TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



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COMPAEATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— JANUARY 



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

 tion and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



FEBRUARY. 



While the temperature averaged slightly above the normal during 

 February there were no protracted warm spells and for the most part 

 the month was uniformly cold. Zero weather was experienced through- 

 out the State but over the southeastern portion zero, or below, was 

 reached on but a single day. Another feature was the low maxima over 

 the State. While the maximum for the State was 59° in the extreme 

 southeastern portion, outside of a few southern counties, the maxima 

 were well under 50°. The excess in temperature was pronounced in some 

 of the southwestern counties and it gradually became less to the north- 

 east until a deficiency was shown at a single station, Dubuque. An ab- 

 normal rise in temperature occurred on the 16th, from considerably 

 below zero over most of the State in the morning, to well above 40° in 

 the afternoon, making a range for the day more than 50° at a number of 

 stations. 



Precipitation was deficient, the average amount for the State being 

 less than half the normal and the average for each division was prac- 

 tically the same. Only a few stations in each division reported a sligh; 



