638 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



in Washington Township, Taylor County, being very destructive in East 

 River Townlsihip, Page County, where several farm houses and bams 

 were completely demolished, but no lives were lost. The damage done 

 to farm buildings in Page County amounted to about $15,000. A storm of 

 great violence did considerable damage in and near Diagonal during 

 the evening of the 26th. This was probably the same stoirm that passed 

 through Page and part of Taylor counties, or, at least, was caused by 

 the same disturbance, ais' it was on the same line and moved in the same 

 direction and occurred later in the ever>ing. Very destructive hail accom- 

 panied the storm. At Clarinda 1,898 panes of glass were broken in the 

 greenhouse of J. V. Pfander. 



However, the month, as a whole, was pleasant and favorable for crops 

 and outdoor occupations. Much plowing was done except in the south- 

 central districts, where the drought prevailed. The bulk ot the corn 

 crop was mature at the time of the killing frosts and the only injury done 

 was to some of the late planted corn and mostly on low ground. 



Pressure. — The mean pressure (reduced to sea level) for the state 

 was 30.0 inches. The highest recorded was 30.40 inches, at Sioux City, 

 on the 28th, and the lowest was 29.39 inches at Delsi Moines, on the 26th. 

 The monthly range was 1.01 inches. 



Temperature. — The mean temperature for the state, as shown by the 

 records of 106 stations, was 62.5°, or 1.1° below the normal. By divisions, 

 three tiers of counties to the division, the means were aisi follows: North- 

 ern, 60.7°, or 1.3° below the normal; Central, 62.4°, or 1.0° below the 

 normal; Southern, 64.3°, or 0.9° below the normal. The highest monthly 

 mean was 63.3° at Ottumwa, and the lowest was 58.6°, at Mason City. 

 The highest temperature reported was 98°, at Clarinda, on the 4th and 

 5th, and Corydon, on the 5th; the lowest was 21° at Sibley and Wasihta 

 on the 29th. The range for the state was 77. 



Humidity. — The average relative humidity for the state at 7 a. m. 

 was 82 per cent, and at 7 p. m. 62 per cent. The m-ean for the month was 72 

 per cent, or 2 per cent lower than the normal. The highest monthly 

 mean was 81 per cent, at Charles City, and the lowest was 66 per cent 

 at Des Moines. 



Precipitation. — The average precipitation for the state, as shown by the 

 records of 113 stations, was 3.89 inches, or 0.36 in more than the nor- 

 mal. By" divisions, the averages were as follows: Northern, 4.18 inches, 

 or 0.54 inch more than the normal; Central, 3.82 inches, or 0.37 inch 

 more than the normal; Southern, 3.66 inches, or 0.18 inch more than the 

 normal. The greatest amount, 9.71 inches, occurred at Clarinda, and 

 the least, 1.45 inches, at Monroe. The greatest amount in 24 consecutive 

 hours, i>.80 inches, occurred at Fairfield on the 6th and at Clarinda on 

 the 27th. 



Wind. — The prevailing direction of the wind was from the southwest. 

 The highest velocity reported from a regular Weather Bureau station 

 was 48 miles an hour from the northwest, at Charles City, on the 6th. 



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

 of sunshine was 65 per cent. The per cent of the possible amount at the 



