16 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



nearly 90 per cent of the crop was safe at the close of the month from 

 any damaging effect of frost. Heavy wind squalls on the 12th did ma-, 

 terial damage in blowing down corn over the northern, western and south- 

 western counties. 



The potato crop did not recover from injury received during the August 

 drouth and the yeild will be very light. 



The scond crop of hay was lighter than last year but was put up in 

 good condition. 



Tempeeatuee. — The monthly mean temperature for the state, as shown 

 by the records of 114 stations, was 62.4°, which is 1.3° below the normal 

 for Iowa. By sections the mean temperatures were as follows: Northern 

 section, 60.6°, which is 1.5° below the normal; Central section, 62.6°, 

 which is 1.0° below the normal; Southern section 64.1°, which is 1.4" 

 belo-w the normal. The highest monthly mean was 66.7°, at Bloomfield, 

 Davis county, and the lowest monthly mean 58.4°, at Estherville, Emmet 

 county. The highest temperature reported was 94°, at Bonaparte, Van 

 Buren county and Fairfield, Jefferson county, on the 13th, and at Clarinda, 

 Page county, and Massena, Cass county, on the 12th; the lowest tempera- 

 ture reported was 30°, at Elkader, Clayton county, Fayette, Fayette county, 

 and Humboldt, Humboldt county, on the 27th, and at Washta, Cherokee 

 county, on the 24th. The average monthly maximum was 88°, and the 

 average monthly minimum was 36°. The greatest daily range was 54°, 

 at Olin, Jones county. The average of the greatest daily ranges was 36°. 



Pbecipitatiox. — The average precipitation for the state, as shoTvn by 

 the records of 122 stations, was 3.58 inches, which is 0.17 inch above the 

 normal. By sections the averages were as follows: Northern section, 

 3.54 inches, which is 0.13 inch above the normal; Central section, 3.23 

 inches, which is 0.01 inch belo"tv' the normal; Southern section, 3.98 inches, 

 which is 0.41 inch above the normal. The greatest amount, 7.34 inches, 

 occurred at Thurman, Fremont county, and the least, 1.39 inches, at Gil- 

 man, Marshall county. The greatest amount in twenty-four hours, 3.35 

 inches, occurred at Amana, Iowa county, on the 13th and 14th. Measur- 

 able precipitation occurred on an average of 9 days. 



Sunshine and Cloudiness. — The average number of clear days was 14; 

 partly cloudy, 8; cloudy, 8. The duration of sunshine w^as about normal, 

 the percentage of the possible amount being 66 at Charles City; 70 at 

 Davenport; 64 at Des Moines; 54 at Dubuque; 60 at Keokuk, and 55 at 

 Sioux City. 



Wind.— Southeast winds prevailed. The highest velocity reported was 

 41 miles per hour from the South, at Sioux City, Woodbury county, on 

 the 18th. 



OCTOBER. 



The mean temperature for the month was slightly below the normal; 

 the average daily deficiency ranged from 2.2 degrees in the northern 

 districts to 2.3 degrees in the southern districts. The warmest periods 

 of the month v.-ere between the 1st and the 9th and between the 29th and 

 31st, when the maximum temperatures ranged from 70 to 89 degrees in 

 the northern, and from 75 to 95 degrees in the southern districts; the 



