712 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



heavy. Four small county bridges were damaged or destroyed by freshets, 

 the loss amounting to about $3,000. 



The total loss from this storm is estimated at about $60,000, at least 

 two-thirds of which amount was to city streets. Fortunately, in this 

 storm no lives were lost, as on July 9th. 



NOVEMBER. 



Excepting a small area extending from Page northeast to Madison coun- 

 ties, temperatures averaged below normal, the average daily deficiency be- 

 ing 1.4 degrees. Cold waves occurred on the llth-12th and 25th-26th, and 

 a warm period from about the 15th to the 24th. On the 13th a temperature 

 of — 12 observed at Alton is the lowest November temperature in Iowa 

 since 1905. 



Precipitation was evenly distributed and considerably above normal in 

 all sections, resulting mostly from two storm periods, 9th-10th and 27th- 

 29th. In the first period appreciable snow covered the northwest half of the 

 State and in the second all portions were covered heavily, except the 

 Mississippi River counties where it was light. 



Wet fields and rainy days continued to delay corn husking till after the 

 10th when cold, drying weather permitted rapid progress and improved the 

 roads so that much corn was marketed. Southwest gales on the 10th 

 blew down much corn in the eastern half of the State. Considerable of 

 this in the south-central and southeast counties was covered by snow to- 

 ward the close of the month. Due to the high cost of husking, which aver- 

 aged 8 cents per bushel, nearly 8 per cent of the corn was "hogged down" 

 this year. At the close of November, 11 per cent of the corn remained un- 

 husked as compared with 9 per cent in 1918. 



Winter wheat entered the winter in good condition, 92 per cent of the 

 acreage seeded having become well established. The severe temperatures 

 of the month and the glaze storm of the 2Sth-29th were preceded by ample 

 snow covering. Wires were damaged by the glaze in the Mississippi River 

 counties. 



Pressure. The mean pressure (reduced to sea level) for the State was 

 30.11 inches. The highest recorded was 30.74 inches, at Sioux City, on the 

 27th, and the lowest was 29.09 inches, at Dubuque, on the 29th. The 

 monthly range was 1.65 inches. 



Temperature. The mean temperature for the State, as shown by the 

 records of 98 stations was 33.6°, or 1.4° lower than the normal. By divi- 

 sions, three tiers of counties to the division, the means were as follows: 

 Northern, 30.5°, or 2.3° lower than the normal; Central, 33.9°, or 1.2° lower 

 chan the normal; Southern, 36.5, or 0.6° lower than the normal. The 

 highest monthly mean was 39.3°, at Keokuk, and the lowest was 28.1°, at 

 Rock Rapids. The highest temperature recorded was 68° at Crestoh on 

 the 1st, Lamoni on the 3d, and Ho.rlan on the 16th, and the lowest, — 12° 

 at Alton, on the 13th. The temperature range for the State was 80°. 



