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was 79.2 per cent, or about 1.9 per cent less than tlie normal. The high- 

 est monthly mean was 88 per cent at Charles City, and the least was 73.6 

 at Omaha, Nebr. 



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

 records of 112 stations, was 0.83 inch, or 0.22 inch less than the normal. 

 By divisions the averages were as follows: Northern, i.l7, or 0.33 inch 

 more than the normal; Central, 0'.78 inch, or 0.33 inch less than the nor- 

 mal; Southern, 0.55 inch, or 0.64 inch less than the normal. The great- 

 est amount, 2.07 inches, occurred at Rock Rapids, and the least, 0.17 inch, 

 at Corning. The greatest amount in any 24 consecutive hours, 1.03 inches, 

 occurred at Storm Lake, on the 21st. 



Snoiv. — The average snowfall for the state was 7.2 inches, or about the 

 normal amount. The greatest amount, 20.7 inches, occurred at Rock Rap- 

 ids, and the least, a trace, at Lamoni. 



Wind. — The prevailing direction of the wind was from the northwest. 

 The highest velocity reported from a regular Weather Bureau station was 

 at the rate of 60 miles an hour from the northwest, at Sioux City, on the 

 10th. 



Sunshine and Cloudiness. — The average percentage of the possible 

 amount of sunshine was 67, or about 17 per cent higher than the normal. 

 The percentage of the possible amount at the several regular Weather 

 Bureau stations being as follows: Charles City, 62; Davenport, 58; Des 

 Moines, 67; Dubuque, 67; Keokuk, 74; Omaha, Nebr., 77; Sioux City, 66. 

 Clear days averaged 17, a record that has been equalled twice but never 

 exceeded in 27 Januarys; partly cloudy days, 8; cloudy 6. 



Miscellaneous Phenomena. — Halos, solar or lunar, occurred on the follow- 

 ing dates: 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 20, 22, 24, 31. Fog: 2, 3, 4, 12, 21, 26, 27, 

 29, 31. Sleet: 4, 10, 20, 21, 26, 31. 



