TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



693 



falling on 28 days, or 3.75 inches and 9 days above the respective normals. 

 The precipitation is 165 per cent of the normal. The year 1897 has held 

 the record heretofore with 8.63 inches and 24 rainy days. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— APBIL. 



TEAR 



Temperature 



d 



03 

 OJ 





tu 



o 



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 



1918 



1919 



Precipitation 



Number of 

 Days 



O 



4.46 



6.06 

 8.88 

 8.61 

 6.91 

 6.88 

 9.67 

 9.86 

 4.82 

 5.76 

 6.62 

 8.47 

 4.16 

 6.00 

 8.97 

 6.49 

 6.56 

 3.22 

 4.59 

 9.43 

 4.86 

 6.04 

 6.66 

 7.43 

 6.03 

 4.02 

 6.92 

 7.84 

 4.20 

 9.00 





7 

 9 

 13 

 13 

 8 

 t> 



12 

 « 

 7 

 9 

 8 

 6 



10 

 B 



10 

 7 



10 

 8 



12 

 



11 

 9 



la 



12 

 5 



11 



14 

 10 

 14 



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

 tion, and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



MAY. 



Cool weather prevailed till the 26th when it turned warm. Tempera- 

 tures in the 90's occurred at many stations on the. 30th. Mean tempera- 

 tures were below the normal at all stations but Clarinda which had a 

 slight excess. Frosts or freezes were general on the 2d and occasional light 

 frosts were reported up to the 18th. 



The precipitation was below normal, except from Appanoose east to 

 Lee and northeast to Jones and Jackson counties. The rainy period that 

 prevailed through April continued till May 6 when it culminated in a gen- 

 eral downpour. The saturated condition of the soil prevented, or greatly 

 retarded, spring plowing and corn planting during the comparatively 

 rainless week that followed, so that by the 15th only 40 per cent of the 

 corn had been planted. Heavy rains on the 19th in the southern division 

 caused further delay. By the close of the month, 95 per cent of the corn 

 planting had been completed — about the same as last year — the stand was 



