DESCRIPTION OF THE COASTAL. PLAIN REGION. 



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Table I. — Records of temperature and precipitation for Kinston, N. C, Seaford, Del, 

 and Moorestown, N. J., for the years 1902 to 1907, inclitsive. 



Place and month. 



Kinston, N. C, elevation, 40 feet. 

 (United States Geological Survey): 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 



October 



November. 

 December.. 



1902. 



Temperature. 



Maxi- 

 mum. 



January... 

 February. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October. . . 

 November. 

 December. 



'F. 



73 

 76 

 83 

 89 

 97 

 100 

 104 

 99 

 91 

 84 

 81 

 71 



Mini- 

 mum. 



67 

 75 

 79 

 88 

 93 

 99 

 101 

 98 

 90 

 86 

 72 

 69 



79 

 74 

 80 

 94 

 98 

 100 

 100 

 96 

 96 

 87 

 85 

 77 



"F. 

 15 

 19 

 22 

 30 

 44 

 50 

 60 

 52 

 46 

 31 

 31 

 16 



Mean. 



'F. 

 41.3 



38.4 

 54.9 

 61.2 

 72.8 

 77.5 

 82.6 

 78.6 

 72.6 

 62.9 

 57.2 

 45.5 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Inches. 

 1.01 

 6.70 

 3.04 

 2.34 

 2.64 

 3.92 

 2.69 

 8.91 

 2.76 

 5.13 

 4.14 

 1.82 



45.10 



1904. 



1903. 



Temperature. 



Maxi- 

 mum. 



'F. 



71 

 74 

 81 

 86 

 95 

 90 

 97 

 97 

 88 

 86 

 71 

 61 



Mini- 

 mum. 



10 

 17 

 27 

 28 

 43 

 51 

 62 

 57 

 44 

 33 

 24 

 20 



35.6 



38.2 

 51.8 

 58.6 

 68.8 

 77.6 

 80.4 

 78.2 

 71.6 

 59.7 

 48.6 

 41.0 



4.12 

 4.10 

 5.04 

 .82 

 3.78 

 1.29 

 5.00 

 3.58 

 4.75 

 1.73 

 2.30 

 2.82 



39.33 



1906. 



21 



17- 



22 



30 



37 



61 



64 



67 



57 



28 



22 



17 



48.0 

 44.1 

 50.4 

 63.8 

 70.0 

 78.8 

 79.2 

 81.5 

 78.0 

 64.4 

 52.3 

 46.7 



3.68 

 4.C3 

 7.53 



.52 



3.41 



4.37 



9.16 



13.08 



.59 

 4.13 



.84 

 1.34 



53.28 



76 

 65 

 88 

 90 

 92 

 96 

 98 

 99 

 96 

 92 

 80 

 70 



80 

 72 

 98 

 83 

 95 

 98 

 102 

 96 

 97 

 93 

 79 



'F. 

 18 

 16 

 34 

 30 

 45 

 51 

 60 

 62 

 41 

 27 

 14 

 15 



Mean. 



°F. 



43.0 



48.4 



60.0 



56.7 



67.6 



79.4 

 79.6 

 71.5 

 57.4 



36.2 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



1905. 



11 

 15 

 25 

 29 

 49 

 49 

 62 

 53 

 45 

 33 

 23 

 20 



40.2 

 38.1 

 56.6 

 61.2 

 73.0 

 77.2 

 79.4 

 77.2 

 74.2 

 62.4 

 52.1 

 45.2 



1907. 



17 

 9 

 25 

 28 

 40 

 49 

 58 

 58 

 51 

 29 

 25 

 19 



51.4 

 42.6 

 59.2 

 54.6 

 68.7 

 73.4 

 81.3 

 78.6 

 77.0 

 59.0 

 51.2 

 46.0 



Inches. 

 2.96 

 5.91 

 8.05 

 2.99 

 3.91 



8.07 

 6.93 



.89 

 3.28 



.60 

 1.99 



45.58 



0.85 

 5.06 

 2.52 

 4.06 

 5.57 

 3.90 

 4.38 

 4.22 

 1.70 

 3.12 

 1.58 

 4.75 



41.71 



1.13 

 2.39 

 2.39 

 4.05 

 5.56 

 9.07 

 9.11 

 5.02 

 3.83 

 .89 

 3.19 

 3.08 



49.71 



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o This total covers eleven months only. 



