. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. REGIONAL NEWS NOTES WASHINGTON Continued from page 19 temperature ranged higher than the temperature outside, in fact all month it ranged 2 to 3 de- grees above the high for the day. The bogs are dry and most growers are watering at least four hours a week. New plantings need more water than old growth so the ponds are getting quite low. The Cranberry Vine came out this last month with a summary of the Field Day ac- tivities. "^'^ i^. WISCIIISII ¥'- "Rain, rain go away, come again another ; This is a chant beginn
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. REGIONAL NEWS NOTES WASHINGTON Continued from page 19 temperature ranged higher than the temperature outside, in fact all month it ranged 2 to 3 de- grees above the high for the day. The bogs are dry and most growers are watering at least four hours a week. New plantings need more water than old growth so the ponds are getting quite low. The Cranberry Vine came out this last month with a summary of the Field Day ac- tivities. "^'^ i^. WISCIIISII ¥'- "Rain, rain go away, come again another ; This is a chant beginning to be heard in the Wisconsin area. Through- out June temperatures were generally below normal, with precipitation above normal. June provided ideal weather for growth but was also excellent weather for weeds to thrive on. Cool and showery weather prevailed during tihe first week of July. Daily temperatures were below normal and then abruptly rose to above normal levels June 30th . (The showers were spotty and fell for several days. Richland Center reported inches in a very heavy shower June 29 for a weekly total of nearly 6Vz inches. June rainfall was frequent and heavy throughout the state. Monthly amounts averaged 7 to 8 inches north of a line from LaCrosse to Green Bay with 5 to 7 in- ches south of that line except for 7 to 8 inches again in the extreme southeastern counties. Locally, throughout the state, amounts have been in the 10 to 15 inch range. A strong cold front pushed southward across the state on July 1 ushering in a week of un- seasonably cool temperatures. Thunderstorms accompanied the cold front across the state bring- ing 1 inch rainfall amounts to the central belt of counties roughly from Minneapolis to Green Bay around midnight June 30 to July 1. Damaging winds occured in Dunn and St. Croix counties and again in Calumet ad Manitowoc coun- ties. A small tornado was re- ported at Chilton. Scattered thunderstorms with some hail developed on the aftern
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