The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-14
AUGUST WEATHER
moNTHLY STATEMENT PREPARED
 Bx THE BUREAU.
n,~..,eraturen and Rainfall In Alabama ---xevberne, Hale County, Has
 Credit for she Hot

rr,,a v,,anth of August was. in most uzssss.stx { a fairly average August ac- <HrafnU eo a statement just prepared ! M the Aiahaina section If the Weatner naFeaa Tners were, or course, a ratfufen from both normal tempera- tttre ana rainfall. but there were no rayfations of any very great conse- quence.
 The national weather chart shows on fhe first of the month an area Of com parahively high atmospheric pressure over New England This area appears fo have gradually drifted southwest ward until the morning of the 10th, when if was over the Gulf States. with its crest in Alabama. From the Srd to the 9th Alabama was in the south western quadrant of this wave of high har9meter. and the resultant southeast winds were attended by quite general but for the most part moderate. rains Al nther times during the southwest erfy movement of the Thigh" the Ala bama rainfall was confined chiefly to the usual summer showers
 The period of heaviest and most gen. eral rains was from the 10th to the 18th. inclusive, and was coincident with very ffuctuating pressure arrangements over the South Atlantic and Gulf States.
 From the 18th to the end of the month the pressure over the southeast
 
 uniform, with but few we'll defined high or low areas, and scattered showers. which were mostly light, occurred daily.
 The chart of total rainfall shows the precipitation in the northern part of the State to have been heaviest In the counties of Jackson. Blount. Jefferson, Northern Shelby, Southern Saint Clair and Talladega. It was deficient in the other northern counties. In the south ern half of the State there was a very general deficiency. The greatest monthly falls occurred Tn Clarke and Washing gton counties, and in that por- fion of the Alabama valley lying in Autauga and Lowndes counties The smallest amounts fell in the strips of country extending from Perry County westward to the State line; from Mont gomery County southeastward to Dale. and In Lee and Russell counties.
 The warmest period of the month was from the goth to the 25th. when day temperatures in several instances reached, or exceeded. 100 degrees at six stations. This hot wave occurred dur Ing the prevalence of rather low pres sure to the south and southeast of Ala bama and comparatively kigh pressure to the north. Several other days, scat tered through the month were hot but there was no other hot period as we'll marked as the one mentioned.
 The morning of the first was clear throughout Alabama and was the cool est of the month. The minimum tenn peratures ranged from 60 degrees to 6S degrees; there were a few stations at which the thermometer readings were between 55 degrees and 50 de- grees., but these comparatively low readings were due to local topograph- icaI causes. Moderately low tempera- lures occurred at widely separated sta lions on various other days. being pro- duced in practically all instances by thunder storms.
 The mean temperature was slightly above the seasonal average atfa great majority of the reporting stations
 The mean temperature for the entire State, determined from the records of forty-five stations, was 80. 4 degrees or 0.9 degrees above the normal. and l.2 degrees higher than for August 1905. The mean for the northern dis trict was 7s.4 degrees. or or degrees above the normal. The mean for the southern district was S1.4 degrees, or f1 degrees above the normal The highest local monthly mean was S4.s degrees at Boligee. Greene County. The highest temperature recorded was 109 degrees at Newbcrne. Hale County. on the 25th The lowest local monthly mean was 76 3 degrees at Valley Head DeKalb County. The lowest tempera- lures recorded was 55 degrees at Riv- erton, Colbert County, on the 2sth and S0th. The monthly range for the en tire State was 47 degrees. The great est local monthly range was 42 de grees at Highland Home. Crenshav County, and the least 24 degrees al Auburn, Lee County.
 The monthly average precipitation for the entire State, determined from the records of sixty-one stations. wal s.7S inches, or 0 92 inch below tn, normal, and 1.52 inches less than fo August. 1905. The average for th' northern district was AZ 1inches, O. 0 33 inch above the normal The av craze for the southern district wa S.35 inches, or 2.16 inches below tn