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IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE' 



at the regular Weather Bureau stations was as follows: Charles City, 65; 

 Davenport, 62; Des Moines, 60; Dubuque, 58; Keokuk, 56; Sioux City, 58; 

 Omaha, Nebr., 59. Clear days averaged 12; partly cloudy 8; cloudy, 10. 



Rivers. All of the rivers fell almost steadily throughout the month. 

 The Missouri River was rather high at the beginning but became moderate 

 to low. At the close of the month the Mississippi was unusually low for 

 April. 



Miscellaneous Phenomena. Aurora, 5th, 10th, 29th, 30th. Fog, 10th, 

 18th, 22d, 24th, 27th. Hail, Northern Division, 2d, 17th, 28th; Central Divi- 

 sion, 2d, 18th, 20th; Southern Division, 2d, 3d, 17th, 19th 20th. At Belmond, 

 moderate hail totaling 0.4 inch in depth occurred on the 17th; no damage. 

 Halo (lunar or solar), 1st, 4th, 5th, 18th, 24th, 2.5th, 26th, 27th. Haze, 9th, 

 22d, 25th. Sleet, 2d, 3d, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st. 23d, 28th. Thunder- 

 storm, 2d, 3d, 6th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 

 27th. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— APRIL. 



-1-3.1 

 -1-1.9 

 —3.3 

 —3.2 

 +3.0 

 +5.5 

 -f5.8 

 —0.8 

 —0.6 

 -fO.2 

 -f-3.,'5 

 -t-1.2 

 —0.5 

 -fl.l 

 —4.6 

 —1.2 

 -1-3.8 

 —7.2 

 -fl.8 

 —4.9 

 -1-3.8 

 —2.0 

 + 1.2 

 -1-1.5 

 —0.1 

 -1-8.5 

 —1.6 

 —3.2 

 —3.9 



T indicates an amount too small to iiifasun 

 tion, and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



>r lo.«s th in .00.3 inch prceipita- 



MAY. 



May averaged warm. From freezing temperatures on the 1st the 

 weather turned suddenly hot with maximum temperatures in the 90's in 

 nearly all portions of the State on the 3d and 4th. High southwest winds 



