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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



T indicates an amount too small to measure, or less than .005 Inch precipita- 

 tion, and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



JULY. 



Temperatures averaged slightly below normal in all but the southwest 

 counties where there was a slight excess, the largest excess being 3.6 

 degrees at Corning. Comparatively cool weather prevailed on the 1st, 

 6th-13th and 29th-31st. The warmest period over most of the State was 

 the 24th-28th, though many stations in the north reported their highest 

 temperatures about the 20th. Three general rain periods, 4th-7th, 14th-15th 

 and 22d-26th resulted in deficient totals, except in the north two tiers of 

 counties and from Marshall southeast to Muscatine and Scott counties. In 

 the central counties of the southern tier, the deficiency approached 4 

 Inches. Excessive rains occurred in the north-eastern counties on the 

 25th-26th, which, together with high winds, beat down the corn and oats 

 badly and delayed harvest. Otherwise harvest progressed rapidly, with 

 unusually good conditions for labor and curing of the shocked grain. 

 Threshing was well under way in the south half of the State the last of 

 the month. Yields and quality of small grains were generally good. 



On July 14, about 9:30 p. m. a small tornado moved from a mile and 

 a half northwest of Weston, Pottawattamie county, to a half piile west of 

 that town, causing $600 worth of damage. 



