SHELTER DURING HIBERNATION. 



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Table VIII. — Climatic conditions at Dallas, Calvert, Palestine, and Victoria, Tex., 

 and at Kealchie, La., December 1, 1904, to March SI, 1905, ■producing complete mor- 

 tality of weevils hihernalimj in bolls. 



DECEMBER, 1904. 



Locality. 



DaUas, Tex... 

 Keatchie, La. a 

 Calvert, Tex. &. 

 Palestine, Tex. 

 Victoria, Tex.. 



Average. 



DaUas, Tex... 

 Keatchie, La. a 

 Calvert, Tex. b. 

 Palestine, Tex. 

 Victoria, Tex.. 



Average . 



Dallas, Tex 



Keatchie, La. a 

 Calvert, Tex. b. 

 Palestine, Tex. 

 Victoria, Tex. . 



Average . 



Dallas, Tex... 

 Keatchie, La. a 

 Calvert, Tex. b. 

 Palestine, Tex. 

 Victoria, Tex . . 



Average . 



Temperature. 



Times 

 below 

 32° F. 



Absolute 

 mini- 

 mum. 



°F. 

 20 

 22 

 21 

 22 

 30 



Average 

 mini- 

 mum. 



°F. 

 33.1 

 39.4 

 37.6 

 40.1 

 44.1 



38.8 



Monthly 

 mean. 



°F. 

 46.6 

 48.9 

 50.0 

 49.6 

 54.8 



50.0 



Depar- 

 ture from 

 normal. 



"F. 

 -1.2 

 - .5 

 -I- .1 

 -1.8 

 -3.0 



L3 



Rainfall. 



Depth. 



Inches. 

 0.74 

 9.62 

 2.58 

 4.08 

 1.59 



3.70 



Depar- 

 ture from 

 normal. 



Inches. 

 -1.40 



4-4.94 



- .04 

 + .27 



- .26 



+ .702 



JANUARY, 1905. 



-1-0.33 



- .47 



- .44 

 -2.25 

 -1-1.41 



.284 



FEBRUARY, 1905. 



-hLll 

 - .04 

 + 1.20 

 -1.00 

 -1-1.42 



-f- .59 



MARCH, 1905. 



+ 1.29 

 + .39 

 +2.34 

 + .14 

 + 3.52 



+ 1.54 



a Temperatures for Shreveport, La. 



b Temperatures for Hearne, Tex. 



An examination of this table shows that the temperature went below 

 freezing with remarkable frequency during this period. The most 

 severe cold weather occurred during February, when the temperature 

 averaged 10 degrees or more below normal throughout the State of 

 Texas. The absolute minimum for this season at the five points 

 mentioned is recorded by the Weather Bureau as being 2 degrees 

 above zero at Dallas. At Calvert the minimum temperature was 10 

 degrees and at Victoria 20 degrees. In most of the localities there 

 was an excess of rainfall, so that the winter as a whole may be 

 characterized as having been unusually Cold and wet. 



