The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-07
Weather REPORT Of
GOVERNMENT IS
GIVEN OUT
Conditions During 1911 Pc
culiar According to the
Bureaus Summary

a general summary of tho weather
conditions in North Dakota for tho
Year Of 1911 was made public today
under the authority of Willis a.
Moore. chief of the weather bureau.
Ihis report shows that it was prepar-
cd by Orris Roberts, section director.
although the temperature averaged
slightly below the normal and the to-
tai precipitation was above the nor
MAJ. the year. taken as Il whole. was
very unfavorable. This was especially
true during the growing season. The
preceding year was the driest in the
climatological history of the state, and
while the opening months of the wear
produced precipitation in excess of the
normal, there was at the beginning OF
inc growing season q deficiency OF
nearly six inches. Unseasonably high
temperature and deficient precipita-
non increased these unfavorable con-
dltions during the growing season ia
such an extent that certain parts OF
state suffered greatly from
drought. During the harvesting. llay.
ing andthreshing' seasons there were
an excess of precipitation, a lack of
sunshine and much fogginess. that
greatly interfered with outdoor work.
during n a several sever storms
were reported. a few lives eyre lost
AeNh pA0pSll ~ OeSlEOSGQ.
II average temperature for the
state for the year was 3s.S degrees. or
0.3 degrees below the normal, and
- degrees lower than the mean for
1917. The highest annual mean tenn
perature reported was 40 degrees at
Mayville. Trail county; the lowest was
3d. degrees at Hannah, Cavalier
county. The highest temperature re-
ported was los degrees at New Eng
X al On1s @,t~A a..
the lowest was --43 degrees at Mar
stonmoor. Stutsman county. on Janu-
AIRY 8: During the twenty years that
the c~iimatological service has been
established in h state, the annual
mean temperature vas lower nine
m and higher ten times. The high
est annual mean temperature for the
state was Al degrees in 1900 and
!Sdo; n lowest was 1873 degrees in
1893. The highest temperature ever
recorded In the state during the above
mentioned period was ia degrees in
1900 and 1910: the lowest was So
degrees in 1898 and 1895. The tenn
perature averaged above the normal
during February, March, April, MAY.
n and December. and below the
normal during January. July. August.
september. October and November.
The average precipitation for the
vi ~ SSol Mdo IS.UJ l1CneS, or
l.25 inches above the normal, and
80 inches more than the average for
1910. The greatest annual precipita-
ton reported was 1921 inches at
Jamestown. Stutsman. county; the
a was SIT inches at Hettinger,
Adams county. The greatest monthly
amount reported was 6.72 inches at
Jamestown. Stutsman county in Au-
gust; the least was none at Hansboro,
Towner county. New England, Hettin-
ger county, and Park River, Walsh
county. In March. During the twenty
years that the climatological service
has been established in North Dakota
there were thirteen years with less
precipitation. n ear with exactly
the same. and five years with more.
Precipitation in excess of the normal
occurred In January. February, NAV.
August. September, October and No
vember. was exactly normal in April.
and below the normal in March, June
July and December. The average
snowfall was 3S.1 inches. The great
est depth of snowfall reported was
$40 inches at Iakota; the least was
14.6 inches at Edgeley. The average
number of days with 0.01 inch OF
more of precipitation was 76. There
an average of 100 clear days. 100
partly cloudy days and los cloudy
days. The average sunshine for the
was slightly deficient. The pre-
vailing wind was northwest.