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Table 39. — Climatic extremes for gulf strip of lower Austral zone — Continued. 



Plate 

 53 

 54 



58 

 59 

 60 



63 



65 



66 



68 



69 



70 

 71 



72 



Plate 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 43 

 44 

 45 



46 

 47 

 48 

 49 

 50 

 51 

 52 



63 

 54 



58 

 59 

 60 



63 



65 

 66 



68 



69 



70 

 71 



72 



Evaporation: 



Daily mean, 1887-88, fs (inch) 



Total annual, 1887-88 (inches) 



Moisture ratios: 



Normal P/E, fs 



Normal ir/E, fs 



Normal P/E, year 



Vapor pressure: 



Normal mean, fs (hundredths inch) 



Humidity: 



Normal mean, fs (per cent) 



Normal mean, year (per cent) 



Wind: 



Normal mean hourly velocity, fs (miles) . . 

 Sunshine: 



Normal total duration, fs (hours) 



Moisture-temperature indices: 



Normal P/E XT, fs, remainder method. . . 



Normal P/E XT, fs, exponential method . . 



Normal P/E XT, fs, physiological method. 



Low. 



.118 

 40'» 



6 



72 

 SO-" 



569 



80-" 

 80-" 



6-« 



2,123 



7_« 



8-<» 

 14 _a 



High. 



.148 

 50+a 



136 

 152 



140 +« 



675 



80 +« 

 80 +« 



12 +« 



2,650 



12 +« 

 13 +« 

 23 +» 



Table 40. — Climatic extremes for the tropical region. 



Temperature: 



Days in normal frostless season (fs) 



Hot days, fs 



Cold days, fs 



Remainder summation above 32°, year (thousands) . 



Remainder summation above 39°, fs (thousands) . . . 



Exponential summation, fs (hundreds) 



Physiological summation, fs (thousands) 



Absolute minimimi 



Normal daily mean, coldest 14 days of year (°F.) . . 



Normal daily mean, hottest 6 weeks of year (°F.) . . 



Normal daily mean, year (°F.) 



Precipitation: 



Normal daily mean, fs (inch) 



Normal No. rainy days (over 0.10 inch), fs 



Normal No. dry days (0.10 inch or less), fs 



Dry days, percentage of total, fs (per cent) 



Days in longest normal rainy period, fs 



Days in longest normal dry period, fs 



Mean total, year (inches) ^ 



Evaporation: 



Daily mean, 1887-88, fs (inch) 



Total annual, 1887-88 (inches) 



Moisture ratios: 



Normal P/E, fs 



Normal v/E, fs 



Normal P/E, year 



Vapor pressure: 



Normal mean, fs (hundredths inch) 



Humidity: 



Normal mean, fs (per cent) 



Normal mean, year (per cent) 



Wind: 



Normal mean hourly velocity, fs (miles) 



Sunshine: 



Normal total duration, fs (hours) 



Moisture-temperature indices: 



Normal P/E X T, fs, remainder method 



Normal P/E XT, fs, exponential method 



Normal P/E X T, fs, physiological method 



Low. 

 266 

 211 

 

 26" 

 10,000« 

 1,260 

 15,000 +<» 

 +10 

 54 



71. 6« 

 70+" 



.078 

 25- 

 100- 

 26 



25-0 

 25-0 

 lO-o 



102 

 40 -o 



20 -o 

 20 -o 

 .10" 



200O 



40<» 

 40" 



6-0 



2,300 + 



1-0 



1-0 

 l-o 



High. 



365 



365 







26+0 



14,522 



1,540 



31,063 



+41 



69 



78.8+0 

 75 +o 



.173 



225 + 

 275 + 



56 

 1750 

 250 +0 



60 +o 



260O 

 90 +o 



100 +0 

 120O 

 1.20O 



707 



80 +0 

 80 +o 



12+0 



11+0 



12+0 

 23 +o 



