484 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. SEPTEMFIER,1923 Heavy and almost continuous rains fell ‘over north- MEAN LAKE LEVELS DURING SEPTEMBER, 1923. eastern Arizona from to 18, inclusive, and By UNITEDSTATES LAKE SURVEY. for several days that portion of the State east of Flagstaff was cut off from the remainder of the State. The main [Detroit, Mich., October 3,1923.1 1ine.of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was The following data are reported in the “Notice to put out of commission by washouts, State highways were Mariners” of the above date: rendered impassable, and telegraph and telephone com- munication suspended. The principal damage occurred at and in the vicinit of the town of Holbrook at the junction of the Rio 5uerco and Little Colorado Rivers, Data where many buildings, including residences, were washed awa and one life was lost. Streets wore inundated and muc% pro erty along the river banks carried away by Mean level diiring b tember,. 1923: erosion. trains were rerouted through western New Above mean sea tvel at hew York ...... Above or below- Mexico and southern Arizona, and one such train en route Yean stage of AuKnst. 1923 ...... Mean stage of September, 1922...... from Phoenix, Ariz., northward, was wrecked near Averagestage [or September last 10 Wickenbu , Ark:, resulting in the death of four persons. pears ...... -0.66 1 -1.09 I -0.94 . -1.16 Highet recorded bptember stage... -1.99 -3.79 -2.39 -2.58 The rainfaif at Wickenburg during and 1s Lowast recorded Se tember stage...... +Rnl -0.02 1 +a27 +].a amounted to 4.50 inches. Average relation of the gptemher level to: ...... -0.2 j -0.3 -a4 Octoberlevel...... / +0.2 +0.3 +a4

Flood stages during September. - ~~~~~~ ~~ 1 Lake fit. Clair’s level: 111 September 574.49 feet.

Above flood crest. EFFECT OF THE WEATHER ON CROPS AND FARMINQ rtages-dates. OPERATIONS, SEPTEMBER, 1923. River and station. Flood - rom- TO- Itage. Date. By J. B. KINCER,Meteorologist. - The weather during Se tember was favorable, in the ATLANTIC DRAINAGE. Red. Feet. main, for field work and Parming operations made satis- Roanoke: Weldon, N. C...... 30 25 % 30.0 25 8aluda: Chappels, 5. C ...... 14 1 1 14.4 1 factory advance in most sections of the country. The santee: soil condition was especially favorable for the pre ara- Himlni 8. C...... 12 (9 4 13.2 2 FergusAn, S. C ...... 12 1 12.5 5 tion for wheat seeding in the central valleys and reat Plains States, and there was sufficient rain for improve-e MISSISSIPPI DRAINAGE. ment in the far Northwest. 25 29 10.5 29 18 18 5.0 18 Threshing small grains made rapid progress in the LittEArka-; Sed ick ham...... 18 27 aR 24. S 27 more northwestern districts, but in some parts of the Giove -0s ...... 12 11 15 15.4 14-18 upper Mississippi Valley, especially in Iowa, frequent Midlan Shin; I<-. (Wichita, Kans.). 12 2s 2s 13.5 25 Canadian Northhrk rains were rather unfavorable for threshing oats, thou h Woodward Okla ...... 3 18 21 5.3 19 canton OPa...... 4 20 m 4.2 !a conditions improved after the first few days of t% 0 Oklah& City, OU...... 12 m m 12.2 a0 month. Rainfall in the lower Great Plains waa particu- Do ...... 12 23 2.5 13.3 2s larly timely for the reparation of wheat land in some WEST GULF DRAINAGE. sections where it ha.2 been too dry. At the close of the Nueces: Cotulls, Tes...... 15 7 10 16.0 ’I month the soil had again become too dry in the more BIO GRANDE DRAINAGE. northwestern States. Rio Cpnde: Unseasonably cool weather prevailed in north-central Mlssim Tex ...... 24 12 13 24.5 13 districts about the middle of the month, when freezing Do.’ ...... 24 23 25 25.4 2.4 Rio Grande Clty, Tex...... 15 0 13 XI. 3 11 tem eratures occurred in numerous localities in. the Do ...... 15 a1 24 21.5 12 nor&ern border States from North Dakota eastward. San Benito, Tes...... 21 10 (’) ZJ. 3 22-25 Heavy to killin frosts occurred in most sections of COLORADO DRAINAQE. and #isconsin, with severe damage to some Colorado: Lees Ferry, Ark ...... 12 20 m 13.5 m crops, particularly to late truck and gardens. There was also a varying amount of frost damage in Iowa, northern 1 Continued from Au st 1 cootinud into ~ct%r: , central and northern Indiana, , New York,

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/26/21 12:20 PM UTC