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STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



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Chart III. Average maximum temperature during the growing season. 



At night the temperature falls decidedly over the interior sections, especi- 

 ally where the elevation is greater. The days are warm but the nights are 

 cold. There is, on the average, a difference of twenty-eight degrees be- 

 tween the early morning and afternoon temperatures in interior regions, 

 from Alger county westward. Along the lake shores the range is less 

 than eighteen degrees, on the average. The great body of water, having 

 a fairly uniform temperature tends to hold the adjoining land areas to 

 somewhat the same conditions, not only from day to night but from sum- 

 mer to winter. 



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Chart IV. Average minimum temperal'ure during the growing season. 



Tlie liighest temperatures on record are sliown by Table 5. The ex- 

 treme maximum, 108 degrees, was registered at Marquette, on the Lake 

 Superior shore. Such temperatures could be recorded only under un- 



