776 



IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Miscellaneous Phenomena.- — 'Sleet fell at Belmond and Pella on the 

 28tli and at Clinton on the 29th. At the latter place many telephone wires 

 were down "From heavy, wet snow." Rivers were frozen over between 

 the 10th and 16th and by the end of the month the ice was 8 to 12 inches 

 thick. The ice harvest began on the 28th at many places in the state. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— DECEMBER. 



T indicates an amount too .small to measure, or less than .005 inch precipitation and 

 less than .05 inch snowfall. 



