SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 



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Miscellaneous Phenomena — Dates of: AuroraS[; 4tli, 6tli; Dense Fog, 

 llt-h, 13th, 16tli, 30th; Sleet, 19th, 20th, 23rd, 24th; Thunderstorms, 2d 

 4th, 5th, 12th, 13th, 23d, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th. 



Rivers — Rivers remained nearly stationary during the month. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOB TKE STATE— OiCTOBER. 



Temperature 



Precipitation 



Number of 

 Days 



1804 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 18199 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1908 

 1904 

 1905 

 1905 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 



49.2 

 50.0 

 54.5 



52.4 

 51.7 

 46.0 

 47.9 

 56.8 

 47.5 

 66.7 

 59.3 

 54.2 

 53.5 

 52.2 

 53.1 

 49.2 

 50.5 

 50.4 

 51.1 

 49.7 

 55.2 

 48.7 

 52.2 



55.9 

 54.4 

 50.9 



—1.6 

 —0.8 

 +3.7 

 +1.6 

 +0.9 

 —4.8 

 —2.9 

 +6.0 

 -3.3 

 +5.9 

 +8.5 

 +3.4 

 +2.7 

 +1.4 

 +2.3 

 —1.6 

 —0.3 

 -0.4 

 +0.3 

 —1.1 

 +4.4 

 —2.1 

 +1.4 

 —1.6 

 +5.1 

 +3.6 

 +0.1 



6.82 

 6.53 



2.58 

 4.56 

 5.25 

 1.38 

 5.05 

 3.30 

 5.75 

 4.64 

 8.00 

 4.23 

 6.66 

 4.50 

 4.43 

 5.36 

 4.25 

 3.71 

 8.83 

 4.70 

 1.73 

 7.03 

 5.77 

 7.29 

 6.64 

 3.25 

 4.33 



T indicates an amount too small to measure. 



NOVEMBER. 



Like the preceding month, November, as a whole, was a very pleasant 

 autumn month, yet at times the conditions were unusual. The most marked 

 feature being the cold spell from the 13th to 15th, inclusive, when the 

 lowest temperature of record, for the first half of November, occurred at 

 many stations. The heavy rains of the 7th-8th was followed by snow on 

 the llth-12th, but the remainder of the month was mostly bright and 

 clear, making favorable conditions for all kinds of out-door occupations. 

 Practically all of the corn was harvested and considerable plowing was 

 done. Wild flowers, especially dandelions, were in bloom at the close of 

 the month and winter wheat was in a thriving condition. All of the 

 larger rivers remained open during the entire month, but heavy floating 

 ice was reported in northern sections about the middle of the month and 

 the smaller, shallow lakes were frozen over. 



