174 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



sections the mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section 

 7.7°, which is 9.7" below normal; central section 11.2°, which is 7.3° 

 below normal; southern section 14.6°, which is 8.2° below normal. The 

 highest monthy mean was 19.6°, at Keokuk; lowest monthly mean, 

 4.2°, at Fayette. The nighest temperature reported was 56°, at Keo- 

 kuk on the 1st; lowest temperature reported was 30°, at Inwood, on 

 the 25th. The average monthy maximum was 43.8°; average monthly 

 minimum, 18.9°. Greatest daily range, 48° at Audubon; average of 

 greatest daily ranges, 35.4°. Average precipitation for the state, as 

 shown by record of 125 stations, was .91 of an inch, which is .06 of an 

 inch below normal. The averages by sections were as follows: North- 

 ern section, .70 inch, which is .11 inch below normal; central section, 

 1.07 inches, which is .04 inch below normal; southern section .97 inch, 

 which is .09 inch below normal. The largest amount reported was 

 1.82 Inch, at Lacoma, the least amount reported, .12 inch, at Storm Lake. 

 The greatest daily rainfall reported was .90 inch, at Lacoma, Ridgeway, 

 Northwood, on the 11th and 12th respectively. Average number of days 

 on which .01 of an inch or more was reported, 6. Prevailing direction 

 of the wind, northwest; highest velocity reported, 38 miles per hour, from 

 the Northwest, at Sioux City, on the 5th. Average number of clear days, 

 13; partly cloudy, 8; cloudy, 10. 



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

 Dy records of 115 stations, was 12.8°, which is 6.8° below normal. By 

 sections the mean temperatures were as follows: • Northern section 

 10.6°, which is 5.9° below normal; central section 12.7°, which is 7.6° 

 below normal; southern section 15.1°, which is 6.4° below normal. The 

 highest monthly mean was 18.0° at Keokuk; lowest monthly mean, 8.1° 

 at Forest City. The highest temperature reported was 69° at Glen- 

 wood and Onawa on the 28th; lowest temperature reported, 41° below 

 zero at Galva and Ida Grove on the 2d. The average monthly maxi- 

 mum was 57.2°; average monthly minimum — 30.6°. Greatest daily 

 range 57° at Sibley; average of greatest daily ranges, 40.0°. Average 

 precipitation for the state, as shown by records of 125 stations, was 

 1.57 inches which is 0.53 of an inch above normal. The averages by 

 sections were as follows: Northern section, 1.35 inches, which is .46 

 of an inch above normal; central section, 1.68 inches, which is 0.62 of 

 an inch above normal; southern section, 1.67 inches, which is 0.53 of 

 an inch above normal. The largest amount reported was 2.97 inches 

 at Belle Plaine; least amount reported, 0.44 of an inch, at Sioux City. 

 The greatest daily rainfall i-eported was 1.10 inches at Ottumwa, on 

 the 24th. Average number of days on which .01 of an inch or more 

 was reported, 7. Prevailing direction of the wind northwest; highest 

 velocity reported, 49 miles per hour, from the northwest, at Sioux 

 City, on the 14th. Average number .of clear days, 14; partly cloudy, 

 7; cloudy, 7. 



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

 by records of 122 stations, was 41.5 degrees, which is 9.1° above nor- 

 mal. By sections, the mean temperatures were as follows; Northern 



