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western part of the State. Considerable rain fell — 1.83 inches at Smith- 

 land, beginning at 1 1 -.30 A. m. ; 1.62 inches at Rock Branch, beginning 

 at 11 105 a. m. At Albia a little rain fell, beginning at 6:00 a. m., and 

 some at Tabor, beginning at 8:00 a. m. On the nth, eleven reports 

 show local storms of no great inportance. Only two of the reports 

 show wind as high as "2." Many report no wind whatever. Little rain 

 fell, except at Auburn, 2.99 inches; Ft. Dodge, 2.00; Middle River, 

 2.65. The beginning of rainfall was: Auburn, 8:00 a. m. ; Ft. Dodge, 

 8:00 p.m.; Middle River, 9:15 p. m. 



Of the 12th, quite a number of reports are at hand. They show 

 local heat-storms. We have no record of temperatures. Moravia 

 reports 91 degrees at noon. There were some early morning storms, 

 but most of them came between noon and 6 : 00 p. m. Rainfall began : 

 Smithland, 1 :oo-2 :oo a. m. ; Bancroft, 2:00 a. m. ; Brush Creek, 10 :oo 

 a.m.; Cresco, 10:30A.M.; Auburn, 12:30P.M.; Moravia, 12:415P.M.; 

 Kiron, 1:00 p. m. ; Adair, 1:54 p. m. ; Tabor, 2:00 p. m. ; Algona, 

 3:00 p. m. ; Glenwood, 3:03 p. m. ; Middle River, 3:30 p. m. ; Smith- 

 land, 4:00 p. m. ; Concord, 4:00 p. m. ; Onawa, 5:25 p. m. ; Cresco, 

 8:30 p. m. ; Glenwood, n :oo p. M. The rainfalls are: Bancroft, 1.50 

 inches; Cresco, 1.10; Auburn, 0.48; Moravia, 1.00; Kiron, 2.50; Adair, 

 0.25; Tabor, 0.18; Algona, 1.00; Glenwood, 1.40; Middle River, 

 0.30; Smithland, 0.73; Concord, 0.90; Onawa, 0.70. The highest 

 wind reported was at Algona — force, "3." Most records show a calm. 

 Glenwood — " Afternoon storm was a sudden down-pour from a local 

 cloud; very little thunder and lightning." Kiron — "Storm came in 

 three distinct showers." This storm was for many places a breaking 

 up of the great drought. 



This cluster of storms apparently culminated on the 13th. Twenty- 

 five reports were received of this date. The storms set in a little be- 

 fore noon. Rainfall beginnings are reported from then till 6:00 p. m. 

 These are most numerous between 4:00 and 6:00 p. m. The times 

 are as follows: Albia, 1:00 a. m. ; Grinnell, 6:45 A - M -i Amana, 

 9:25 a. m. ; Homestead, 9:42 a. m. ; Dysart, 9: 10 a. m. ; Mt. Vernon, 

 10: 40 a. m. ; Monticello, 11:40 a. m. ; Smithland, 1:00 p. m. ; Mt. 

 Pleasant, 1:15 p. m. ; Davenport, 1:25 p. m. ; Clinton, 2:00 p. m. ; 

 Concord, 3: 10 p. m. ; Albia, 3:40 p. m. ; Tabor, 4:00 p. m. ; Cresco, 

 4:10 p. m. ; Bancroft, 4:40 p. m. ; Orange City, 4:46 p. m. ; Auburn, 

 5 : 00 p. m. ; Algona, 6 : 00 p. m. ; Cresco, 6 : 00 p. m. ; Albia, 7 : 15 p. m. ; 

 Algona, 12:00 p. m. The amounts of rainfall are: Albia, 0.25 inches; 

 Grinnell, 1.00; Amana, 1.28; Homestead, 0.86; Dysart, o. 10; Mt. 



