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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— OCTOBER. 



YEAB 



Temperatvure 



Precipitation 



a 



Number of 

 Days 



■ o 



a a 



1890 



1891 



1802 



1893 



189* 



1886 — 

 1897 .. 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



49.2 

 50.0 

 54.6 

 52.4 

 61.7 

 46.0 

 47.9 

 56.8 

 47.5 

 56.7 

 59.3 

 54.2 

 63.5 

 52.2 

 53.1 



1906 49.2 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917. - 



50.5 

 50.4 

 51.1 

 49.7 

 55.2 

 48.7 

 52.2 

 49.2 

 55.9 

 54.4 

 50.9 

 42.9 



6.82 

 6.53 



2.58 

 4.56 

 5.25 

 1.38 

 6.05 

 3.30 

 5.75 

 4.64 

 8.00 

 4.23 

 6.66 

 4.50 

 4.43 

 6.36 

 4.25 

 3.71 

 8. 83 

 4.70 

 1.73 

 7.03 

 6.77 

 7.29 

 6.64 

 3.25 

 4.33 

 4.00 



1.59 

 0.85 

 O.OO 

 0.02 

 0.03 

 0.00 

 1.61 

 0.03 

 1.27 

 0.15 

 1.20 

 0.45 

 0.28 

 0.32 

 0.14 

 1.20 

 0.60 

 0.30 

 0.58 

 0.48 



T. 

 0.73 

 1.08 

 0.35 

 0.74 



T. 

 0.20 

 0.15 



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

 and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



NOVEMBER. 



The weather was mild and dry. The full magnitude of the damage to 

 corn by the frosts and freezes of October, became apparent when cribbing 

 was attempted in November. In spite of favorable conditions for drying, 

 the husked corn, though carefully sorted, heated in the cribs so badly that 

 it had to be spread out to dry. Husking ceased generally the last week 

 of the month with 43 per cent of the crop still in the fields; and unusual 

 methods were adopted to save it. Many cattle and hogs were shipped into 

 the State to consume the soft corn. 



Because of the cold in Octoter and drought in November, winter wheat 

 made slow growth and is not entering the winter in resistant condition. 

 Where it has germinated, the stand is fair, but up to the close of Novem- 

 ber many fields had not yet germinated. 



Pressure. — The mean pressure (reduced to sea level) for the State was 

 30.21 inches. The highest recorded was 30.66 inches at Davenport on the 

 26th, and the lowest was 29.47 inches, at Dubuque, on the 21st. The 

 monthly range was 1.19 inches. 



Temperature. — The mean temperature for the State, as shown by the 

 records of 102 stations, was 40.7°, or 5.7° above the normal. By divisions. 



