IOWA WEATHER AND CROP REPORT 571 



mean was 81 per cent, at Charles City, and the lowest was 72 per cent, at 

 Sioux City. 



Snoiv. The average snowfall for the State was 3.0 inches, or 2.3 inches 

 less than the normal. The greatest amount, 9.0 inches occurred at Alta, 

 and the least, a trace, at Bonaparte, Corning and Pella. 



Precipitation. The average precipitation for the State, as shown by the 

 records of 101 stations, was 1.97 inches, or 0.20 inch more than the nor- 

 mal. By divisions the averages were as follows: Northern, 1.39 inches, or 

 0.14 inch less than the normal; Central 2.00 inches, or 0.13 inch less than 

 the normal; Southern, 2.52 inches, or 0.60 inch less than the normal. The 

 greatest amount, 3.73 inches, occurred at Chariton, and the least, 0.76 

 inch, at Independence and Spencer. The greatest amount in any 24 con- 

 secutive hours, 2.18 inches, occurred at Belle Pla.ne on the 19th. 



Wind. The prevailing direction of the wind was from the southeast. 

 The highest velocity reported from a regular Weather Bureau Station was 

 at the rate of 46 miles per hour, from the northwest, at Sioux City on the 

 25th. 



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

 of sunshine was 49, or 9 per cent less than the normal. The per cent of 

 the possible amount at the regular Weather Bureau Stations was as fol- 

 lows: Charles City, 46; Davenport, 42; Des Moines, 46; Dubuque, 47; 

 Keokuk, 45; Sioux City, 55; Omaha, Nebr., 62. 



Miscellaneous Phenomena. Aurora: 1st, 13th, 14th. Birds (migration 

 of): Alton, meadow larks, 12th, robins, 13th; Corydon, robins, 5th, blue 

 birds, 13th, black birds, 23d; Jefferson, meadow larks and robins, 4th; 

 Nora Springs, robins 21st; Oskaloosa, blue birds and robins, 4th; Poca- 

 hontas, meadow larks, 3d, robins, 17th. Fog: 3d, 6th, 7th, 19th, 24th, 27th, 

 30th. Hail: 10th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 24th, 25th. Halos (lunar and solar): 

 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 25th. Parhelia: 10th, 13th. Sleet: 

 6th, 9th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 25th 28th 29th 31st. Thunderstorms: 6th, 10th, 

 18th, 19th, 23d, 24th, 25th. 



Rivers. Moderate stages with a general rising tendency prevailed on 

 the Mississippi River and most interior streams with the crest stages 

 after the general rains on the 18th-19th. The Missouri was subject to 

 numerous fluctuations with a sharp r'se at the beginning of the third week. 

 The ice moved out of the upper reaches of the Mississippi River on the 

 6th and on the 13th ice in the Missouri broke up doing very little damage. 



