SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II. 39 



October was exceptionally fine, having more than the average number 

 of clear days, and less than the average amount of rainfall. The average 

 temperature for the State was 50.5°, which is 2° below the normal. The 

 average rainfall was 1.96 inches, which is 0.45 of an inch below the normal. 

 Nearly all the rainfall occurred in the ten days from the 18th to the 27th. 

 In the first half of the month conditions were unusually favorable lor 

 drying out the bulky corn crop, and husking was begun somewhat later 

 than usual. There were but few days too wet for work in the fields. All 

 late maturing crops were harvested under favorable conditions. 



November was slightly above the normal in temperature and precipita- 

 tion. The monthly mean temperature was 35.4°, and the average precipi- 

 tation was 2.03 inches, which is about 0.72 of an inch above the normal. 

 During the first half Of the month conditions were fairly good for husking 

 corn and other field work, and at the close of the month the bulk of the 

 largest corn crop ever produced in Iowa was well secured, in the latter 

 half of the month snow flurries, and alternate freezing and thawing, hin- 

 dered work to some extent. 



December was about 2.7° warmer than usual, the average temperatuie 

 being 25.7°. The average precipitation, which was mostly in the form of 

 rain, was 1.43 inches, or 0.18 of an inch above the normal. As a whole, 

 it was unusually mild and favorable for outdoor work and the care of 

 stock. 



The year 1906 closed as it began, with moderate temperature and favor- 

 able weather conditions, typical of the most productive year known in 

 Iowa during the last quarter of a century. 



