Excerpt from Climatological Data, Texas, Vol. 59: January 1954

The greatest precipitation in 24 hours was inches at Bronson on the 9th.and loth. The extreme west and the extreme south had little or no rain during the first decade. Temperatures averaged above normal from the 12th to the 20th, when most stations recorded their highest temperature for the month. The highest tem perature in the State was 90° at Laredo, mcallen, and Mccook, on the 20th. A second mass of cold air entered the State on the.20th, bringing snow, sleet, and freezing rain in northern sections. Most stations recorded their lowest tempera ture for the month on the 22nd. The lowest temperature in the State was 4° below zero at Littlefield on the lt. Sub-freezing temperatures did not extend into the Lower Rio Grande Valley, although the Wintergarden area around Eagle Pass had temperatures as low as After the 22nd, light rains occurred mostly in north ern and eastern areas with very little rain in the northwest, the extreme west, and the extreme south. Temperatures after the 22nd were near seasonal normal with freezing confined to northern portions. The greatest monthly precipitation was inches at Naples 5 ne. Minor flooding occurred in northeast Tex s along the Sulphur and Sabine Rivers from the 17th to the 28th from rains that fell from the loth to the i6th.

Farm activity was stepped up during the open warmer weather of the month, but was stopped by the northers that moved into the State on the 9th and 20th. In the Plains country, light snow and rain coming with the fronts were temporarily help ful, but more moisture was needed. Over the eastern third of the State, soils were still wet. Progress of commercial vegetables in south Texas continued fav orable. The cold wave that reached into the extreme southern counties caused no. Damage to hardy type crops. Throughout west Texas condition of livestock remained only fair to good; very little grazing was available and heavy supplemental feed ing continued. Marketing of calves and yearlings from small grain pastures con tinued active.

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