The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-01
COTTON REGION BULLETIN.
Weather Conditions for the Week Eudinr
 Monday, scptemher 26 laAa.

I VNS"&HtL ND0uftA0US TOT the week EndjnH
 Monday, September es, 1908.
 New Orleans, Sept. 29.--The mean tenn perature for the week was above the nor. Texas, where 1t was about normai and @ over Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas where it was one to two degrees below nor- eraiiy two degrees to four degrees over the central and eastern portions of the cot. ton region. Light frost occurred in Okla homa @ ana northwestern sa. Texas on the morn.
 Rain feil in all portions of the cotton re. gion during the week More than two tion of Oklahoma and Arkansas, southern .estsn Los,siana; so1theastern Georsia and south y.,n,an wsstsrn Sou South Carolina The heaviest and there was more than four inches at lew stations in southern Louisiana and fherh haf ap ,ncS Seorsia. ng There was less than northwestsrn Georgia, eastern Tennessee, and In some localities over the westerr, Special Telegraphic Reports From rIimstn-
 iogiea Centers in the Cotton Belt.
 ,braa Aaoa ma.-The mean temperature was first six days were moderately warm. the the nshest temperature being 92 degrees but the sa week closed with cool weather for inc the normal, but was slightly above tbe av. erase m few northeastern and southeHst. sra arEsnaa Iounsiss. The sunshine was deficient. hh AiAshsaA-~The first five days were warn, put the last two were .unseasonably coia With minimum temperature of sa .ss.es rosa, c'-rn rns northwestern portion. Showers oc- with heavy local rains in some conniis: on three days. The rainfall was consinass . soy above the normal. The sunshine was
 Florida.-rhe mean temperatur. w.. ns,,y neariy normal and the extremes were gen srees and ndaelse, tba the lowest being s1 de precinttati ."v nisnest ss degrees. The it a, w.e except In the western portion. where fall exceeded eight inches.
 Seorgla-The weather was pleasant. The thperature tha was above the average most of about tow degrees above the normal. Therss was was much cloudiness over the southern fren,oa. aa, or the state. and local showers were and Sunday. and was heavy in the sonthy eastern portion. The rainfall was deTirient Tn the western and northwestern portions. the normal until neal the close os the week. when decided change to cooler %itS sSow.ra The vs~v weather was partly cloudy apove the normal in most localities The sunshine was deficient any ,o1l Miss1ssippi.-The mean temperature was iour degrees above the normal. although the week closed with unseasonabiy eooi w weataer' 1atash ma, showers occurred daily. The exceeding four inches in two southern e counties The sunshine was much below
 okiahoma.-The first fove days wsrs cloudy and moderately warm, with fre- quent light to copious showers The rain iali was abundant and we'll distributed. The last two days were generally fair and m seasonaoiy cold. Light frost occurred over practically the whole State on the morn ing of the 2sth. but there was no material
 North Carolina.---The weather was dry until Sunday. when the drought was brok en by general rains. but the rainfall was below the normal The average temperature was nearly three degrees above ings were foggy and the days hazy. The sunshine was ample.
 South Carolina.-The weather was warm CT than usual, but with no unseasonabIy high or low temperatures Light showers in the eastern portion A eene ral rain. which was excessive in plaees' oc. cured on the last two days, relieving the drought. The sunshine was slightly de- ficient.
 Tennessee.--Tne mean temperature was four degrees above the normal but much cooler weather came at the close of the week. Rain fell on the first and last days but 1t was generally light and was very light in the northeast portion There were five days of bright sunshine.
 Texas.-Showers occurred in nearly all greater than the normal In the Panhandle and generally over the eastern ha2f of the State. The rainfall was heavie& in ex- treme northeastern counties. where there was about four inches. Only light or in- showers occurred In western ally warm weather prevailed during the | greater part of the week. followed by de- l ,idedly colder on Sunday and Monday, with | fight frost in several northern and west 1 srn counties. The sunshine was nearly nor | nal. l. M. CLINE. Section Director. |