18 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Pkecipitatiox. — The average precipitation for the state, as shown by 

 the records of 118 stations, was 2.22 inches, which is 0.13 inch below the 

 normal. By sections the averages were as follo"ws: Northern section, 1.71 

 inches, which is 0.56 inch below the normal; Central section, 2.08 inches, 

 Avhich is 0.36 inch below the normal; Southern section, 2.87 inches, which 

 is 0.52 inch above the normal. The greatest amount, 4.70 inches, occurred 

 at Cumberland, Cass county, and the least, 0.48 inch, at Independence, 

 Buchanan county. The greatest amount in twenty-four hours, 2.33 inches, 

 occurred at St. Charles, Madison county, on the 9th. Measurable precipita- 

 tion occurred on an average of 6 days. 



Sunshine and Cloudiness. — The average number of clear days was 16; 

 partly cloudy, 6; cloudy, 9. The duration of sunshine was slightly below 

 the normal, the percentage of the possible amount being 68 at Charles 

 City; 66 at Davenport; 59 at Des Moines; 58 at Dubuque; 55 at Keokuk, 

 and 56 at Sioux City. 



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

 49 miles per hour from the north at Sioux City, Woodbury county, on 

 the 11th. 



The average snowfall was a trace, and the greatest amount in 24 hours, 

 0.5 inch at Estherville, Emmet county, on the 12th, and also at Keokuk, 

 Lee county. 



NOVEMBER. 



The month Vvill go on record as having been the wettest and one of the 

 warmest Novembers since State-wide observations began in 1890. Both 

 the temperature and precipitation were above the normal at every station 

 in the State, which is unprecedented; and the temperature was above the 

 normal on all but four or five days of the month. The average tempera- 

 ture for the State was 42.4 degrees, which is 6.5 degrees above the normal 

 and the highest average for November during the past nineteen years, 

 except in 1899, Avhen the average was 43.9°. The first decade was the 

 warmest part of the month, and the highest temperature occurred gener- 

 ally betv.een the 4th and 6th, when the maximum temperaure ranged from 

 66° to 77° over the northern district, which comprises the three northern 

 tiers of counties; from 68° to 81° over the central district, comprising the 

 three central tiers of counties; and from 74° to 84° OTer the southern 

 counties. The only cold periods of the month were on the 17th and 18th, 

 and the 22d and 23d; the lowest temperature occurring generally on the 

 18th, when minimum temperatures ranged from -4° to 12° over the north- 

 ern district; the lowest being reported from the western part of the dis- 

 trict or the northwestern part of the State. Over the central counties the 

 minimum ranged from 3° to 17°, and from 6° o 18° over the southern dis- 

 trict. 



The precipitatio-n was excessive in all districts, and was well distributed 

 throughout the month, there being only three days on which rain or snow 

 did not fall in some part of the State, viz.: 4th, 18th and 19th. The 

 heaviest precipitation occurred between the 11th and 16th, but the amounts 

 were heavy on the 1st, 7th, 22d, 23d and 28th, and the monthly amounts 

 at many stations exceeded all former records for November. The amounts 



