NINETEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 535 



areas along the eastern border of the state, Dubuque reporting light hail 

 with but slight damage. In the vicinity of Davenport there was a light 

 fall covering an area about 8 miles in width by 10 in length extending from 

 Rock Island and Moline, 111., northward and northeastward to Eldridge and 

 Argo, Iowa, and while some of the stones were very large, practically no 

 damage resulted except to fruit blossoms. Burlington, Kingston and Dan- 

 ville reported hail and there was a heavy fall in Lee County, but no damage 

 was reported. Pocahontas, in the northern section, also reported a light 

 fall but no damage except to early garden truck. On the early morning 

 of the 10th near Fairfield some damage resulted from hail that varied in 

 size from hickory nuts to hen's eggs. On the 21st in the southwestern 

 and south-central districts, considerable damage was done in Adams, Tay- 

 lor, Pottawattamie, Fremont and Ringgold counties. In some places in the 

 last named, hail the size of wrens' eggs drifted to a depth of several feet 

 beating down oats, corn and garden truck. In the other counties in this 

 district rye and other grains were seriously damaged and in places ruined, 

 but fruit seems to have suffered most. In the southwestern part of Pot- 

 tawattamie County over a considerable area, berries, garden truck and 

 fruit were practically ruined. 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— MAY. 



1890. 

 1891. 

 1892. 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 189.5. 

 1896.. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 190O. 

 1901. 

 1902. 

 190.3. 

 1904., 

 190.5. 

 19(K3.. 

 1907. 

 1908.. 

 1909. 

 1910. 

 1911.. 

 1912.. 

 1913.. 

 1914.. 

 1915. 

 1916., 

 1917.. 

 1918.. 



1.61 

 1.46 



4.87 



1.65 



0.33 



0.84 



3.40 



0.21 



2.22 I 



3.09 



0.96 



0.72 



0.87 



2.88 



1.50 



2.57 



0.89 



0.71 



1.33 



1.86 



1.29 



0.42 



0.72 



3.14 



0.30 



3.82 



2.14 



1.69 



2.72 



T. 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



1.0 

 



0.1. 



T. 



0.7 











T. 



T. 



T. 

 0.6 



T. 



T. indicates an amount too small to measure, or less than 

 and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



.005 inch rainfall 



