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REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIME^:T STATIONS. 



Daily pumping record /or 1907 and 1908, Willsivood plantation — Continued. 



The mean annual rainfall at New Orleans amounts to 57 inches. There is a slight 

 increase in precipitation in the extreme southeastern part of the State, while it drops 

 off to about 50 inches at Cameron, which is in the western part near the Gulf coast. 

 At Shreveport, about 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, the average precipitation is 

 46 inches. The table below gives the rainfall by months for the past thirty-eight years 

 as recorded by the United States Weather Bureau Office in New Orleans. 



Monthly rainfall record, United States Weather Bureau Station. New Orleans. 



Year. 



Monthly and annual precipitation. 



Jan. 



1871.. 

 1872. . 

 1873.. 

 1874.. 

 1875.. 

 187(i.. 

 1877.. 

 1878.. 

 1879. . 

 1880.. 



1881.. 

 1882.. 

 1883.. 

 1884.. 

 1885.. 

 1886.. 

 1887.. 

 1888.. 

 1889.. 

 1S90.. 



1891 . . 

 1892.. 

 1893.. 

 1894.. 

 1895.. 

 189ti.. 

 1897.. 

 1898.. 

 1899.. 

 1900.. 



1901.. 



1902.. 



1903.. 



1904.. 



1905., 



1906. 



1907., 



1908. 



Mean 



In. 



6.75 



5.10 



5.06 



1.68 



8.44 



4.43 



5.30 



5.36 



2.34 



1.02 



oil. 15 

 4.54 

 10.63 

 4.35 

 9.70 

 7.53 

 4.26 

 3.29 

 6.51 



b .m 



3.75 

 5.87 

 2.50 

 1.76 

 7.19 

 2.33 

 1.92 

 1.71 

 2.44 

 3.69 



4.24 

 .97 

 4.01 

 3.58 

 6.31 

 2.57 

 2.14 

 4.50 

 4.46 



I 



Feb. 



In. 

 1.59 

 4.77 

 1.93 

 3.68 

 al3.85 

 8.20 

 .98 

 3.50 

 2.13 

 4.62 



5.80 

 4.04 

 1.59 

 3.16 

 2.39 

 1.96 

 5.58 

 11.21 

 2.78 

 2.27 



7.42 

 b .04 

 4.92 

 11.06 

 3.92 

 2.78 

 4.82 

 6.20 

 2.93 

 5.46 



5.78 

 3.83 

 10.20 

 1.52 

 5.32 

 2.25 

 4.47 

 4.14 

 4.56 



June. 



In. 



8.61 



5.34 



6.68 



9.62 



4.92 



6.20 



2.75 



7.35 



2.96 



6.43 



2.84 

 2.71 

 al2. 05 

 8.60 

 3.30 

 9.30 

 11.33 

 9.09 

 7.62 

 7.71 



4.45 

 5.46 

 5.30 

 5.19 

 9.74 

 8.23 

 4.82 

 3.79 

 7.80 

 5.10 



4.46 

 1.46 

 3.61 

 5.59 

 7.55 

 4.39 

 b .98 

 2.39 

 5.94 



July. 



In. 

 4.34 

 6.43 

 5.22 

 al2. 93 

 6.57 

 4.73 

 6.41 

 6.21 

 7.04 

 11.22 



6.97 

 6.84 

 3.33 

 4.12 

 6.15 

 4.35 

 7.85 

 i)2.02 

 9.13 

 6.59 



4.57 

 7.46 

 3.72 

 11.51 

 6.07 

 2.92 

 4.70 

 4.57 

 5.45 

 6.06 



10.71 

 4.24 

 7.17 

 8.49 

 3.93 

 7.32 

 4.47 



11.03 

 6.39 



Aug. I Sept. Oct. 



In. 

 7.21 

 3.75 

 8.30 

 4.82 

 8.61 

 4.44 

 2.54 

 5.31 

 10.44 

 4.60 



4.21 

 9.47 

 4.12 

 b .87 

 4.25 

 2.40 

 7.42 

 1022. 74 

 5.59 

 3.62 



1.69 

 6.96 

 4.56 

 7.32 

 6.79 

 3.31 

 3.12 

 6.24 

 2.31 

 4.19 



5.80 

 2.93 

 7.48 

 5.83 

 3.95 

 4.88 

 6.28 

 5.65 

 5.61 



In. 



6. 59 

 2.10 

 3.21 

 4.21 

 7.89 

 .2(i 

 13.21 

 2.64 

 3.15 

 7.48 



4.47 

 1.59 



b .25 

 3.12 



13.55 

 4.09 

 6. 51 

 4.15 

 6.40 

 2.85 



3.43 

 6.33 

 4.38 



.92 



1.97 



5.2(; 



3.19 



"13.90 



.35 

 3.76 



3.30 

 6.68 

 3.32 

 2.84 



11.09 

 7.40 

 5.31 



10.70 

 5.05 



In. 

 9.09 

 3.18 

 1.89 



b T. 



2.09 



.24 



o9. 15 

 5.07 

 1.36 

 1.88 



4.84 



2.16 



3.43 



5.60 



.56 



.22 



4.71 



7.36 



.26 



5.24 



2.38 

 2.14 

 4.24 



.89 

 1.21 

 5.33 

 2.70 

 1.77 



.89 

 3.55 



2.67 

 2.42 



.81 

 1.20 

 5.95 

 1.08 

 1.61 



.78 

 2.89 



Year. 



In. 

 64.62 

 60.68 

 65.55 

 62.74 

 085.73 

 67.25 

 63.09 

 66.16 

 51.27 

 69.83 



64.01 

 50.18 

 69.85 

 60.01 

 64.18 

 54.83 

 64.97 

 83.13 

 48.45 

 42.17 



38.62 

 56.91 

 48.02 

 54.44 

 50. 44 

 49.68 

 43.47 

 49.00 

 631.07 

 56.33 



57.73 

 41.61 

 57.18 

 43.69 

 80.07 

 41.59 

 66.32 

 51.06 

 57.42 



o Highest monthly and annual. 



6 Lowest monthly and annual. 



