The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-01
Maximum Mean Temperature
Was ~63.5 Degrees: Less
Than 0ne-tentf1 Inch Rain:
Not Trace of Snow.
NOT ONE CLOUDY DAY
WAS REGISTERED HERE
Drought During the Past Thir-
ty-one Days Has Seriously
Threatened Crops and the
Farmers Are Kicking.

AS calm as peaceful as lamb the
month of March 1910 passed into his
tory yesterday after having cracked
the old adage to the effect that If 1t
entered like lamb it would go out
like a lion, and smashed three other
records which will doubtless stand for
many years.
In respect to temperature the month
OF March was the warmest that has
ever been recorded in this city or
state SO far as the official records,
dating back to 1884, show. The maxi
mum mean temperature for the month
was 63.5 degrees, the nearest ap-
proach to this record being in the
month of March 1907. the maximum
mean temperature at that time being
62 degrees. The hottest day during
the past month was on the oath. when
the thermometer scared to the S5 de-
gree mark. causing sweltering human
ity to mop their perspiring brows,
rubber at the calendar and wonder il
this were spring or the mid summer
season.
Straw Hats Appeared.
Porch chairs and benches were
busted off, carried down from the gar
ret and brought into use weeks earlier
than usual. Heavy clothing was dis
carded for the lightest weight possi-
BILE; white dresses were seen on the
streets along with straw hats and low
shoes and no one seemed to think
their alpearancc this early III the
year at all strange.
The greatest daily range in temper
atare last month was As degrees on
the Gath. The lowest point reached
by the mercury was IA degrees on the
10th. The mean minimum tempera-
ture was 1873 degrees while the mean
temperature was 4S.4 degrees. There
were eight perfectly clear days and 81
partly clear and partly cloudy days.
TWO days were recorded as very hazy
but throughout the entire month
there was not a day that was regis
tered as cloudy, which is very unus-
ual.
So far as the records OF Indiana
show last month was the only month
ever known in this state when the
rainfall has fallen below one-tenth OF
an inch. The precipitation only total
ed six one-hundredths OF an inch for
the entire thirty-one days which is far
below normal.
Three one-hundredths of an inch OF
dampness fell on the 5th and a SINH
lar amount dropped in this locality
on the goth.
Farmers Are KICKING.
AS result OF the continued drought
the dust on the country roads is sew
eral inches thick in places and auto
mobiling Is almost nuisance. The
farmers also are loud In their COM
plants and declare that If there is
not heavy rainfall soon their crops
VIII be ruined The damage now is
estimated at several hundreds OF dol
lars. The nearest approach to this
record was the light rainfall in Febru-
ary, 1907. However, at that time the
weather man opened the rain valve
and sixteen one-hundredths of an
inch, more than twice the amount
recorded this month. fell.
March, 1910 is also the only March
according to the records, during
which there was not even a trace Of
snow. There was splitting OF snow
on the afternoon of the 18th, but
Weather Observer Walter Vossler at
the Water Works pumping station
stated that it was Of such small con-
sequence that 1t could not even be
called trace. In March. 1906 there
was 10 inches of snowfall That month
was also the coldest March in years.
the thermometer dropping to Z de-
grees below zero. In March 1898.
there was inches Of snowfall:
March. 1899. 2 inches; March, 1900.
traces: March. 1901. IS Of an inch;
March. 1902. ] inch; March, 1903, ira
ces; March, 1904. 3 of an inch:
March, 1905. traces; March, 1906, 10
inches: March 1907, 81 inches; March
1905 inches; March, 1909, IS OF an
inch.
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