The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-07
Special Telegraphic Reports from Climate.
 logical 6enters in Cotton Belt.

Alabama.-The mean temperature was
 btsbss, sernnars.nra days were warm the nights were pleasant. Showers were fairly general on Wednesday and Sunday The to excessive In some southwestern counties the weekly total at Mobile exceeding four
 inches The sunshine was deficient Arkansas-The temperature was sessona. ble. but the niglnts were cool. The sun
 shine was below the normal in the southern
 Light showers occurred somewhere s dsiix The rainfall was above the average in
 several southern counties. but was deficient elsewhere The week closed with rainy tions. -.--'-. "
 normal in the western portion and normal
 or above elsewhere. The highest temporal
 ture. 100 degrees. occurred on Friday Showers and heavy rains occurred in the | eastern portion during the first four days l and heavy rains in the western portion on
 Thursday and Friday The sunshine was
 ample.
 Georsia--The temperature was moderate until Friday. but was quite high during the remainder of the week. the mean tempera-
 ture being slightly above the normal. There was considerable cloudiness with light local day and Friday. but the rainfall was de- cidedeiy below the normal except in a few
 Southeasterrn districts. More rain Is need Louisiana.-The mean temperature was
 much below the normal. rain fell every day
 The rainfall was excessive in the southern
 portion. especially on the coast, where much flooding occurred There was over ID
 inches of rain in St. Mary Parish. There was very little sunshine
 Mississippi.-The weather was mostly cloudy with easterly winds and daily show ars. The eloudiness generally prevented high temperatures. the mean temperature
 being nearly two degrees below the normRE The rains were light In the northern DOT ton and heavy in the central and southern portions, several stations reporting more than six inches.
 North carollna.--The mean temperature haIn he and kA
 precipitation much above. The sunshine | was deficient. The rainfall was extremely i heavy in the eastern half of the State and. | rorrrhcr with high winds. caused great
 amount of damage.
 OKIahoma.--Iae weather was warm and l dry. The temperature was nearly normal
 and the sunshine abundant. Local show | CTS generally light. occurred on several
 days. but the rainfall was deficient except i general rain would be beneficial. i South carolina--The temperature was
 moderate except on the last two days. when
 the weather was very warm. The rainfall was heavy in eastern couRties and locally
 heavy in western. though generally. much
 below the normal in the central and vest
 ern portions. where droughty conditions pre-
 vail. The sunshine was below the normal.
 nearly normal. High midday temperatuFes
 occurred on August 1st and 2d. but the
 ate. The rainfall was generally very ifEht | and drought exists in many localities. The | sunshine was abundant.
 | Texas.-The precipitation was deficient | over the greater portion of the State. there | being none in several central counties. but
 was greater than the normal In easssEn and | counties It was unusually heavy in DOT | tIons of the panhandle where there wal
 more than three inches. The mean temper | atura was below the normal except in
 some central and southwestern counties
 Thare was much sultry weather, put sns | nights were generally cool The sunshine
 was generally ample. except iH tes ne ,DsT panhan' ' hA~s