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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. 



Table 2. — Frost data and length of average frostless season for 1803 stations in the 

 United States. (Plate 34.) — Continued. 



Station. 



Kansas — Continued: 



Marion (39) 



McPherson (39) 



Medicine Lodge (39) . 



Minneapolis (38) 



Ness City (39) 



Oswego (39) 



Ottawa (39) 



Paolo (39) 



Phillipsburg (38) 



Republic (38) 



Rome (39) 



Salina (38) 



Scott City (39) 



Sedan (39) 



Topeka (38) 



Tribune (39) 



Ulysses (39) 



Valley Falls (38) 



Viroqua (39) 



Wakeeney (38) 



Wallace (38) 



Wichita (39) 



Winfield (39) 



Yates Center (39) . . . 

 Kentucky: 



Alpha (75) 



Bardstown (76) 



Beattyville (75) 



Berea (75) 



Blandville (76) 



Bowling Green (76) . 



Canton-Cadiz (76) . . , 



Earlington (76) 



Edmonton (H) 



Eubank (75) 



Evansville (76) 



Greensburg (76) 



Hopkinsville (76) . . . . 



Irvington (76) 



Leitchfield (76) 



Lexington (75) 



Loretto (76) 



Louisville (76) 



Maysville (75) 



Middlesboro (75) . . . , 



Mount Sterling (75) . 



Owensboro (76) 



Paducah (76) 



Richmond (75) 



Scott (75) 



Shelby City (75) .... 



Shelbyville (76) 



Williamsburg (75) . . . 

 Louisiana : 



Abbeville (45) 



Altitude. 



feet. 



1,310 



1,495 



1,475 



1,259 



2,260 



899 



926 



865 



1,939 



1,495 



1,218 



1,227 



2,971 



834 



992 



3,027 

 913 

 3,600 (H) 

 2,456 

 3,303 

 1,301 

 1,124 

 1,068 



637 

 650 

 1,070 

 445 

 500 



370 

 600 

 1,177 

 434 

 581 

 524 



635 

 989 

 681 

 525 

 524 

 1,128 

 930 

 479 

 341 

 928 



No. of 

 years of 

 record. 



1,087 

 759 

 939 



18 



14 

 16 

 11 

 16 

 13 

 17 

 13 



8 

 14 



6 

 15 

 17 



5 

 17 

 21 



8 

 15 

 10 

 14 

 16 

 15 

 21 

 14 

 14 



13 

 12 

 5 

 8 

 14 

 16 

 13 

 16 



15 

 12 

 16 

 12 

 11 

 13 

 26 

 11 

 19 

 11 

 13 

 17 

 12 

 15 

 15 

 11 

 14 

 17 

 12 



18 



Average date of — 



Last frost 

 in spring. 



First frost 

 in autumn. 



Apr. 18 



Apr. 20 



Apr. 12 



Apr. 30 



Apr. 30 



Apr. 17 



Apr. 20 



Apr. 20 



May 3 



Apr. 30 



Apr. 16 



Apr. 27 



Apr. 24 



Apr. 10 



Apr. 9 



May 1 



Apr. 29 



Apr. 24 



Apr. 17 

 May 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



Apr. 19 



Apr. 17 



Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



3 



22 



8 



Apr. 13 

 Apr. 18 

 Apr. 25 

 Apr. 18 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 17 

 Apr. 14 

 Apr. 19 

 Apr. 17 

 Apr. 28 

 Apr. 7 

 Apr. 20 

 Apr. 11 

 Apr. 17 

 Apr. 14 

 Apr. 19 

 Apr. 21 

 9 

 23 

 19 

 23 

 10 



Mar. 29 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 21 

 Apr. 24 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 5 



Mar. 4 



Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 



Oct. 

 Oct. 



Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 



Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 



Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 



17 

 19 

 18 

 11 

 15 

 24 

 15 

 14 

 10 

 17 

 20 

 12 

 11 

 27 

 15 



6 

 15 



8 

 21 



2 



2 

 19 

 15 

 14 



Oct. 6 

 Oct. 18 



10 

 12 



Oct. 20 

 Oct. 20 



16 

 16 

 11 



8 



27 



6 



Oct. 20 



Oct. 17 



Oct. 16 



Oct. 23 



6 

 22 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 24 



Oct. 26 

 Oct. 18 



14 



6 



15 



Oct. 20 



Nov. 15 



Length of 

 average 

 frostless 

 season. 



days. 



182 



182 



189 



164 



168 



190 



178 



177 



160 



170 



187 



168 



170 



200 



189 



158 



169 



167 



187 



152 



163 



194 



179 



180 



176 

 183 

 168 

 177 

 188 

 186 

 185 

 180 

 177 

 163 

 203 

 169 

 192 

 183 

 185 

 187 

 168 

 196 

 174 

 178 

 173 

 197 

 211 

 186 

 176 

 165 

 183 

 198 



256 



