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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Sunshine and Cloudiness. The average per cent of the possible amount 

 of sunshine was 82, or 8 per cent more than the normal. The per cent of 

 the possible amount at the regular Weather Bureau stations was as fol- 

 lows: Charles City 85; Davenport 85; Des Moines 79; Dubuque 83; 

 Keokuk 90; Sioux City 70; Omaha, Neb. 84. 



Miscellaneous Phenomena. Aurora, 19th. Fog, 11th, 14th, 20th, 24th. 

 Hail, Northern Division 9th, 11th; Central Division 8th, 9th, 12th; South- 

 ern Division, 7th, 9th, 10th, 31st. Halo (Lunar or Solar), 8th. Rainbow, 

 31st. Thunderstorms, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th. 

 14th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st. 



Rivers. Moderate stages prevailed on the Missouri River and after the 

 first there was a gradual tendency to lower stages; on the Mississippi 

 River good boating stages prevailed throughout the month, and except a 

 slight freshet that occurred after the 4th at Dubuque and later at points 

 farther down the river, the tendency was to lower stages and the lowest 

 stages occurred generally on the last day of the month. On the interior 

 rivers low stages prevailed. 



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

 tion, and less than .05 Inch snowfall. 



