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Table; I. — Summary of the climatic conditions at Garden City, Kans.,for the growijig 

 months of 1914 and igis — Continued 



Year and month. 



Days (in- 

 clusive). 



Wind 



velocity 



per 



hour. 



1915- 



August 



Do 



Do 



September. . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



16—20 

 21-25 

 25-31 

 I- 5 

 6-10 

 11-15 

 16-20 

 21-25 

 25-30 



Miles. 



3-2 



4.4 



4-7 

 7-4 

 6.3 

 7.2 



5-2 



18. 2 

 4.4 



During the growing months of ]\Iay, June, July, August, and Septem- 

 ber in 1914 the rainfall amounted to only 6.42 inches, while during the 

 same months in 191 5 it amounted to 17. 88 inches. Table II gives the 

 number of inches of rainfall for each month during 191 4 and 191 5. 

 Table II. — Rainfall {in inches) at Garden City, Kans., in IQ14 and igis 



Month. 



January . 

 February 

 March . . . 

 April . . . . 



May 



June .... 



Year. 



None. 



Trace. 



Trace. 



1.74 



1.44 



None. 



2- 53 



. 18 



2. 67 



4-39 

 2. 96 



Month. 



July 



August. .. . 

 September 

 October. . . 

 November. 

 December. 



0.56 

 .64 



•15 



1.48 



Trace. 



.06 



1.66 

 6.60 

 2. 27 

 I. 79 

 . 12 

 1.6 



The summer of 191 4 was much warmer than that of 191 5, and the 

 evaporation for each of the five growing months, with but one excep- 

 tion, was appreciably lower in the latter year than in the former. The 

 evaporation from a free water surface for each month of the growing 

 season is given in Table III. 



Table III. — Evaporation {in inches) at Garden City, Kans., for the growing months of 



IQ14 and igi5 



May . 

 June 

 July 



7.046 

 9.942 

 9-403 



7-593 

 7.699 

 9.258 



Month. 



Year. 



August 



September. 



10. 010 

 9.366 



5. 920 

 6.037 



