NINETEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 



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COMPAKATIVi: DATA FOR THE STA'J'E— PKBRUARY. 



YEAR 



1890 



1891- 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



189S 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



19C-9 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



Temperature 



Precipitation 



26.0 

 19.4 

 28.1 

 16.4 

 19.7 

 16.4 

 27.4 

 24.7 

 24.2 

 12.2 

 14.8 

 17.5 

 17.6 

 19.8 

 14.8 

 12 8 

 23.6 

 25.0 

 24.3 

 26.2 

 17.8 

 27.3 

 18.1 

 20.2 

 16.8 

 29.1 

 19.0 

 15.2 

 23.0 



+ 5.5 



— 1.1 



+ 7.6 



— 4.1 



— 0.8 



— 4.1 

 + 6.9 

 + 4.2 

 + 3.7 



— 8.3 



— 5.7 



— 3.0 

 2.9 



— 0.7 

 5.7 



— 7.7 

 + 3.1 

 + 4.5 

 + 3.8 

 + 5.7 



2.7 

 6.8 

 2.4 



— 0.3 

 - 3.7 

 + 8.6 



— 1.5 



— 5.3 

 + 2.5 I 



67 —24 

 70 |— 31 



68 —20 



-28 



-19 



-33 



78 I- 13 



61 I— 24 



62 —18 

 75 1—40 

 60 1—27 

 49 !— 21 

 62 —21; 



56 1—21 



70 !— 26 



69 1—41 

 66 1—32 

 65 —31 

 59 '—16 

 62 1—26 



58 1—21 



71 !— 13 



57 1—30 



70 I— 24 



59 —29 

 62 — 8 

 62 —32 

 68 —37 

 70 1—36 



0.83 

 1.16 

 1.20 

 1.39 

 0.89 

 0.49 

 0.71 

 0.89 

 1.20 

 0.89 

 1.30 

 1.01 

 0.73 

 1.18 

 0.41 

 1.57 

 1.29 

 0.71 

 1.69 

 1.54 

 0.46 

 2.76 

 1.21 

 0.82 

 0.87 

 2.93 

 0.55 

 0.36 

 0.95 



—0.32 



-t-0.01 

 -fO.05 

 -fO.24 

 —0.26 

 —0.66 

 —0.44 

 —0.26 

 +0.05 

 —0.20 

 -fO.15 

 —0.14 

 —0.42 

 +0.03 

 —0.74 

 +0.42 

 +0.14 

 —0.44 

 +0.54 

 +0.39 

 —0.69 

 +1.61 

 + 0.06 

 —0.33 

 —0.28 

 +1.78 

 —0.60 

 —0.79 

 —0.2(1 



2.18 

 2.41 



2.18 



2.91 



2.41 



1.34 



2.40 



1.81 



3.65 



! 4.32 



4.57 



3.00 



2.39 



3.25 



j 1.99 



I 2.97 



1 2.91 



I 1.95 



3.95 



4.72 



; 2.09 



5.46 



3.25 



2.39 



1.99 



5.39 



1.38 



1.19 



2.10 



0.11 

 0.55 

 0.12 

 0.06 



T. 

 0.02 

 0.04 

 0.22 

 0.10 

 0.12 

 0.18 

 0.12 

 0.02 

 0.30 



T. 

 0.44 

 0.20 

 0.06 

 0.23 

 0.30 



T. 

 0.50 

 0.C4 

 0.07 

 0.32 

 0.43 

 0.05 



T. 

 0.09 



5.0 

 8.1 

 8.4 

 3.3 

 5.4 

 8.0 

 7.8 

 7.1 

 9.9 

 9.7 

 2.6 

 7.9 

 4.5 



15.5 

 6.1 

 4.6 

 8.9 

 7.7 

 4.0 

 7.0 



11.2 

 7.3 

 9.2 

 9.4 

 6.0 

 3 5 

 6.0 



Number of 

 Days 



0.3 



16 

 10 

 4 

 6 



8 

 12 

 9 

 7 

 10 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 10 



T indicates an amount too small to measure, 

 tion, and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



or less than .005 inch precipita- 



MARCH. 



March was abnormally warm, the largest excesses in temperature, 12 

 degrees daily, being in Crawford County, and the smallest excesses, 7 or 8 

 degrees, being in the northeastern counties. Frost left the ground early 

 in the month, not having penetrated deeply during the winter. Precipita- 

 tion was in excess of the normal in the northern tier of counties, but very 

 deficient over the southern half of the State except the extreme south- 

 eastern counties. Heavy snow fell in the northeastern part of the State 

 on the 13th-14th. Further south along the Mississippi River this was a 

 heavy rainstorm. Dubuque had 0.84 inch in one hour and 1.65 inches in 

 24 hours, being the largest amounts in the State for those periods. A glaze 

 storm on the 9th damaged telephone and telegraph wires in the northern 

 part of the State to the amount of |50,000. 



At the close of the month the season was two weeks earlier than usual; 

 soil dry but working up in fine condition; seeding of spring wheat and 

 oats completed in the south and progressing rapidly in the north; and the 

 husking of the remnant of the 1917 corn crop was practically finished. The 

 acreage of spring wheat is remarkably large and would be larger but for 

 the shortage of cars in which to ship seed. Fall wheat wintered well,. 

 especially in the southeastern counties, but badly needed rain; some that 



