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TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— JUNE. 



TEAR 



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 



72.7 

 69.1 

 69.2 

 71.2 

 73.2 

 69.7 

 69.1 

 69.1 

 71.4 

 70.7 

 69.7 

 72.3 

 65.2 

 64.6 

 67.1 

 69.9 

 67.9 

 66.5 

 67.1 



69^5 

 75.7 

 66.2 

 71.5 

 72.2 

 65.1 

 64.5 

 66.0 

 70.8 

 71.9 

 70.7 

 74.7 

 72.2 



T. indicates an amount too small to measure, or less than .005 Inch rainfall 

 and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



JULY 



July was cool and wet. Since State-wide records began in 1890 there 

 have been but five times that the mean temperature for July has been 

 lower and only four times has there been more rainfall. The month was 

 characterized by remarkably uniform temperature, the entire absence of 

 hot periods and an unusual number of damaging wind, hail and thunder- 

 storms. 



The mean temperature for the month was 2.6° below normal and the 

 deficiency was uniform over all divisions. This is the first month of the 

 year that the mean temperature has been below normal and the second 

 since August, 1920. Over most of the northern division, about half of the 

 central and a large portion of the southern division the maximum tem- 

 perature was below 90° and only once since 1890 has the maximum for 

 the State been lower. 



There was a decided excess in precipitation and all stations, except a 

 few in the northern division, reported more than the normal. The first 

 general rainstorm set in on the 5th, and the drouth that had prevailed 

 over portions of the State since May was effectually broken, except in a 



