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to .50 at Denver and .51 at Santa Fe. In the report for July, 1874, ]). 271, 

 he remarks : " The relative humidity has averaged on the Gulf and 

 South and East Atlantic States 75 ; New Jersey coast, 85 ; in the Lake 

 region, 68 ; Lower Mississippi Valley, 70 ; in the Tennessee and the Ohio 

 and Upper Mississippi Valleys, 02 ; in the Lower Missouri Valley, 58 ; at 

 the Kocky Mountain stations, 41." I extract from his report as of 

 interest the following data : 



SANTA Ft, N. MEX. 

 Maximum, August 2, 1874, 89° F. ; minimum, February 24, 1875, 2° F. 



Rain-fall, annual amount, 10.63 inches. 



DENVER, COLO. 

 Maximum, July 4, 1874, 102° F. ; minimum, January 9, 1875, 29° F. 



Rain-fall, annual amount, 15.24 inches. 



COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 



Maximum, July 11, 1874, 98° F. ; minimum, January 13, 1875, 25° F. 

 Maximum thermometer broken ; rain-fall, annual amount 15.24 inches. 



SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

 Maximum, July 1, 2, and 3, 1874, 98° F. ; minimum, January 16, 1875, 5° F. 



Riiin-fall, annual amount, 20.24 inches. 



