TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 1% 



Sunshine and- Cloudiness.— The average number of clear days was 16; 

 partly cloudy, 9; cloudy, 6. The duration of sunshine was about the nor- 

 mal over the southwestern half of the state and above the normal over 

 the northeastern half, the percentage of the possible amount being 79 at 

 Charles City; 78 at Davenport; 60 at Des Moines; 70 at Dubupue; 77 at 

 Keokuk; and 67 at Sioux City. 



Wind. — South winds prevailed. The highest velocity reported was 48 

 miles per hour from the South, at Sioux City, Woodbury County, on the 

 14th. 



JUNE. 



The month was the hottest and driest June on record since statewide 

 observations began in 1890. The average temperature, 75.5°, is 6.9° above 

 the normal and 2. 5° above the record for June, 1894, which was the 

 warmest June on record prior to the past month. The average rainfall, 

 1.82 inches, is 2.70 inches below the normal and 0.17 inch less than the 

 average for the same month last year. The temperature was high most 

 of the time during the month, with the warmest periods between the 2nd 

 and 5th, 8th to 10th, 14th to 16th, 19th to 23d, 26th and 29th to 30th, when 

 the maximum temperatures were above 90° at all stations, and 100° or 

 above at several stations on two or more days in the central and southern 

 districts. The coolest day, generally, was the 28th, when the minimun> 

 temperature was near or below 50°. 



The rainfall came in the form of widely scattered local showers at 

 long intervals, except over the northeastern counties, where the showers 

 were quite frequent and the rainfall sufficient to keep all vegetation Id 

 fairly good condition. Over the southeastern, southern and northwestero 

 counties the dought was severe, and all crops, except corn, suffered cod' 

 siderably. Early potatoes, garden truck, grass, pasturage, and the late 

 small grains such as oats, spring wheat and barley, being damaged the 

 most. Oats headed short and began ripening prematurely, thereby lower- 

 ing the average condition of the crop materially. Early potatoes were 

 nearly a failure. Pastures were bare at the close of the month, garden 

 truck received serious damage, and the water supply was failing in many 

 localities. Corn, however, made remarkably rapid growth, and at the 

 end of the month much of it was more than waist high and practically 

 all of it had been laid by. 



Tempekatuke. — The monthly mean temperature for the State, as shown 

 by the records of 116 stations, was 75.7°, which is 6.9° above the normal 

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

 section, 74.3°, which is 6.9° above the normal; Central section, 75.4, which 

 is 6.4°, above the normal; Southern section,77.3°, which is 7.3° above the 

 normal. The highest monthly mean was 79.6°, at Leon Decatur County, 

 and the lowest monthly mean, 70.9°, at Grand Meadow, Clayton County. 

 The highest temperature was 108°, at Ottumwa, Wapello County, on the 

 5th; the lowest temperature reported was 36°, at Elma, Howard County, 

 on the 28th. The average monthly maxima was 100°, and the average 

 monthly minima was 48°. The greatest daily range was 53°, at Larrabee, 

 Cherokee County. The average of the greatest daily ranges was 38°. 



