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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Miscellaneous Phenomena. — Thunderstorms occurred at some place in 

 the State on the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 

 16th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 22d and 23d. Hail fell at Waukee on the 1st; at 

 Mason City, Nora Springs, Marshalltown, Whitten and Indianola on the 

 5th, and at Olin and Lenox on the 6th. 



Rivers. — The Mississippi River, from Dubuque to La Crosse, Wis., re- 

 mained nearly stationary during the first fifteen days of the month and 

 rose slowly during the latter half of the month. The lower Des Moines 

 River began to rise rapidly on the 15th, reaching the flood stage at Ot- 

 tumwa, on the 17th, and falling again after the 20th. Some unprotected 

 lowlands in the vicinity of Keokuk were flooded, but no material damage 

 resulted. At Davenport, the lowest stage of the Mississippi River, 3.1 

 feet, occurred on the 1st, and the highest stage, 7.1 feet, was recorded 

 on the 16th. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— SEPTEMBER. 



YEAR 



Temperature 



Precipitation 



Number of Days 



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 



59.3 

 67.8 

 64.7 

 64.7 

 65.1 

 66.8 

 58.5 

 70.9 

 65.3 

 62.5 

 64.4 

 63.3 

 59.1 

 60.8 

 64.0 

 65.8 

 67.2 

 62.8 

 67.9 

 62.4 

 63.2 

 65.8 

 62.1 

 64.5 

 64.5 



Normals 63.4 



2.97 

 1.33 

 1.53 

 2.34 

 3.57 

 3.03 

 4.09 

 2.04 

 2.69 

 0.93 

 4.98 

 4.77 

 4.35 

 3.81 

 2.78 

 3.81 

 4.16 

 2.75 

 1.20 

 3.58 

 3.59 

 5.12 

 3.98 

 3.31 

 7.88 



4.85 



3.60 



4.15 



5.49 



7.43 



7.43 



9.96 



5.88 



8.45 



4.32 



8.82 



13.62 



10.41 



8.79 



8.33 



13.18 



11.10 



6.06 



3.46 



7.34 



7.43 



13.73 



10.12 



7.44 



16.24 



1.36 

 0.13 

 0.16 



0.74 

 0.67- 

 0.85 

 1.82 

 0.00 

 0.41 

 T 

 2.48 

 1.71 

 1.65 

 1.42 

 0.09 

 0.50 

 0.64 

 1.38 

 0.25 

 1.39 

 1.18 

 1.19 

 0.28 

 0.45 

 2.48 



8.31 



0.93 



OCTOBER 



With the exception of frequent and general showers between the 5th 

 and 14th, and light, scattered showers on the 22d and 23d, the weather 

 was unusually mild and pleasant and favorable for farm and construction 

 work. Showery weather was general from the 5th to the 14tli, with some 

 heavy local falls on the 6th, 7th, and 8th; but from the 15th to the close 



