Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-13
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITION
Average Temperature Of the Week Was
Slightly Above the Normal.
RAINFALL ONLY IN A LIMITED AREA
Case. PRwnee, johnson and Nemaha
visited ny Considerable showers.
but Remainder Of the state
Catches Nothing,

LINCOLN, June 12.-The week a whole
was warm, with deficient rainfall and with
an excess OF sunshine.
The daily mean temperature averaged two
degrees above the normal in the eastern
part Of the state and one degree below
normal In the westrn. The maximum tenn
peratures occurred generally on Tuesday
or Wednesday, and they were mostly be-
tween IS and 90 degrees. The minimum
temperatures were below 50 degrees in
most counties during the greater part Of
the week. The minimum temperature for
the week was about 80 degrees in eastern
counties and nearly ten degrees lower in
the western. High westerly winds oc-
CURED on Wednesday Thursday and Fri
day.
The rainfall vas much below the normal
except in Gage. Pawnee. johnson and Ne
maha counties. In these counties local
thunderstorms occurred Tuesday and
Wednesday, with rainfslls ranging from
one to more than three inches. In most
Of the remainder Of the state the rainfall
was less than a quarter Of an inch, while
in large areas no rain occurred. or only
a sprinkle, with an amount too small to
measure. The rainfall from April 1 to
date is below normal, except in a few
above. The deficiency is the greatest in
the southeastern part of the state. where
it ranges from two to slightly more than
three inches
Southeastern section.
Clay-The week was hot and dry, with a
light shower Monday night A good rain
GageNThe week was warm. with a light
shower Monday night and heavy shower
Wednesday night.
Nemaha-The week was warm. with thun-
derstorms on Monday Tuesday and and
Wednesday. The total rainfall exceeded
two inches in large part of the county;
Otoe-The week was warm, with no rain,
or only a light sprinkle. Rain Is badly
Pawnee-showers occurred on Monday
and Wednesday night, furnishing ample
salineeThe week was as warm, with local
shower in part Of the county Tuesday
evening
day, but most of the week was warm and
seward-The week was dry and windy;
Thayer-The week was warm and dry,
| with a light shower on the 5th.
York-Only a trace of rain occurred dur
| ing the week and the ground is getting
very dry.
Northeastern Section.
| Antelope-The week was cool and dry,
with high wind on two days. Rain would
| be beneficial
Colfax-A whole week without drop OF
| rain, and half the time a hard wind was
| blowing
Dixon-The week was clear, cool and
Hoit-The weeek was warm, with some
| light local showers. A good rain is needed
| Knox-The week was farm and dry,
practically without rain.
Madison-The past week was rather
cool. Rain would be beneficial on hilly
Sarpy-The week was dry and hot. with
some windy days. Rain is very noel
| needed
washinston--The week was dry. and
Wayne-The week was very dry and
windy
Central Section.
Custer-wednesdsy Thursday and Fri
! Dawson-No rain fell this week.
Wednesday and Thursday were COOL will
GreeieyGA good rain would be YER,
Haii@Very light showers occurred Mon
| shine cool nights and high winds hav'
| characterized the week.
Loup-A good rain occurred on the I'd
followed by dry windy weather.
| Merrick-Tuesday and Wednesday wer'
hot, with high southerly winds: Frida!
and Saturday were warm clear days.
Nance-The week was warm, dry ant
sRerman-fhe week was cool. will
strong west winds on the 9Th and 18th
Southwestern Section.
Dundy-The week was mostly clear
with high wind on the 9Th and 7th
Frontier--The week was dry and windy
Furnas-The nights were cool. Nor
rain is needed.
and was followed by a week of clea
weather, with more or less high winds.
Harlan-The week has been dry, wit
warm days and cool nights.
Hitchcock The week was dry an
windy.
Kearney--A light shower occurred o.
Wednesday. but the week as a whole wa
dry and windy.
Webster-No rain has fallen since tn
Sd. and the week has been hot, dry, wind
, and dusty.
: western and Northwestern Sections
Brown-The week was dry and windy.
Keith-A light rain occurred Monda
J evening. The nights were cool.
Rock-The week was cool with dam
> aging winds on the 9Th, 9Th and sth.
SCOTS Bluff-High damaging winds oC
] CURED on the 9Th and 7th.
Sheridan Wednesday, Thursday an
! Friday were very windy.
G. A. LONELAND
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