Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-15
SEPTEMBER WEATHER
Summary Of Weather Conditions Shows
Low. Precipitation.

| LOW. precipitation.
| According to a report Of the United
States weather bureau in Columbia,
| September was remarkably dry
month. The following general sum-
mary Of weather conditions through
out the state during the month Of
September will be Of interest to York
county people:
In direct contrast to the conditions
Of the preceding month, September,
1915, was remarkably dry. with tenn
peratures considerably above the sea-
| sonal average The distribution Of
rainfall continued extremely irregular,
particularly after the first week, and
but two smaller areas received amounts
above normal, while an extensive
region of the northen portion ex-
perienced conditions bordering on
drought. This was greatly intensified
by unseasonably high day and night
temperatures during this period 7th
| to the close Of the 22nd. The drought
was broken by copious showers
throughout the section on the 30th.
AS a result Of marked change from
cool, wet weather to excessive heat
and maximum sunshine after the first
week, cotton opened rapidly and
picking, ginning and marketing con-
tinued with but little interruption un-
| til about the close Of the month. In
| view Of irregular periods Of COOL wet
xIyifh intervals q nf infQnQa haQf
during the growing season, the gen.
eral output was better than was ex-
pected, and the condition ranges rel
atively about one-third fine and still
fruiting, one-third fair and one-third
poor according to methods Of cultiva-
| tion and fertilization. While more
| moisture would have materially i'm
proved corn, field truck gardens, for
age and pastures, these crops were
generally promising at the close Of the
month. The weather was especially
favorable for harvesting a large crop
Of good hay. Peanut culture was con-
siderably increased this year, and
gathering the seasons crop began
during the last decade.
Temperature.
The monthly mean for the section.
determined from reports Of AZ stations.
was 1853 degrees. or 1.6 degrees above
the established normal. 80 degrees be-
low the mean Of the warmest Septem-
Der, which was in 1911, and 6.3 de-
grees above the mean Of the cool Sep
tember Of 1888. Eight previous Sep
TENDERS were warmer, and 20 were
cooler. The highest temperature was
101 degrees at Saluda, Saluda county,
on the 11th. This Is degrees below
the record September maximum, which
occurred in 1912. Eight previous Sep
TENDERS have had maximum tempera-
lures Of 101 degrees or higher, and 13
have had temperatures Of 100 degrees
or above. A persistent heat wave that
prevailed from the 7th to the close Of
the 22nd, was attended by daily mean
temperatures that ranged from S to IL
degrees above the normal. The warm
est reported was between the 9Th and
11th. The lowest temperature was As
degrees at Mountain Rest, Oconee
county on the 22nd, and at Saluda
on the 23rd. Fourteen previous Sep
TENDERS have had minimum tempera-
lures Of 43 degrees or lower. The
coolest period was between the 23rd
and 25th, but by far the greater num-
ber Of monthly minima were record
ed on the 23rd.
The average for the section, SIS sta
tions reporting, was 2.38 inches, or 1.60
inches below the established normal,
7.43 inches below the average Of the
wet September Of 1888 and 1.26 inches
above the average Of the dry Septem-
ber Of 1887. Twenty-Five previous Sep
TENDERS have had averages in excess
Of that Of the month just closed, and
but three have had smaller averages.
Precipitation was unequally distribut-
ed in both amount and area. In mar
row strip Of the eastern counties and
in the extreme northwestern portion of
the section, the amounts were above
normal and ranged from to over 7
inches, while the measurements were
less than inches; and in an extensive
area Of the northern portion less than
l inch was recorded. The greatest local
monthly amount was 7.06 inches at
Kingstree, Williamsburg county; least
amount, O.42 inches at Darlington.
The greatest 24-hour rainfall at any
station was $40 inches at Smiths Mill,
Georgetown county, on the 1st.