The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-21
N { WPORT NEWS
REAL WARM TOWN
Virginia Records Show Tempcra-
ture Reached Highest Point
(. There Last Year.
BURkEs GARDEN COOLEST
Director Evans Dopes Up Fig
urcs for 1910 and Tells How
Weather Varied.

Virginia during 1910 was one-tentb
OF a degree colder and considerably
drier than It's normal. Its warmcst
section was Newport News. md Burkes
Garden. in :he Great Valley. was the
coolest section. Speers Ferry. in Scott
county. was the wettest place in the
state. while Lexington. in Rockbridse
county. was the driest. These facts
and other interesting details arc con-
tanned in the annual summary OF Viz
sinias weather. prepared by Edward
A; Evans. director at Richmond Of the
Virginia section OF the United States
Weather Bureau.
me annual mean temperature for
neen hut oncjtenth of one degree be-
low the normal. This condition was
oroueht about by the cool heather pre-
Nai!lnG from May to August. inclusive
and In November ami December. rh:
ilfst four months or the year were
warm FOR the season, as also We're SEN
lem te,n Der. ana october, but the excess in
temperature accumulating during these
slT months was not quite sufficient to
prins the annual mean up to the nor
The average of all station reports
SHOWS tho year TO have been dry, the
a aver deiieientv being slightly more
july and octobe9 @ore Mst tSo 6P
seven months being generally dry. Tho
S0unues OF greatest precipitation were
Whs dsSSsfba~pt0na Scott and erals
Rockoridge and those counties in the
extreme north.
The mean annual temperature Of the
low the normal Newport News. with
an annual mean temperature OF 5o7
was the warmest station. and Burkes
Carbon. with an annual mean of All
degrees, the coolest. The highest and
lowest temperatures were i02 degrees,
on June ~ and July &c and %. ana
the former occurring at Lincoln and the
latter at Burkcs Garden
The last killing frost Of the spring
occurred IN Inc Appalachian and Blue
virginia. on March 90, and In Tide
water Virginia, on April S. while the
first killing frost of the autumn was
"a, 30 and 30. respectively.
Precipitation below Normal
the annual precipitation was below
except in localities In Tho eastern ana
upper Underwater counties and along
the western border, where It was
siign,ff IN e ,scsa June with an aver
an average of I.47 inches were the
wettest and the driest months. respec-
lively, of the year. The annual pre-
55.29 inches ct Speers Ferry. in Scott
county. to n minimum of Sl.02 inches
mt Lexington, IN Rockbridge county.
The greatest local monthly rainfall
I'LL inches, occurred at Dale Enter
prise. In Rockingham county, In June,
and the least rracc Mt Stephens City,
In Frederick county, In March. Snow,
in varying amounts, fell in all parts
OF the State In the first. third and last
two months OF the year; also locally
in April, May and October In the noun
tain portions. By months, tho great
est local monthly snowfalls were: jan
uary. 2.33 inches; February. 90 inches:
March 60 inches; April. 20 inches; Oc-
tober. 80 inches: November 81 Inches
and December. Oil inches
Richmond Conditions.
Climatological data for the year ar
Richmond follows:
Temperature-Annual mean temper
allure. 5f.2 degrees. or l.3 degrees cold
er than normal; highest Temperatures
90 degrees. on September 8; lowest
temperature, 10 degrees. on Febru-
AIRY Z.
DISQUALIFICATION precipitation for
year. I3.14 inches or Isl inches great
er than normal: greatest monthly pre-
cipitation. STA, in April: least monthly
precipitation. OBS inches. in November
total snowfall. o. Inches; number of
rainy days. 1877.
sky Conditions-Clear days. IS: part
ly cloudy days. 100; cloudy days. los
Prevailing direction OF the wind, south
Last killing frost in spring March
l6 first killing frost In autumn. Oc-
tober 30.