Author : United States Weather Bureau
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428056384
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (563 download)
Book Synopsis Climatological Data, Texas, Vol. 59 by : United States Weather Bureau
Download or read book Climatological Data, Texas, Vol. 59 written by United States Weather Bureau and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Climatological Data, Texas, Vol. 59: January 1954 The greatest precipitation in 24 hours was inches at Bronson on the 9th.and loth. The extreme west and the extreme south had little or no rain during the first decade. Temperatures averaged above normal from the 12th to the 20th, when most stations recorded their highest temperature for the month. The highest tem perature in the State was 90 at Laredo, mcallen, and Mccook, on the 20th. A second mass of cold air entered the State on the.20th, bringing snow, sleet, and freezing rain in northern sections. Most stations recorded their lowest tempera ture for the month on the 22nd. The lowest temperature in the State was 4 below zero at Littlefield on the lt. Sub-freezing temperatures did not extend into the Lower Rio Grande Valley, although the Wintergarden area around Eagle Pass had temperatures as low as After the 22nd, light rains occurred mostly in north ern and eastern areas with very little rain in the northwest, the extreme west, and the extreme south. Temperatures after the 22nd were near seasonal normal with freezing confined to northern portions. The greatest monthly precipitation was inches at Naples 5 ne. Minor flooding occurred in northeast Tex s along the Sulphur and Sabine Rivers from the 17th to the 28th from rains that fell from the loth to the i6th. Farm activity was stepped up during the open warmer weather of the month, but was stopped by the northers that moved into the State on the 9th and 20th. In the Plains country, light snow and rain coming with the fronts were temporarily help ful, but more moisture was needed. Over the eastern third of the State, soils were still wet. Progress of commercial vegetables in south Texas continued fav orable. The cold wave that reached into the extreme southern counties caused no. Damage to hardy type crops. Throughout west Texas condition of livestock remained only fair to good; very little grazing was available and heavy supplemental feed ing continued. Marketing of calves and yearlings from small grain pastures con tinued active. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
