20 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
and the remainder, while light and chaffy, will have considerable value 
for feed. The dry weather was also ideal for finishing threshing and 
haying and harvesting the clover and seed crop. 
A large second crop of hay was put up in excellent condition, and the 
clover seed crop is probably larger than ever befora harvested in this 
State. Considerable seeding of winter grain was done during the forepart 
of the month, and, if the dry weather had not prevented plowing, there 
would have been a large increase in the acreage of winter wheat. 
The rains during the last few days of the month will revive pastures 
and permit the resumption of plowing, but the amounts of precipitation 
were not large enough to have any more than a slight temporary effect 
on the water supply. 
Tempekatuee. — The monthly mean temperature for the State, as shown 
by the records of 112 stations, was 67.9°, which is 4.2° above the normal 
for Iowa. By sections the mean temperatures were as follows: North- 
ern section, 67.1°, which is 5.0° above the normal; Central section, 67.8°, 
which is 4.2° above the normal; Southern section, 68.7°, which is 3.2° 
above the normal. The highest monthly mean was 71.6°, at Onawa, 
Monona county, and the lowest monthly mean 64.6°, at Mason City, Cerro 
Gordo county. The highest temperature reported was 98° at Ridgeway, 
Winneshiek county, on the 11th; the lowest temperature reported was 
20°, at Washta, Cherokee county, on the 29th. The average monthly max- 
imum was 91.8°, and the average monthly minimum was 26.9°. The great- 
est daily range was 46°, at Cedar Rapids, Linn county. The average of 
the greatest daily ranges was 36.2°. 
Precipitation. — The average precipitation for the State, as shown by 
the records of 121 stations, was 1.20 inches, which is 2.21 inches below 
the normal. By sections the averages were as follows: Northern section, 
1.19 inches, which is 2.22 inches below the normal; Central section, 1.20 
inches, which is 2.04 inches below the normal; Southern section, 1.21 
inches, which is 2.36 inches below the normal. The greatest amount, 3.46 
inches, occurred at Grand Meadow, Clayton county, and the least, .25 inch 
at Jefferson, Greene county. The greatest amount in twenty-four hours, 
2.93 inches, occurred at Independence, Buchanan county, on the 26th and 
27th. Measureable precipitation occurred on average of three days. 
The average snowfall, unmelted, was trace. 
Sunshine and Cloudiness. — The average number of clear days was 
21; partly cloudy 6; cloudy 3. The duration of sunshine was above the 
normal, the percentage of the possible amount being 76 at Davenport; 
79 at Des Moines; 68 at Dubuque; 79 at Keokuk; 78 at Sioux City, and 
78 at Omaha, Neb. 
Wind. — South winds prevailed. The highest velocity reported was 37 
miles per hour from the south, at Sioux City, Woodbury county, on the 
25th. 
OCTOBEB. 
After the rains on September 26th to 29th, inclusive, drouthy conditions 
again prevailed until the night of October 19th, there being no rain be- 
tween those dates except light showers on the 5th and 6th. During the 
first and second decades of the month the temperature was above normal, 
