690 



IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



robins on the 15th. Corona, 9th, 12th. Dust, (red) 4th. Fog, 8th, 9th, 

 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th. Hail, 4th, 9th, 14th, 15th. Halo, (lunar 

 or solar) 6th. Parhelia, 6th, 17th. Sleet, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 15th, 

 26th. Thunderstorms, 4th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 25th, 29th, 30th. Tornadoes, 

 15th. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOB THE STATE— MARCH. 



TEAR 



Temperature 



a 



o 



Hi 



Precipitation 



o 



D 



a 



o 

 Q 



O 



03 



O 



a 



CO 



Number ot 

 Days 



■ o 



o 



o 



5 



— 5.3 



— 6.5 



— 1.4 



— 1.5 

 + 7.7 

 + 1.1 



— 2.4 



— 1.3 

 + 4.2 

 —10.3 



— 2.6 

 + 0.9 

 + 5.8 

 + 5.5 

 + 1.5 

 -t- 8.2 



— 6.2 

 + 7.3 

 + 4.6 



— 0.8 

 +15.6 

 + 6.1 



— 8.4 



— 1.4 

 + 1.4 



— 4.0 

 + 1.9 

 + 1.3 

 + 9.6 

 + 4.2 



75 

 66 

 84 

 84 

 84 

 94 

 81 

 72 

 72 

 75 

 81 

 76 

 79 

 82 

 78 

 84 

 65 

 92 

 85 

 71 

 92 

 83 

 70 

 78 

 78 

 61 

 80 

 85 

 85 

 78 



17 

 12 



11 



8 



10 

 14 

 10 

 12 



in 



13 



11 



13 

 15 

 15 

 16 

 10 



n 

 (; 

 2 



K 



10 



11 

 n 

 II 



u 



5 



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

 tion, and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



APRIL. 



For the State as a whole, -\pril temperature was nearly normal, though 

 deficiencies approximating 2° occurred from Union County northeast 

 through Dallas to southern Hardin County and from Webster northeast 

 to Worth, while excesses in the eastern portion were greatest (about 2 de- 

 grees) in Linn County. Temperatures, 5th-7th, the warmest period, were 

 10 to 18 degrees above normal, while during a cold period, 24th-26th, they 

 were about as much below normal with readings low in the twenties anc 

 heavy to killing frosts in nearly all sections. Fortunately, nothing was far 

 enough advanced to be seriously damaged except fruit in Scott and possibly 

 some nearby counties. 



Showers were frequent and heavy. The average number of rainy days, 

 14, exceeds the previous April record which was 12 in 1909; while the 

 amount of precipitation has been exceeded only in 1896 and 1897. Rain 



