 4th to the 9tn' moderately high temperatures preSait' ed. with readings of from N" ~ % nS esoeeties s5eef in on So'ns fhs of the 5th sth and 7th. The average tempsratqpT Ssg2sra fpT for the nine days was 3S,o desrees s1ste and ro5 S1 n degrees for the southern half.
 Note.-The above summary Of weath- La,est of those suthcientlY Interested to ne 'Gc d"sire comple1e history of the same Subsequent bulletins, to be published weekly. will contain quota tions from reports of correspondents.
 There are. fortunately, certain things which. unlike money, can be shared only with certain peopIe.-Marie Van Worst.