762 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— MAY. 



YEAR 



1890 

 3891 

 1892 

 .1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 "907 

 VMS 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 



Temperature 



Precipitation 



Number of Days 



3.5C 

 3.18 

 8.77 

 3.45 

 1.87 

 3.19 

 6.69 

 1.92 

 4.67 

 6.23 

 3.31 

 2.35 

 5.39 

 8.55 

 3.78 

 5.95 

 3.54 

 3.48 

 8.3i 

 4.34 

 3.41 

 3.76 

 3.33 

 6.24 

 3.31 



—1.01 

 —1.39 

 +4.20 

 —1.12 

 —2.70 

 —1.38 

 +2.12 

 —2.65 

 + 0.10 

 +1.66 

 —1.26 

 —2.22 

 +0.82 

 +3.98 

 —0.79 

 +1.38 

 —1.03 

 —1.09 

 +3.77 

 —0.23 

 —1.16 

 —0.81 

 —1.24 

 +1.67 

 —1.26 



6.44 

 7.10 



12.64 

 5.82 

 4.77 

 5.79 



11.79 

 3.59 

 7.82 



11.47 

 6.98 

 4.57 



18.04 



15.45 

 8.15 



10.83 



10.72 

 7.68 



14.33 

 7.85 

 6.91 

 8.73 

 6.41 



10.25 

 6.90 



1.61 

 1.46 

 4.87 

 1.65 

 0.33 

 0.84 

 3.40 

 0.21 

 2.22 

 3.09 

 0.96 

 0.72 

 0.87 

 2.88 

 1.50 

 2.57 

 0.89 

 0.71 

 1.33 

 1.86 

 1.29 

 0.42 

 0.72 

 3.14 

 0.30 



JUNE. 



From the viewpoint of the agriculturist, June was an exceptionally 

 favorable month over the larger part of the State. There were, how- 

 ever, some objectionable features of a local character, such as damaging 

 wind squalls, electrical storms, excessive rainfall, drouth, and in a few 

 places hailstorms. The temperature was all that could be desired for 

 crop growth, but the rainfall was unevenly distributed. Over the north- 

 ern and central districts there was an excess of precipitation, amount- 

 ing to 2.51 and 1.76 inches respectively, while in the southern counties 

 there was a deficiency of .71 inch. The rain came in the form of show- 

 ers and many of them were attended by thunderstorms, during which 

 lightning caused considerable damage to buildings. The heavy and ex- 

 cessive rains in the northern part of the State delayed the cultivation 

 of corn and flooded the bottom lands, while in the southern districts, 

 grass, small grain, and early potatoes were suffering from lack of mois- 

 ture. But for the state as a whole crops, and especially corn, probably 

 never were in better condition at the close of June than they were 

 this year. Corn made remarkably rapid growth, and at the close of 

 the month the bulk of the crop was laid by, with fields in excellent 

 condition. 



