TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



705 



Halo (solar), 13th. Haze, 11th, 19th, 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 

 29th. Thunderstorms, all days except 8th, 10th, 11th, 18th, 22d, 27th, 28th, 

 29th, 31st. Tornado, 4th. 



Rivers. Moderate stages prevailed on the Mississippi and Missouri 

 Rivers, and except a few slight rises, fell steadily throughout the month; on 

 the interior rivers low stages, with a general falling tendency, prevailed. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— AUGUST. 



YEAR 



1890. 

 1891. 

 1892. 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 1895. 

 1896. 

 1897. 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



Temperature 



Precipitation 



d 

 a 

 o 





Si 



a 



68.4 

 69.1 

 71.4 

 69.4 

 74.6 

 71.9 

 71.7 

 68.9 

 71.2 

 74.4 

 77.4 

 73.8 

 69.1 

 69.1 

 69.1 

 74.3 

 74.1 

 71.1 

 70.0 

 76.1 

 71.9 

 71.7 

 71.0 

 76.6 

 73.7 

 65.9 

 74.0 

 69.4 

 76.0 



71.5 



3.4 

 2.7 

 0.4 



2.4 

 2.8 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 2.9 

 0.6 

 2.6 

 + 5.6 

 + 2.0 



— 2.7 



— 2.7 



— 2.7 



+ 



+ 



2.5 

 2.3 



0.7 

 1.8 

 4.3 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.8 

 4.8 

 1.9 

 5.9 

 2.2 

 2.4 

 4.2 



102 

 106 

 102 

 101 

 108 

 103 

 104 

 104 

 103 

 100 

 103 

 105 



98 

 101 



97 

 104 

 101 



99 

 101 

 103 

 ■104 

 107 

 101 

 108 

 103 



91 

 ;106 

 102 

 113 



0.3 103 



36 

 34 



40 

 30 

 38 

 37 

 34 

 35 

 40 

 41 

 44 

 40 

 37 

 41 

 35 

 44 

 33 

 37 

 38 

 33 

 36 

 34 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 30 

 35 

 31 

 38 



33 



o 



o. 



C5 



o 

 a 



03 



Number of 

 Days 



• o 



o 



s: ■ 



3.41 

 4.24 

 2.24 

 2.32 

 1.58 

 4.43 

 3.52 

 1.86 

 3.44 

 3.68 

 4.65 

 1.29 

 6.58 

 6.64 

 3.43 

 4.05 

 3.95 

 4.33 

 4.77 

 1.81 

 3.88 

 3.32 

 3.78 

 2.68 

 2.19 

 2.81 

 2.58 

 2.29 

 3.61 



2.59 



—0.27 

 +0.56 

 —1.44 

 —1.26 

 —2.10 

 +0.75 

 —0.16 

 —1.82 

 —0.24 

 0.00 

 +0.97 

 —2.39 

 +2.90 

 +2.96 

 —0.25 

 +0.37 

 +0.27 

 +0.65 

 +1.09 

 —1.87 

 +0.20 

 —0.36 

 +0.10 

 —1.00 

 —1.49 

 —0.87 

 —1.10 

 —1.39 

 —0.07 



—1.09 



6.44 



13.02 



4.69 



6.22 



4.53 



10.63 



12.25 



4.98 



10.55 



10.45 



10.43 



4.46 



15.47 



17.74 



6.75 



8.47 



10.51 



9.67 



10.55 



8.21 



11.22 



9.47 



7.90 



7.13 



4.90 



9.14 



6.23 



6.31 



8.38 



1.02 

 1.23 

 0.65 

 0.40 



T. 

 0.67 

 0.86 

 0.47 

 0.58 

 1.12 

 1.26 



T. 

 1.57 

 2.55 

 0.66 

 1.04 

 0.92 

 1.05 

 1.35 



T. 

 0.37 

 0.44 

 0.89 

 0.(i8 

 0.42 

 0.27 

 0.49 

 0.7l) 

 0.54 



5.72 0.97 



10 



12 



9 



9 



S 



9 



11 



11 



9 



10 



10 



9 



11 



10 



8 



9 



9 



9 



9 



8 



10 



10 



10 



10 



)o 



8 

 9 







10 



■a 

 o 



5 



6 

 6 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 



9 

 9 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 ■_> 



6 

 5 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 i 

 5 



T Indicates an amount too small to measure, or less than 

 tion, and less than 05 inch snowfall. 



.005 inch precipita- 



SEPTEMBER. 



Warm, dry, sunshiny weather prevailed till the 17th when heavy to ex- 

 cessive rains set in, followed by a clear, cool period, 22d-27th, and then by 

 heavy, general rains, 28th-30th. Temperatures in the 90's occurred at most 

 stations between the 6th and 10th. Light to heavy frosts with temperatures 

 aear freezing occurred in the northwest counties, 23d-25th. 



Drouth prevailed in the south and central divisions from about August 

 14 to September 17, while in the north division rains were generally about 

 normal in amount and frequency after September 2d. Excessive rains oc- 

 curred at a number of stations on the 18th-19th and 30th. In the west part 

 of Davenport on the 30th, storm drains were not large enough to carry oft 

 the water. Basements over a large tract were flooded, street car trafllc was 

 seriously impeded, numerous washouts occurred along the line of the Clin- 



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