148 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



sections the mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section, 51.1^, 

 which is .4' above normal; central section, 53.0° which is 1.6° above normal; 

 southern section, 55.2°, which is .7° above normal. The highest monthly 

 mean was 58.4". at Belknap; lowest monthly mean, 49.2' at Esther- 

 ville. The highest temperature reported was 96°, at Waukee on the 4th; 

 lowest temperature reported, 16° at Earlham on the 27th. The average 

 monthly maximum was 81.9"; average monthly minimum, 23.2'. Greatest 

 daily range, ST at Waukee; average of greatest daily range, 36.9° Average 

 precipitation for the State as shown by records of 120 stations, was 1.67 

 inches, which is .73 of an inch below normal. The average by sections 

 were as follows: Northern section, 2.50 inches, which is .29 of an inch 

 above normal; central section, 1.60 inches, which is .78 of an inch below 

 normal; southern section, .90 of an inch, which is 1.73 inches below normal. 

 The largest amount reported was 4.43 inches at Sioux Center; least amount 

 reported, . 14 of an inch at Bonaparte and Corydon. The greatest daily 

 rainfall reported was 3.00 inches at Olin on the 9th. Average number 

 of days on which .01 of an inch or more was reported, 6. Prevailing 

 direction of the wind, southeast, south and northwest; highest velocity re- 

 ported, 52 miles per hour from the northwest, at Sioux City, on the 21st. 

 Average number of clear days, 15; partly cloudy, 8; cloudy, 8. 



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

 records of 110 stations, was 41.0°, which is 6.3° above normal. By sections 

 the mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section, 39.3', which is 

 7° above normal; central section, 40.7°, which is 6.1' above normal; south- 

 ern section, 43.1°, which is 5.4' above normal. The highest monthly mean 

 was 45.8°, at St. Charles; lowest monthly mean, 37.4° at Maquoketa. The 

 highest temperature reported was 80' , at Ruthven and Waukee, on the 18th; 

 lowest temperature reported, 4', at Britt, on the 30th. The average monthly 

 maximum was 71.1°; average monthly minimum, 9.6°. Greatest daily 

 range, 56°, at Rock Rapids; average of greatest daily ranges, 37.8'. Aver- 

 age precipitation for the State, as shown by records of 119 stations, was .15 

 of an inch, which is 1.25 inches below normal. The averages by sections 

 were as follows: Northern section, .17 of an [inch, 'which is 1.19 inches 

 below normal; central section, .15 of an inch, which is 1.28 inches below 

 normal; southern section, .14 of an inch, which is 1.30 inches below normal. 

 The largest amount reported was .50 of an inch, at Bonaparte and Glen- 

 wood; least amount reported, none, at Rockwell City. The greatest daily 

 rainfall reported was .50 of an inch, at Bonaparte and Glenwood, on the 9th 

 and 10th respectively. Average number of days on which .01 of an inch or 

 more was reported, 1. Prevailing direction of the wind, northwest; highest 

 velocity reported, 43 miles per hour, from the northwest, at Sioux City, on 

 the 29th. Average number of clear days, 20; partly cloudy, 6; cloudy, 4. 



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

 records of 114 stations, was 23.4°, which is .5° above normal. By sections 

 the mean temperatures were as follows: Northern section 20.6° which is .5° 

 above normal; central section 23.5°, which is .3° above normal; southern 

 section 26.1°, which is .4° above normal. The highest monthly mean was 

 29.9° at Keokuk; ^lowest monthly mean, 18.2° at Forest City. The highest 

 temperaturelreported was 67°, at Albia, en the 22d; lowest temperature re- 

 ported 19', at Elkader, on the 14th. The average monthly maximum was 



