NINETEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 553 



Sunshine and Cloudiness. The average per cent of the possible amount 

 of sunshine was 69, or about 1 per cent more than the normal. The per 

 cent of the possible amount at the regular Weather Bureau stations was 

 as follows:' Charles City, 57; Davenport, 67; Des Moines, 76; Dubuque, 

 64; Keokuk, 67; Sioux City, 74; Omaha, Neb., 80. 



Miscellaneous Phenomena. Aurora, 9th, 11th. Fog, dense, 4th, 6th, 25th, 

 26th, 28th. Hail, Northern Division, 3d, 6th, 14th, 20th, 27th, 30th; Central 

 Division, 3d, 5th, 27th; Southern Division, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 24th, 27th, 

 28th. The hailstorms of June will be more fully covered in our report for 

 July. Halos (solar), 1st, 2d, 7th, 9th, 11th, 22d. Thunderstorms, all days 

 except 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 21st, 22d, 23d. Rainbow, 5th, 29th. 



Rivers. Moderate stages prevailed in the Missouri River but the flood 

 stage was not reached, nor was the flood stage reached on the Mississippi 

 except near Keokuk, where flood conditions prevailed from the 10th to the 

 14th, inclusive, due to the heavy discharge of the Skunk, Iowa and Des 

 Moines Rivers; above Burlington moderate stages prevailed but a great 

 deal of bottom land was flooded and some crops destroyed. In the Interior 

 of the State rivers and small streams were overflowed for a considerable 

 period due to an unusually heavy fall of rain on the 3d and 4th, in the 

 central counties. At Boone the Des Moines River reached a stage of 23.2 

 feet on the 5th, which is within 2.2 feet of the highest of record and 6.2 

 feet above the flood stage. The principal damage was to crops and bridges 

 but there was some damage to other property, and train movements for 

 a time were demoralized. 



