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(i WASHINGTON State Wcathcf Published Monthly in The Ranch. Henry F. Alciatore, . Editor Director Washington Weather service, SEATTLE, WASH. G. W. Paneo ast, . . . lstAss-t. £. C. Bradner, ... 2nd Asst. JULY WEATHER IN WASHINGTON. A perfectly normal temperature and small rainfall were the chief charac teristics of the weather during- July, 1894. An average of all the monthly mean temperatures gives the state a mean of 65.4 degrees, which is only three-tenths of a degree colder than the normal July temperature. In 1890 the mean state temperature was 63.9; in 1861 it was 66.2; in 1892 it was 62.8, and in 1893 it was 63.9. The warmest place this time was Kennewick, Yaki ma county, with a monthly mean tem perature of 79.4 degrees. For the cold est weather we find Tatoosh Island with a mean of only 55 degrees. At Sulphur Springs, Franklin county, the thermometer rose to 106 degrees on the afternoon of the 24rd; this was the highest recorded temperature in the state. It was on the morning of the Ist that the lowest tempernture for the month occurred, the observers at Iveavenworth, Okanogan county, and Waterville, Douglas county, reporting a minimum temperature of 34 degress. During the past five Julys the ther mometer has been above 104 degrees every time, and as high as 108 once. That was in 1891. The lowest temper- Daily precipitation, in inches and hundredths, for the month of July, 1894. STATIONS. To tit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 120 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 for m'th Elaine 0000000000 0 16 .30 040 WestFerndale... 0000000000 0 .. ... T .02.10 0.62 KiiNt sound 0000000 0 00 0 04 18.03 0.25 Kast Sound 0000000000 0 T 15.15 03.21 0.54 AtiaYnrtea 0000000000 0 02 ... 0.02 TaUwshlsiand" 0 0 0 0 0 0 .13 .06 0 0 0 03 T 01 .04 12 .60 .10 39 .16 1.60 NeXßay!! . .":: 000000.30 000 0 T W*B 8°"10 17° Por^AnKfclea 6 '"6 '"6 "6 "6 "f "6 "6 '"6"6 "6 '.'.'.'. '.'.'.'. '.'.'.'. '.'.'.'. '.'.'.'. '.'.'.'. ".'.'. ".06 '.'.'.'. ".'.'. 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This month the greatest rainfall was at Neah Bay, Clallam county, and only a few miles from Cape Flattery, viz.: 1.70 inches, while at Fort Spokane, Lincoln county, Leavenworth, Okano gan county, and Kennewick, Yakima county, not a drop of rain fell during the entire month. The heaviest 24 --hour rainfall was at Lapush, in Clal lam county, where 0.67 of an inch of rain fell on the 25th. The 7th, 19th, 24th to 26th, 28th and 29th were rainy days in western Washington; the sth, 15th, 16th and 17th were days of gen eral rainfall in the eastern portion of the state. There was an average of 20 clear days, 7 partly cloudy days, and only 4 cloudy days during the month. While the weather was perhaps a trifle dry for certain crops, yet -on the whole, the conditions were propitious to agriculture. The grain crops made satisfactory progress in all sections. The month has been practically with out any of those hot sizzing winds that some times blow in the eastern coun ties injuring wheat. No better weather could have been desired for haymak ing. Large crops have been the rule and they were secured in first-class condition. So far the prospects, from the farmer's standpoint, are very bright in all parts of the state. THE INTERSTATE FAIR. Governor McGraw dedicated the In terstate Fair at Tacoma on the 15th instant in the best description of Washington that we have heard or seen. His speech was patriotic, terse and full of sound sense. It ought to be published broadcast as a means of placing Washington 'before the people in her proper position among the states of the Union. Orator Lane rivaled Chauncey Depew in his rounded periods, and gave the fair a great send off. President Holmes of the Chamber of Commerce and President Bucey of the fair, added to the enthusiasm of the 10,000 or more people assembled at the dedication. Exhibits are fast get ting into shape, and the formal open ing next week will see a great exposi tion that the Pacific Northwest will view as a proud augury of better days to come. A meeting of the State Poultry Asso ciation has been called for Saturday evening September 1, at Justice Hen ton's office, North Yakima. Man's unhappiness, as I construe it, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an infinite in him which, with all his cunning, he can not quite bury under the finite. —Thomas Carlyle.