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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Rain or snow fell on 166 days during the 12 months. 



Heaviest rainfall in 24 hours, 1.47 inches on October 6. 



Heaviest snowfall in 24 hours, 9.00 inches on March 22. 



The highest temperature during the 12 months was 92.8° on July 9. 



The lowest temperature during the 12 months was 25.2° on December 31. 



During the growing season rain fell on 13 days in April, 14 days in May, 14 days 

 in June, 15 days in July, 16 days in August and 13 days in September. 



February shows the lowest number of days with precipitation, viz., 10 days. 



Total precipitation during the 12 months 27.72 inches, as compared with 34.51 

 inches during 1909-10. 



Rainfall, Snowfall and Total Precipitation from 1890 to 1910-11, also the average 



annual amount that has fallen. 



Year. 



ISO) 



1891 



189 J 



18!):: 



1894 



1895 



189 ; ; : 



1897" 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 January 1 t , March 31. 



1906-07 



1907-08 



1908-09 



1909-10 



1910-11 



Rainfall. 



Total for 21 years and 3 months . 

 Average for 21 years 



24 

 30 

 23 

 31 

 23 

 27 

 21 

 24 

 24 

 33 

 29 

 29 

 25 

 26 

 25 

 23 

 1 

 21 

 24 

 22 

 28 

 18 



73 

 19 



78 

 79 

 05 

 01 

 53 

 18 

 75 

 86 

 48 

 21 

 94 

 43 

 95 

 71 

 90 

 73 

 7G 

 13 

 40 

 94 



Snowfall. 



543 39 



25-87 



64 85 

 73 50 



105 00 

 72-50 

 7150 

 87 50 

 99 75 



'8900 



11225 

 77 25 



108 00 

 97 25 



10175 

 85 00 



108 75 



87 25 

 24 50 

 72 "50 



134 75 



107 90 



6125 



88 25 



1,930 25 



91-91 



Total 

 Precipitation. 



31 22 



37 51 

 34-28 



39 04 

 30 -2u 

 35 76 

 3150 



33 08 



35 97 

 4163 



40 72 



38 91 



36 10 



34 92 

 36 79 



32 42 

 4 34 



2S94 

 38-18 

 32 91 

 3451 

 27 72 



736 68 



35-08 



Record of Sunshine at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, from April 1, 1910. 



to March 31, 1911. 



Month. 



April 



May .- 



June 



July 



August , 

 September 

 October . . 

 Noveni b r 

 Deceiuli r 

 January. . 

 February 

 March 



Number 



of days with 



Sunshine. 



27 

 26 

 29 

 29 

 30 

 27 

 25 

 16 

 22 

 22 

 20 

 28 



Number of 



days without 



Sunshine. 



3 

 5 



1 

 2 

 2 



3 

 6 

 14 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 3 



Total hours 

 Sunshine. 



174 5 



198 4 



2314 



265 1 



237 6 



202 



153 1 



46 -8 



93 1 



98 1 



113 2 



189- 1 



Average 

 Sunshine 

 per day 



81 

 40 

 71 

 55 

 6G 

 73 

 93 

 56 

 U0 

 16 

 04 

 10 



(Signed) WILLIAM T. 



ELLIS. 



Observer. 



