Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1911 — March Was Slightly Warmer Than Normal for 40 Years. [ARTICLE]

March Was Slightly Warmer Than Normal for 40 Years.

March was slightly warmer this year than normal, according to the monthly meteorological summary issued by Verne H. Church, Indiana director of the United States weather bureau. The normal temperature for the -month was 40.7 degrees, 1.1 degree above the average normal temperature of 39.6 for March during the last forty-one years. The highest temperature was recorded March 21, when the mercury reached 71 degrees, and the lowest temperature recorded was 12 degrees above zero, on March 16. The greatest daily range was 34 degrees, March 9. The total precipitation for the month was 2.89 inches and thS greatest precipitation for twenty-four hours was .88 inch on March 7. The precipitation for the month was 1.12 inches below normal. There were eleven clear days, eleven partly cloudy and nine elpudy days during the month. The prevailing direction of the wind was south and th.i total movement for the month was 8,867 miles, the average hourly velocity being 11.9. The maximum velocity for a period of five minutes was recorded March 27th, when the wind moved at a pace of forty-two miles an hour, Thunderstorms were re* corded on March 22d. The reports for the first three months of the year show the period to have been warmer with less precipitation than the average for the period during past years. The average daily temperature for the first three months of the year was 3.7 above the normal and average daily deficiency of precipitation fo 1 : the period was 2.75 inches.

Casa county’s insane population is a problem. The county has thirtynine more than its quota of inmates at the northern Indiana hospital in Logansport. Four insane persons are in the jail, and the county infirmary is crowded. .... i 11«