572 



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— MARCH. 



YEAB 



1890. 

 1891. 

 1892- 

 1893- 

 1894. 

 1895. 

 1896. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1900. 

 1901. 

 1902. 

 1903- 

 1904. 

 1905. 

 1906. 

 1907. 

 1908. 

 1909. 

 1910- 

 1911. 

 1912. 

 1913. 

 1914. 

 1915. 

 1916. 

 1917. 

 1918. 

 1919. 

 1920. 

 1921. 

 1922. 



1.57 

 2.60 

 2.22 

 2.14 

 2.03 

 0.83 

 1.10 

 2.39 

 1.94 

 1.62 

 2.06 

 2.64 

 1.45 

 1.38 

 2.18 

 2.04 

 2.34 

 1.35 

 1.58 

 1.53 

 9.17 

 0.93 

 2.01 

 2.48 

 1.69 

 0.96 

 1.57 

 1.84 

 0.63 

 2.33 

 3.02 

 1.57 

 1.97 



0.32 

 1.33 



0.57 

 0.64 

 0.26 

 0.22 

 0.16 

 0.29 

 0.33 

 0.37 i 

 0.45 ! 

 0.70 j 

 0.13 | 

 0.15 I 

 0.50 I 

 0.89 | 

 0.58 

 0.23 

 0.45 

 0.28 

 0.00 

 T. 

 0.60 

 0.74 

 0.28 ! 

 0.17 

 0.23 

 0.57 I 

 0.03 

 0.81 ! 

 0.47 

 0.17 

 0.76 



I 10 



3.9 6 



4.0 8 



2.7 6 



2.9 4 



5.4 5 



5.5 8 

 3.7 6 



12.6 

 1.3 

 3.9 

 4.4 

 4.1 

 8.9 

 4.1 

 1.1 



19.1 

 5.3 

 1.8 

 8.8 

 2.9 

 6.2 

 2.6 

 1.1 

 2.4 

 0.2 

 3.4 



6 

 11 



9 

 1 13 



16 

 12 

 9 

 12 

 7 

 12 

 10 

 9 

 11 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 14 

 13 

 12 

 23 

 16 

 15 

 11 

 12 



6 11 

 6 I 14 



3 19 



6 15 



7 15 

 7 14 

 7 12 



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

 tion and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



APRIL 



Nearly normal conditions prevailed during April, though both tempera- 

 ture and precipitation showed a slight excess. The temperature excess 

 was general and uniform throughout the State except in the northeastern 

 and south central portions where small areas showed a slight deficiency. 

 The first nine days of the month were warm and in this period most of the 

 excess occurred. During the rest of the month temperature changes were 

 frequent, though not decided, with cool weather predominating. Frosts 

 were general over the greater portion of the State as late as the 29th, but 

 as vegetation had been retarded in growth the last two weeks very little 

 damage resulted from frosts and it was thought that all fruit buds were 

 uninjured at the end of the month, except possibly strawberries sustained 

 slight damage in the south central portion. 



The precipitation was below normal over most of the southern division, 

 the extreme northwest and most of the counties bordering the Mississippi 

 River. Most of the precipitation occurred during the first eleven days, 

 when showers occurred almost daily, and as a result very little farm work 



