Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
1926 SUMNER RECORD CITED
TO AFFIRM OR REFUTE SLURS
Year for Which no Good Was Predicted
Willing to Let Bureaus Report
Stand Before Critics.

Nebraska. West Of this point, it was
from 8 to Is degrees above normal.
The week ending June 16 was ap
proximately degrees above nor
NAL for the entire country, excepting
Lakes, where it was from to 6
degrees colder than is usual
Cold Weather Recorded.
The week ending June % was un-
doubtedly cold. from 8 to 9 degrees
below normal everywhere, except in
the extreme South.
The week ending June 90 was from
to degrees below normal for
the entire country east of Central
Colorado. West of Denver it was
about II degrees above normal.
The week ending July s was from
3 to 6 degrees above normal for
the entire country. with the exception
of fringe around the Great Lakes.
The week ending July 10 was 3
degrees above normal in the Middle
Atlantic States. and from to s de-
grees below normal in most of the
Middle West.
The week ending July 20 was from
8 to 6 degrees below normal in the
East, and from to degrees above
The week ending July q was 3
degrees above normal east of the
Mississippi, and 8 degrees below nor
NAL in the Middle West.
The week ending August 3 was
very patchy, ranging from degrees
below to degrees above all over the
country.
The week ending August 10 was
about degrees above normal all
over the United States. except in
Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas.
where 1t was about 3 degrees below
normal.
Variation Is Recorded.
The week ending August II. was
3 degrees above normal as far as
the foothills Of the Rockies, about s
degrees below normal in the noun
tains. and slightly above normal in
the Pacific Coast States.
The week ending August "a was
about 3 degrees above normal ex
cept along the Canadian border. the
New England States and the Middle
Atlantic States as far south as Rich
mond.
The week ending August 81 was
from 8 to 8 degrees above normal in
the entire country. except Fexas,
where it was from 8 to degrees be-
low normal.
Week for week. the immediate neigh
borhood of the District of Columbia
has varied very slightly from the So
year temperature normal. The wealth
err maps show that the Capital has
had seven weeks slightly above the go
year average. Likewise it has had
seven weeks when the temperature
averaged slightly below the normal.
But in both cases the variation has
seldom been more than per cent.
Rainfall Record.
AS for rainfall the record is as fol
lows:
Week ending June Normal.
Week ending June S-NOrmal.
Week ending June 15-Heavy rains
in like States and part of Middle
West. Dry in Far West and along
Atlantic coast
,ept Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast
States, which had no rain.
Week ending June 29-Slight rains
over most OF country.
Week ending July 6-Normal
Week ending July 13-Normal
Week ending July 20--Dry in Middle
West and on Pacific coast, normal
elsewhere.
Week ending July 27-Dry in noun
tain States. considerable rain in East
and Middle West.
Week ending August 3-Heavy rains
in parts of South and East dry on Pa
Cif1c coast.
Week ending August 10-Normal.
Week ending August 17-Heavy
rains in parts of East, Middle West
and South.
Week ending August 24-Heavy
rains in parts of East and Middle
West.
Week ending August 31-Normal.
Washington has had four rainy
weeks. Twelve weeks have brought
very light rains, if any at all. but
there has been no abnormally dry
spells.
Effect on Growing Crops.
Now as to the effect of the wealth
ly by the Weather Bureau.
Week ending June Favorable in
wheat, corn and cotton areas.
Week ending June 8-Too dry for |
wheat, too cold for corn, and fairly
IA vorable for cotton.
Week ending June 15-Good for
wheat, corn and cotton.
Week ending June 22-Good for
wheat and oats. cool for corn. ia.
vorable for cotton.
Week ending June 29-Favcrable
for wheat and cotton, but too cool
for corn.
Week ending July Good for
wheat. cotton and corn.
Week ending July 13--Good for
wheat, cotton and corn.
Week ending July 20-Unfavorable
for wheat. good for cotton over most
Of the range, and rather unfavorable
for corn.
Week ending July 27--Good for
wheat. too dry for corn, and either
too wet or too dry for cotton.
Wheat Harvest Favored.
Week ending August S--Favorable
for wheat harvest. good for corn.
generally favorable to cotton.
Week ending August 10-Good for
wheat harvest, favorable for corn
and cotton.
Week ending August l7-Favorable
for grain harvest, excellent for corn,
but less favorable for cotton.
Week ending August 24-Favorable
for small grains. poor for corn and
cotton.
Week ending August 31-Favor-
able for grains. corn and cotton.