Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-08
CONDITION NEBRASKA CROPS
Week Unusually Cold in all Portions o.
the State
PRECIPITATION ALSO BELOW NORMAL
with slight Exceptions all of the
MOisture was in the Form of
snow, COVERING Practi-
cnIly all of state.

LINCOLN May THE last week wac
unseasonably cold and snow occurred in
nearly all parts of the state
The mean daily temperature averaged
IS degrees below the normal. Severe frosts
occurred several nights and in a large part
OF the state a frost occurred each night OF
the week. The minimum temperatures oc-
CURED generally Tuesday morning and they
were mostly ~ degrees or below.
The precipitation Of the week was nearly
all snow on Monday April q snow fell
nearly all day In the southeastern counties
while a general snowstorm passed over the
state Thursday night and Friday morning
Light showers occurred Saturday night in
the eastern counties The total precipita-
ton for the week. however. was decidedly
below normal. Il was very light in the
northern counties, generally less than one
tenth OF an inch while II ranged from a
quarter TO half an inch in most Of the CEN
trail and southern counties, although at a
few places II slightly, exceeded half an inch.
The total precipitation from April to date
ranges from less than a quarter to about
one-half the normal amount.
| Southeastern Section.
| Butler-KilnnR frosts occurred on four
days Two and one,half inches Of snow
fell Friday and furnished the only moisture
Cass-The last part of the week was very
/ cold, with frost and freezing weather.
| Three inches of snow fell Friday.
| Clay-A heavy snow fell Thursday night
and Friday morning. The week was very
| Gage-About seven inches Of snow fell
| during the week and ice one-half Of an
! inch thick formed.
Johnson-About FIVE inches of snow has
fallen during the week, with more or less
| Iancaster-The week was cold and dry
/ About two inches OF snow fell Friday
morning. Vegetation is growing very
| slowly.
Richardson-A frost occurred nearly every
| morning during the week. Snow fell all
| day April q and all the forenoon May 3.
! SaliDe-A very heavy snow fell April q.
Low, temperature has retarded the growth
ThayerJThe last week was cloudy and
very cool. A heavy snowfall occurred April
% and a light shower Saturday night.
| York-The temperature has been down
to freezing nearly every day this week.
| Four inches OF snow fell Thursday night
and melted slowly Friday.
Northeastern Section.
Antaope-Some snow fell Thursday.
| Cloudy weather with low temperature pre-
| vailed.
Burt-The weather has been cool all the
week. with prevailing north wind. Vegeta-
tion has grown very little.
! Cumlng-The week was very cold and
ol2S9g WITH trIst S avery ol aig snd ~ with
| only a trace of snow Thursday.
| Dodge-Frost occurred nearly every morn
county %h ' aRd light R Sn su3
day.
snow Friday morning and light rain Sun
Holt-The week was cold and unseason-
able. The snow on Thursday was very
Knox~About an inch of snow fell Thurs
day. Friday was warmer ana the snow
all melted by noon. Frost occurred every
night.
Madison-The weather for the last week
was cold and windy most of the time.
Piatte-Low temperature continued dur
ing the week, with a frost every night.
About an inch of snow fell Friday morn
Central Section.
Custer-Three to FIVE inches of snow fell
Thursday night Ice formed on five nights.
Dawson--The week was cold and about
four Inches OF snow fell Thursday night.
hard freeze occurred Friday night.
Garheld-The weather continued cold. A
to three Inches of snow fell Thursday.
Greeley-The week was cloudy and cold.
night Some snow fell Thursday and Fri
HaII-The week was cold with snow FRI
Howard = The week was cold land dis
agreeable. About four inches of bnow fell
Merrick~Three and one-haIf inches of
snow fell Friday.
southwestern Section.
Dundy-The week was cold. Two and
one-half inches of snow fell Thursday
night.
Franklin-The first part Of the week was
dry and cold. Sleet and snow fell Thurs
day night.
Harlan-The week was cold and cloudy,
with temperature below freezing every
night but one. Five inches of snow fell
Thursday night.
Hitchcock-rhe week was cold and cloudy.
Six inches of snow fell on the Sd.
Kearney The temperature was below
freezing every day of the last week.
Perkins-The week was cold, with two
or three inches OF snow Thursday,
Western Section.
SCOTS Bluff-The week was cold and I'M
| favorable Tor the growth OF vegetation.
Sheridan-SeyeTal killing frosts occurred
and only a very light precipitation.