FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XL 811 



At. HamhuTR the injury was less uoticoablo. While rlofiniti^ records 

 of tiio temperature are- not, known, at present, the conditions would 

 indicate that the temperature di<I not ro so low iu that jiortioii of the 

 state. Thermometers in and about Hamburg recorded temperatures 

 of 22 degres on the morning of the 20th and IS degrees on the. morning 

 of the 21st. Here no apples larger than three-quarters of an inch to 

 one inch in diameter, and only a small percentage of this size were in- 

 jured. It was reported that nine miles northeast of Hamburg that the 

 No. 1 apples were uninjured and No. 2 apples were all ruined. In all 

 probability this would mean that apples above two and one-quarter 

 inches in diameter were sound while those smaller than two and one- 

 quarter Inches were entirely ruined. 



A Chicago buyer reported that the conditions in Nebraska were prac- 

 tically the same as those above reported for like latitude. At Nebraska 

 City, there was practically no injury but at points farther north the 

 injury was more severe. The statement was made that the sod orchards 

 suffered more injury than those which were cultivated. All of this 

 frozen fruit w'as being picked and packed for cold storage purposes, but 

 buyers and growers were emphatic that no fruit should be picked until 

 entirely free from frost, else the keeping qualities in storage would be 

 ruined. 



NOVEMBER. 



The month was the warmest November since state-wide observations 

 began in 1S90; the mean temperature being 44.1', or 8.2° higher than 

 the normal for Iowa. The latter half of the month was especially warm, 

 and on the warmest days, which were at and near the close of the 

 second decade, the daily means were as much as 25° higher than the 

 normal. The highest temperatures were recorded generally on the 20th 

 and, the lowest on the 9th, 10th, or 11th. 



The precipitation was slightly less than the normal, but there was 

 a great excess of damp, foggy and cloudy weather during the latter 

 half of the month, during which time nearly all the precipitation fell 

 in the form of rain or snow. There was, however, much less than the 

 usual amount of snowfall. In fact there was no snowfall over the 

 southern half and but little in the northern half of the state; the greatest 

 amount being 3.0 inches in Sioux Center. The mild weather was favor- 

 able for all out-of-door operations. The bulk of the corn crop was 

 harvested and plowing was in progress until the close of the month. 

 The mild weather was also favorable for the growth of winter grains 

 and these crops are in excellent condition. 



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

 by the records of 107 stations, was 44.1°, or 8.2° higher than the normal 

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

 ern, 41.5°, or 7.8° higher than the normal; Central, 44.3°, or 8.6° higher 

 than the normal; Southern, 46.4°, or 8.2° higher than the normal. The 

 highest monthly mean was 49.4° at Keokuk, Lee County, and the lowest 

 monthly mean, 37.6°, at Rock Rapids, Lyon County. The highest tem- 

 perature reported was 78°, at Lamoni, Decatur County, on the 19th; the 

 lowest temperature reported was 10°, at Elma, Howard County, on the 



