The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-21
Director Howe Of ClRHatoIoui-
cal Service Gives a New
/. State Record.


/ State Record.
ais Henry g. Howe. director of . the.
West Virginia section Of the Climatic
illogical service of the weather btreau
.ssshas made 4 general summary q! the
weather experienced in Vest Virginia
< s6urtng the year IJf4 He says the
Temperature for the state was SO
degrees, or q Or 4 decree below the
Leverage for the last "a years
Excepting Jannars., the winter and
" lrariF spring months were much
Lcolder than usual. while the lats
sFprtnE and summer months were
somewhat warmer than the average
III except III when nearly normal am
tparatnre conditions prevailed. Sep
tennber vas sbnoTnally cool. but Cc-
Sftoher was warm and unusually pleas
fant ln The more elevated sections
Killing -frosts. occurred until June n
and on Sept enller. ] Q ,-2l and "a: but.
IN most Of the. agricultural dfsrricts
s.kktha season Of growth extended from
the second decade IN May until the
last decade in October.
The average precipitation Was sa.7i
inches The yearly state average
from 1851 to 1914. inclusive. is 4l97
inches The winter months averaged
&etter than usual, but the late spring,
summer, and fall months were dry.
except August and the last half OF
october. and dr0ughty conditions pre-
Vailed, except for short periods, from
the last Of May until August 10, and.
again from the middle OF September
until the second decade in October
Owing to favorable conditions and
light rainfall in January and March,
there were no foods in the district
The average c1oudiness was some
what below the norma l. At Parkers-
burg the sunshine averaged 81 per
cent OF the possible amount and at
A Elkins per cent
The wind movement ait Parkers-
burg was 1855 niles, and at EIkins,
7 81 ,9419 miles.
Weather First Six Months.
Januar! vas ahnormally warm and
III somewhat drier than usual During
/ the last q years the January tenn
VI peratures averaged higher only five
n times. The snowfall was considerable
above the average. The precipitation
III VI as vel Distributed and the weather
conditions We're exceptionally favor
FL able. Except in few OF the more
n elevated sections. nearly all the snow
.fall vas received from the 1st to the
"a 4 IN, the amounts for that period rang
ling generally from inches to more
than : feet. The amounts in the Ohio
q river sections we're unfmportant and
a they We're generally light over the
eastern panhandle section The cold
speriodsof. the month was from the 1tlthi
70 the d 18th. AbnoFmally high tenn
peratures. exceeding the previous
Y January records, were recorded on the
l29th.
February Much Colder.
February was much colder and
somewhat wetter than usual. The
snowfall was the heaviest Of record
TOT any month during the last 20
years There were three short per-
siods with the temperatures near or
below ezro IN the northern and cen
trial sections the temperatures on the
=, ranged from about zero to % be-
low zero, tho lowest readings or rec
ord for any spring after February Is
The wet periods were 81, le-i6. $50. j
and 1924. Heavy snow fell on the
l :a-i6 and 1925. Navigation was inn
4 peded IN the Ohio By. running ice.
March was unseasonably cold and
the precipitation was much deficient
6 in most sections. Only one March
s-sircet5fsa5 was drter, but the snow
fall was the greatest of record for
"A March: AS the snowfall melted dur
ing short periods OF warm. rainy
weather, there was no flood in the
district. The previous March temper
atllre records we're broken at several
of the central mountain stations on
he NV enty-first. when readings from
zero to degrees below zero were re-
Y corded The readings We're also low
on the first. second and twelfth
arm, weather prevailed on The Is
and after the twenty-ffth.
April was slightly warmer and CON
siiderablS wetter than usual, with a
" favorable precipitation distribution
2 most tons freezing tenlpera.
lures did not occur after the TWEEN
{ftieth and the las week was favorable
for growth. Ahnormally cool Wealth
er prevailed from the eighth ia thu
Seventh Most or the precipitation
occurred on the "a. l2-il6. 1920 and.
I. 2 5-26. Light snow or snow furrfes
occurred in many sections on the third
\ fifth and eighth:
May IA Dry Month.
May Vas characterized BY dry
weather. an excess OF sunshine and
short period OF abnormally high tenn
peraturcs On1F one month OF record
from Nay To- August. inclusive. waa
dI'ier. anf more sunshine was receiv-
$ed than during any other May OF rec
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