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an inch below normal. The averages by sections were as follows: Northern 

 section, 4.01 inches, which is. 19 of an inch above normal; central section, 

 3.41 inches, which is .68 of an inch below normal; southern section, 3.92 

 inches, which is .43 of an inch below normal. The largest amount reported 

 was 8.15 inches, at Onawa; least amount reported, 1.50 inches, at Clear 

 Lake. The greatest daily rainfall reported was 3.33 inches, at Florence, on 

 the 24th and 25th. Average number of days on which .01 of an inch or 

 more was reported, 8. Prevailing direction of the wind, southeast; highest 

 velocity reported, 41 miles per hour, from the south, at Sioux City, on the 

 4th. Average number of clear days, 13; partly cloudy, 10; cloudy, 8. 



June.— The monthly mean temperature for the State, as shown by records 

 of 114 stations, was 67. T, which is 2.5' below normal. By sections the 

 mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section, 65.7°, which is 2.6'' 

 below normal; central section, 67.5' , which is 2.0" below normal; southern 

 section, 68.2°, which is 3.1° below normal. The highest monthly mean was 

 70.6°, at Monticello; lowest monthly mean 63.7' at Sibley. The highest 

 temperature reported was 94° at Clinton, Larrabee, Ridgeway and Ruthven 

 on the 23d and 24th; lowest temperature reported, 35° at Charles City on 

 the 2d. The average monthly maximum was 88.1°; average monthly 

 minimum, 45.9°. Greatest daily range, 45° at Pocahontas; average of 

 greatest daily ranges, 33.4'. Average precipitation for the State, as shown 

 by records of 126 stations, was 3.45 inches , which is 1.05 inches below normal. 

 The average by sections were as follows: Northern section, 4.53 inches, 

 which is .15 of an inch below normal; central section, 2.74 inches 

 which is 1.56 inches below normal; southern section, 3.08 inches, which 

 is 1.33 inches below normal. The largest amount reported was 8.35 inches 

 at Humboldt; least amount reported, .44 of an inch, at Gilman. The 

 greatest daily rainfall reported was 3.67 inches at Charles City on the 19th. 

 Average number of days on which .01 of an inch or more was reported, 7. 

 Prevailing direction of the wind, southeast; highest velocity reported, 58 

 miles per hour, from the northwest, at Sioux City, on the 28th. Average 

 number of clear days, 13; partly cloudy, 10; cloudy, 7. 



July. — The monthly mean temperature for the State, as shown by records 

 of 119 stations, was 70.6°, which is 3.6° below normal. By sections the 

 mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section 69.1°, which is 3.9° 

 below normal; central section 71.0°, which is 3.1° below normal; southern 

 section 71,70', which is 3.9° below normal. The highest monthly mean was 

 74.0° at Keokuk; lowest monthly mean, 66.5° at Cresco. The highest tem- 

 perature reported was 100° , at Marshalltown on the 17th; lowest temperature 

 reported, 38°, at Fayette on the 2d. The average monthly maximum was 

 93.1°; average monthly minimum, 46.8°. Greatest daily range, 43", at 

 Logan; average greatest daily ranges, 33.4° . Average precipitation for the 

 State, as shown by records of 117 stations, was 4.41 inches, which is .16 of 

 an inch above normal. The averages by sections were as follows: Northern 

 section, 3.77 inches, which is .41 of an inch below normal; central section, 

 4.47 inches, which is .38 of an inch above normal; southern section, 5.00 

 inches, which is .54 of an inch above normal. The largest amount reported 

 was 11.97 inches at Thurman; least amount reported, 1.28 inches, at Plover. 

 The greatest daily rainfall reported was 7.73 inches at De Soto on the 19th. 

 Average number of days on which .01 of an inch or more was reported, 10. 



