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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— MAY. 



TEAR 



-a 

 o 



5 



1800. 

 1891- 

 1892. 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 1895. 

 1896- 

 1897. 



1809.. 

 1900.. 

 lOOL. 

 1002.. 

 1903.. 

 1904— 

 1905— 

 1906.. 

 1907— 

 1908— 

 1909.. 

 1910.. 

 1911.. 

 1912.. 

 1913.. 

 1914.. 

 1915— 

 1916.. 

 1917— 

 1918— 

 1919- 



13 

 9 

 9 

 



10 

 12 

 12 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 10 

 9 

 12 

 12 

 10 

 11 

 10 

 10 



11 



12 

 7 

 9 



11 

 8 



11 

 9 



10 

 8 



11 



11 



8 

 8 



17 

 

 4 

 8 

 8 

 5 



12 



10 

 7 

 6 

 9 



10 

 8 

 8 

 8 



10 



11 

 7 

 9 

 6 

 6 



12 

 6 



13 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 7 



T. indicates an amount too EmaU to measure, or less than .005 inch rainfall, 

 and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



JUNE. 



The first eight days of June were cool followed by an 18-day period of 

 unusually warm weather with cooler toward the close. All stations had 

 an excess of temperature, the greatest being about 4 degrees in the eastern 

 counties. 



Heavy general rains, lst-8th, were followed by more intermittent local 

 rains which nearly ceased after the 24th. Many heavy local rains occurred 

 in the central and north portions on the 10th and 20th. Nearly all sta- 

 tions reported precipitation above normal for the month, though there 

 were some deficiencies reported in the extreme southwest and southeast 

 counties. In portions of Buena Vista and Tama counties the precipita- 

 tion was between 7 and 8 inches above the normal. A tornado in Chicka- 

 saw county, 7:30 to 8 p. m. of the 23d, caused damage totaling about $60,' 



000. About 6:25 p. m. on the same date near Riceville, Marshall county, a 

 tornado caused about $5,000 damage. This storm was remarkable in that 

 it made a complete loop and crossed its own path nearly all within sections 



1, 2 and 12 of Douglas Township, as vouched for by many eye witnesses. 



During a severe thunderstorm in and north of Dubuque, 8:40 to 10:30 p. 

 m., June 23d, roads and bridges were destroyed^ basements flooded and 



