GEOGRArnv .\XD VEGET.\TION OF NORTHERN FLORIDA. 



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STATIONS 



Temperature 



Jan. 



July 



Annual 



a 



o 



O 



Rainfall 



Annual 



Per cent 

 June- 

 Sepl. 



Per cent 

 May- 

 0.t. 



Flomatoii" 



Pensac'ola 



DeFuniak Springs _. 



St. Andrew's 



Marianna 



Carral-elle 



Tallahassee 



Stephensvillet 



Archer 



Gainesville 



Lake City 



Macclenn}- 



Jacksonville 



St. Augustine 



HuntingtonJ 



52.3 

 51.6 

 52.1 

 50.6 

 53.5 

 52.1 

 51.4 

 55.4 

 54.9 

 55.6 

 54.6 

 53.9 

 56.2 

 56.4 



81.4 

 80.5 

 81.8 

 81 .0 

 81.7 

 80.4 

 80.7 

 81.0 

 81.4 

 81.1 

 81.9 

 80.9 

 81.8 

 81.8 



66.2 



67.9 



260 



285 



66 .8 

 69.3 

 67.2 

 67.2 

 69.0 

 69.3 

 69.2 

 68.9 

 68.2 

 69.4 

 70.2 



57.80 

 56.07 

 65.49 

 58.69 



37.9 

 44.5 

 44.3 



47.8 



50.1 

 46.9 

 59.1 

 52.7 

 54.1 

 48.2 

 49.8 

 51.0 

 48.1 

 55.1 



*Mostl}' in Escambia Co., Ala., but partly in Escambia Co., Fla. 

 tNear the southern corner of Taylor Go. 

 +In the southeastern part of Putnam Co. 



49.9 

 56.1 

 555 

 61.1 



60.5 

 59.0 

 66.6 

 64.5 

 66.5 

 59.1 

 63.9 

 67.2 

 66.1 

 69.6 



It will be noticed that the differences in temperature between 

 different stations are not very marked, particularly in the case of 

 the July temperatures. There is more difference in the growing 

 season, and this probably has some significance, though in an area 

 as diversified as northern Florida it is difficult to separate its effects 

 from the more obvious ones of soil and topographv. The total 

 rainfall ranges from 48.05 inches at St. Augustine to 65.49 inches 

 at DeFuniak Springs, apparently without any definite relation to 

 latitude or altitude, except that the high elevation of DeFuniak 

 (256 feet) may have something to do with the heavy precipitation 

 there, and the difference between Tallahassee and Carrabelle might 

 be explained in a similar manner. 



The wetness of the summers varies somewhat too, being least 

 in the extreme northwest and generally greatest southeastward. 

 Although 'the above figures do not bring it oirt very well, the rainy 

 season usually begins and ends a little earlier in the western parts 

 of the state than in the eastern. The percentages for both four and 

 six months are given to facilitate comparison with figures that have 

 been published by the writer elsewhere for other parts of the coastal 

 plain. The wettest four-month period seems to be at Stephensville 

 (which reports over ten inches of rain for both July and August), 

 but the wettest six-month period is at Huntington. At Flomaton 

 the rainfall is almost' equally balanced between the two halves of 



