OCTOBER, 1925 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 465
1 Fprl
577. 58
-0.33 -1.31 -2 36 -5. 15 -1.31
-a z(
Total----------------------------,---------- lS0,OOO
Owing to a levee break in the lower St. Francis River of Missouri, a considerable area of farm land in Dunklin County was overflowed on the 24th. No definite reports of damage have been received except that a newspaper estiniate places crop losses at soniething: less than
Mean lwei during October, 1925:
-4hovc mean SCR level at New York ______ dbm-e or beloa- Mean stage of Scptember, 1825 _____ ~.
Mean stage of October. 1924. -. . - __ _. .4vcr~gestagerorOctnherl~st IOyeus
- Q100,000. *
Rises in the San Antonio and Dallas districts were well
Ffrt. 601.38
-0.02 -0.46 -1.14
forecast and were attended b only slight losses and a
considerable saving in livestocg. Heary local rain in western Colorado on the 5th resulted in losses in highways and bridges and railmad property estimated (by newspaper) as at least $100,000.
Mississippi dralnage: Grand _____ - - - - - - - - Gallath, Mo ____________ Chillicothe, Mo ______ __- Logan N . Mex ________- Danvdle. Ark _________-- Batsville. brk.. ___ - - - --I
Black ____ - - - - - - - - -. Cache. _____ - -. - - -
Trinity ____ ____ __ __ Little ____________ __ Colorado- - __ - - __ - -
Guadahpe ________ Victorla, Tex ____________ 16
Rio Qrande ________ Rio Grande Clty, Tex-- San Benito, Tex ________ 1
Weat Gulf drainage:
I
Newport. .Ark ____ - - - - - - - Georgetown, Ark _______ Black Rock, Ark ________ Patterson, Ark-. __ - -----
Dallss Tex _____________ Little h e r . TEX ____---- Columbus. Tex ___---- --
Fwt 20
18 4
23 26
22 14 9
25 30 28
a0
1 Continued at end of month.
* Continued from last month. River above flood stage followlng Sept. 26, 1925.
MEAN LAKE LEVELS DURING OCTOBER, 1935
By UNITED ST.4TES LAKE SURVES
[Detroit. Mch., Nov. 5, 19251
The following data are reported in the “Notice to Mariners” of the above date :
Lakes I
I
Michigan
lluron 1 superior
1
nnd
I
Eric 1 Ontario i
nata
-a 37 -1.1;
-1.4s
-3.1; -0.27
-0.32
Fed 244.32
-0.24
-1. 13
-1.32
-3. .Iu +o. 65
--u. 35
I Lake St. Clair’s level: In Octobcr, 1024 5i:MJ feet.
EFFECT OF WEATHER ON CROPS AND FARMING OPERA- TIONS, OCTOBER, 1935
By J. B. I~INCER
General summry.-The persistence of cloudy and rainy weather from the middle and u er Mississi pi Valley
work, with a consequent dela in the usual fall operations.
in the southeast, however, which made much more favor-
eastward made conditions decide ti!? y unfavorab F e for farm
It was es ecially unfavorabe T for drying corn and for
seedin* fa r 1 grains. Rainfall relieved the severe drought
able conditions in that area, aiid the soil at the close of the month was in generally good shape, thoygh more rain was needed locally in Florida. The ra.ins in the South rerived pastures and improved 1at.e t.ruck and other minor crops, but- there was some delay to field work in central and west Gulf sections. The first genera.1 frost of the season over the interior of the count.ry occurred from t,lie Sth t,o the l%h, but no widespread or material harm resulted because of the ad- vanced condition of crops. The freezing temperatures near the c.lose of t,he mont,h, however, caused damage to undug potatoes, and in some sections t.0 unpicked apples, orer a wide area from t,he nortaliern Plains eastward. West of blip R.ocky Mount,n.ins the w-cather conditions were generally favorable, thou& bhe soil continued too
dry in n.rts of the Pn.cific Nort7iwest. Rmaff qrccins.--Wet, weather from the central Missis- si pi Vnlhy enst,ward was unfarora.ble for seeding winter w-lent lp during innst. of the month, and this work was inucli delayed. The early-seeded grain.gerniinated satis- fnct.nrily, however, and was generally in good condition nt the close of the month. Over the Great Plains area and in the Southwest rainfall was lighter and seeding inade good progress, while t,he breaking of the drought in the Southeast facilitat,ed the seeding of fall grains in that areti. In the Northeast, buckwheat was unfavorably itfTected by wet weather, partriculnrlg in New York.
C’orn .-In the central and eastern portions of the Corn Belt it ront.inued generally too cloudv and wet for drying out corn, and husking its delayed. There was some dminge by molding in shock in the Ohio Valley States, and to both shocked nnd outstanding corn in the u per
Plains States conditions were more favorable, and most1 good progress was inade in gathering the crop, thoug the grain dried slowly in parts of this area and there was considerable complaint of high moisture content of grain. In the Southeast there was some interruption by the heavy rainfall to 1ia.rvesting the lat,ter part of the month
Cotton .-The weather was decidedly unfavorable for outstanding cotton over the central-northern and north- western portions of the belt, dthough the latter part of October was much innre favorable by reason of less rain- fall and more sunshine. In t,lie sections where rain was frequent much damage was done to open cotton b lowering of grade, and picking wn.s practically at a standl still during part of the month. Near the close, freezing temperatures overspread the northwestern cotton dis- tricts, which sto ped further growth and damaged imma- ture bolls. In tRe enstern ortions of the belt conditions
b rain to picking in the northeast during the latter part
MisceTlancous crop.-In the Southen.st,ern States fall bruck and miscellaneous cro s were materially improved by generous rains. while conJtions were mostly favoyable in central and west Gulf sections. There WRS consrder-
irble complaint of potatoes rotting in New Pork because of wet soil, and widesprend harm w3.s done t.0 undug potatoes in many Northern St&x by freezing weather npar the close of the month. Tliere w,as considerable
delay to sugar-heet. harvest by frequent rains, t,liough t,his work wns fwili t.n t.ed in t,Iie west.ern Plat,eau districts by incrensed soil moisture. Pastures improved generally
in the Southeast, and conditions were mostly favorable for gmzing int.erest.s in t,he West. In the central and
eastern portions of the count.ry pastures were in good condition for the season.
Mississippi Valley. particularly in Iowa. In the B reat
E
were more favorable, thoug P i there was some interruption
o 7 the month.