TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



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COMPABATIVE DATA FOE THE STATE— JANUABT. 



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Temperature 



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o 

 a 





Precipitation 



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 El 





a 



o 



o 



a 



CO 



Numher of 

 Days 



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.t: a 



■a 



1890 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894. 



1895- 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900. 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904.. 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1919 



11 



6 

 11 



8 



9 



11 



12 



10 



6 



8 



8 



6 



11 



11 



10 



11 



16 



6 



16 



11 



14 



10 



8 



12 



10 



13 



6 



6 



T indicates an amount too small to measure, or less than .005 inch precipita- 

 tion, and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



FEBRUARY. 

 Mild weather prevailed, except cold periods, 4tli-9th and 24tli-28th. No 

 severely cold weatlier occurred; below zero temperatures were infrequent 

 and were not reported at all in the southeastern counties. Temperature ex- 

 cesses of 5 to 8 degrees occurred in the southern tiers of counties but In 

 the northern tier the temperature was nearly normal. 



Precipitation was in excess of the normal, except the extreme southeast 

 corner of the State, and was generally well distributed as to frequency 

 and area. A heavy rain, generally exceeding one inch, occurred on the 

 13th-14th, turning to snow. Snowfall ranged from approximately 5 inches 

 in Harrison, Greene, Boone, Clinton and Keokuk counties, to 18 inches in 

 Osceola County. The ground was snow-covered less than five days, in some 

 of the extreme southern and eastern counties and about 25 days in Emmet 

 and Dickinson Counties in the northwest. During a general storm that 

 was moving eastward over this part of the country, on the 13th-14th, a 

 copious deposit of dust or sediment occurred, which from its peculiar red- 

 dish color and crystalline structure, as revealed by microscopic examina- 

 tion, is believed to have been transported from the far west. 



The mild, moist winter is believed to have brought winter wheat, rye 

 and grasses through in good condition. Fruit buds, though, abnormally 

 swelled, are believed safe, except possibly peaches in the south. In the 



