TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



687 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOE THE STATE— FEBRUARY. 



YEAR 



1890- 



1S91 



1892 ., 



1883 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898- 



1899. 



1900 



1901 



1902 -. 



1903 



1904 



1905 



190« 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915- 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



28.0 

 19.4 

 28.1 

 16.4 

 19.7 

 16.4 

 27.4 

 24.7 

 24.2 

 12.2 

 14.8 

 17.5 

 17.6 

 19.8 

 14.8 

 12.8 

 23.6 

 25.0 

 24.3 

 26.2 

 17.8 

 27.3 

 18.1 

 20.2 

 16.8 

 29.1 

 19.0 

 15.2 

 28.0 

 24.9 



+ 



5 

 1 



7, 

 4 



— 



+ 4. 

 + 3. 



— 8. 



— B. 



— 3. 



— 2. 



— 0. 



— 5. 



— 7. 

 + 3. 

 + 4. 



:+ 3. 

 + 5. 



— 2. 

 + 6. 



— 2. 



— 0. 



— 3. 

 + 8. 



— 1. 



— 5. 

 + 2. 

 + 4. 



0.83 

 1.16 

 1.20 

 1.39 

 0.89 

 0.49 

 0.71 

 0.89 

 1.20 

 0.89 

 1.30 

 1.01 

 0.73 

 1.18 

 0.41 

 1.57 

 1.29 

 0.71 

 1.69 

 1.54 

 0.46 

 2.76 

 1.21 

 0.82 

 0.87 

 2.93 

 0.55 

 0.36 

 0.95 

 2.42 



0.11 

 0.55 

 0.12 

 0.06 



T. 

 0.02 

 0.04 

 0.22 

 0.10 

 0.12 

 0.18 

 0.12 

 0.02 

 0.30 



T. 

 0.44 

 0.20 

 0.06 

 0.23 

 0.30 



T. 

 0.50 

 0.04 

 0.07 

 0.32 

 0.43 

 0.05 



T. 

 0.09 

 1.09 



5.0 

 8.1 

 8.4 

 3.3 

 5.4 

 8.0 

 7.8 

 7.1 

 9.9 

 9.7 

 2.6 

 7.9 

 4.5 



15.5 

 6.1 

 4.6 

 8.9 

 7.7 

 4.0 

 7.0 



11.2 

 7.3 

 9.2 

 9.4 

 6.0 

 3.5 

 6.0 

 9.9 



o 



5 



8 



16 



10 



4 



6 



8 



12 



9 



7 



10 



6 



7 



8 



10 



8 



7 



8 



11 



11 



6 



10 



10 



7 



9 



14 



7 



6 



7 



12 



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

 tion, and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



THE WINTER OF 1918-1919. 

 The mean temperature for the three winter months was 28.1°, which is 

 7.3° above the normal for the State, and 2.1° warmer than the warmest of 

 the 29 winters of record, 1907-8. The highest temperature reported was 

 68° at Columbus Junction, Louisa County, on December 8. The lowest 

 temperature reported was 32° below zero at Maquoketa, Jackson County, 

 on January 4. 



The average monthly precipitation for the State was 1.32 inches, and 

 the average total precipitation was 3.95 inches, or 0.53 inch more than the 

 winter normal. The average total snowfall, unmelted, was 17.9 inches, 

 or 2.6 Inches less than the normal and 6.0 inches less than the average fall 

 for the winter of 1917-18. 



The total number of days with .01 inch or more of precipitation was 18, 

 or the same as the average for the winter of 1917-18. The average num- 

 ber of clear days was 40, partly cloudy, IS, cloudy, 32, as compared with 

 37 clear, 24 partly cloudy and 29 cloudy days during the winter of 1917-18. 



MARCH. 

 March came in with a cold wave and temperatures of zero or lower at 

 nearly all stations, but temperatures were generally above normal after the 



