176 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



normal; southern section, 60.4% which is 1.6° below normal. 'I he high- 

 est monthly mean was 63.6°, at Keokuk; lowest monthly mean, 53.2°> 

 at Sibley. The highest temperature reported was 88°, at Glenwood and 

 Welton Junction on the 3d and 29th; lowest temperature reported, 28°, 

 at Washta on the 26th. The average monthly maximum was 82.2°; aver- 

 age monthly minimum, 34.3°. Greatest daily range, 49°, at Carroll; 

 average of greatest daily ranges, 36.9°. Average precipitation for the 

 state, as shown by the records of 132 stations, was 5.95 Inches, which is 

 1.82 inches above normal. The averages by sections were as follows: 

 Northern section, 7.60 inches, which is 3.68 inches above normal; cen- 

 tral section, 5.88 inches, which is 1.79 inches above normal; southern 

 section, 4.38 inches, which is .03 of an inch above normal. The larg- 

 est amount reported was 10.83 inches at Hanlontown; least amount 

 reported, 2.57 inches at Bonaparte. The greatest daily rainfall reported 

 was 3.48 inches at Onawa on the 11th. Average number of days on 

 which .01 of an inch or more was reported, 14. Prevailing direction of 

 the wind, northwest; highest velocity reported, 59 miles per hour, from 

 the south, at Sioux City, on the 3rd. Average number of clear days, 12; 

 partly cloudy, 11; cloudy, 8. 



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

 records of 121 stations, was 68.9°, which is 0.3° above normal. By sec- 

 tions the mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section, 67.9°, 

 which is 0.2° below normal; central section, 70.2°, which is 0.7° above 

 normal; southern section, 71.7°, which is 0.5° above normal. The high- 

 est monthly mean was 74.5° at Red Oak; lowest monthly mean, 64.5° at 

 Sibley. The highest temperature reported was 100° at Red Oak on the 

 9th; lowest temperature reported, 36°, at Washta on the 22d. The aver- 

 age monthly maximum was 92.1°; average monthly minimum, 45.7". 

 Greatest daily range, 48° at Washta; average of greatest dally ranges, 

 33.9°. Average precipitation for the state, as shown by records of 131 

 stations, was 5.53 inches, which is 1.00 inch above normal. The aver- 

 ages by sections were as follows: Northen section, 5.39 inches which 

 is .71 of an inch above normal; central section, 4.78 inches, which is. 

 .22 of an inch above normal; southern section, 6.43 inches, which is 2.07 

 inches above normal. The largest amount reported was 14.89 inches at 

 Keosauqua; least amount reported, 1.80 inches at Forest City. The 

 greatest daily rainfall reported was 12.10 inches at Bonaparte on the 

 10th. Average number of days on which .01 of an inch or more was re- 

 ported, 10. Prevailing direction of the wind, south, southeast, south- 

 west; highest velocity reported. 49 miles per hour, from the northwest^ 

 at Sioux City, on the 18tli. Average number of clear days, 12; partly 

 cloudy, 11; cloudy, 7. 



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

 records of 117 stations, was 70.6 degrees, which is 3.8° below normal. 

 By sections the mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section, 

 69.5°, which is 3.7° below normal; central section, 70.8°, which is 3.5° 

 below normal; southern section, 71.4°, which is 4.3° below normal. The 

 highest monthly mean was 73.4°, at Keokuk; lowest monthly mean,. 



