Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-02
WAS DRYEST
MONTH IN MORE
THAN 10 YEARS
RAINFALL DURING MONTH WAS ONLY
TRACE, NOT ENOUGH FOR GAUGE
TO SHOW lT.
SUN SH0NE FOR THIRTY DAYS. WITH
ONLY FLOATING CLOUDS TO
CAST A RARE SHADOW.

Inc month OF June, 1919, was the urNe~t
IN ten years. the records of the United
States Weather Bureau at Fort Brown
show. During the past month there was no
rainfall, with the exception of a trace on
rain gauge. Other weather conditions were
extraordinary. Twenty-Five days of June
were perfectly clear. Eight days were part
" cloudy, no rain clouds, however. There
were no entirely cloudy DAYS.
temperatures for June were: highest,
erees on June /. The average temperature
for the month was 81.
Indications are that this section has
missed its annual early summer rainy sea
son. or else II has been greatly delayed.
July Is a dry month, and local weather
sharps are confident that the month will
maintain it, record. This summer will
probably prove more than any in many
years that this j. a semi arid region.
Comparison with the Junes of the past
eleven years can be- made to bring the
rarity out more strongly.
In June, 1905 the total rainfall was go
inches. Extremes of temperature were
Highest. 81, on June 18th; lowest, 6S, on
June ). Clear days Is. Partly cloudy days
II. Cloudy days none. Rainy days Z. A
rainy day j. one on which more than one
one hundredth of an inch of rain falls.
June, 1906 was a cantankerouS month.
with 4 temperature of l02. on the 18th, and
a low temperature of 90, on the night pre-
NouS, the 10th. The mean temperature
was S4.4. Although AS inches Of rain
fell. there were 27 clear days in the month.
One day was partly cloudy; on two days
the sky was completely overcast. On the
three rainy days nearly four and q half
inches of rain fell.
For 1907 there j. no record.
june, 1908, was mild. with q high TEN
%perature of 81, o. the 18th day, and a low
mark Of - on the 25th. The mean tenn
peratureS was 93.1. a remarkable showing
Of 80 partly cloudy days, with no clear
and no entirely cloudy days, is chalked
against this month. On 8 days rain fell,
.otalling 1.S2 inches.
Ia June 1909, 3.72 inches of rain fell.
most nf il on the last two Laws of the
month. when Z tNph"un swept the coast
region. RAINY day totallcd 4. There are
no figures for clear mn! cloudy DAYS. High
temperature was 30. on ;he 18th, inst be
fore the storm. Low wa IL. on the md.
The mean was $50.
June. 1910, was nearly 4 dry month On
IT. three RAINY days. 0S Of AN inch of ram
fell. There are no figures for clear and
cloudy days. Temperatures were: high
80. on the Both; low. ia the rock bottom
mark, on the night of the 18th. Mean for
the month was SIG.
June, 1911, was somewhat extreme, i'm
training, IT would seem, for the remarkable
squirt of the following year. Precipitation.
l.2l inches. Rainy days 3. Cloudy DAYS. ,.
Partly cloudy days, Is; clear days, -;
high temperature, lOl, on the Goth; low
6s, on the 18th. Mean, $40.
Records were split wide open by the June
of 1872. Twelve and seventy-eight one
hundredths Cl2.7o) inches of rain fell. in
the course of Il rainy days. On six DAYS
these precIpitations were more than an
inch. On June 10Th, alone, 3.O4 inches of
water fell Six days were cloudy and
twelve were partly cloudy. Seventeen times
out Of eighteen, that j., the appearance Of
clouds IN the sky was the signal Tor n
do"nponr. The remaining twelve DAYS
were clear. Temperatures were low. as
might be expected, with a high of only 81
Oh the 18th, and "A low Of "a on the Jth.
Being the ralnest, 1t was also the coolest
June OF all those compared here. Mean
temperature for the month was 7S.S.
June, 1913, sloped down gradually from
the record Of the previous year. Rainfall
was 1876 inches, with 1 rainy, 5 cloudy.
20 partly cloudy, and only 5 clear DAYS.
Temperatures: high 81, on the 3rJ: low.
6'.5, on the llth. The rainest day was th.
9th, with lbs inches fall.
June, 1914, last year, was nearly dry,
with a precipitation of 0.63 inches. -Four
days were rainy, l cloudy, all party cloudy,
and Is clear. The heaviest rain for a sinpl.
day came on the 23rd, when an i~nsignif-
cant % of an inch fell. High tempera
lures touched 90, on the Doth. and low
reached IL en- the 10th. Mean temperature
for the month was the same as 1910, mark
ing SIC DEGREES.