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at Pnnta Eassa was ninety-five, and the lowest forty, a 

 range therefore of but fifty-five degrees. From these 

 data we are inclined to believe that the climate of the 

 south-west coast will favorably compare with that of the 

 Miami and Indian river sections. 



In southern Florida, calm, warm, and sweltering 

 nights, during the summer months, are unknown, but on 

 the contrary a refreshing breeze exists, and blankets be 

 come almost a necessity. During the nights of July 

 and August, when northern people are suffering from a 

 calm and sultry atmosphere and praying for a refreshing 

 breeze to enable them to sleep ! the residents of south 

 ern Florida sleep soundly, and are refreshed by cooling 

 and invigorating zephyrs wafted from old mother ocean. 



During the winter months in southern Florida rains 

 are unfrequent, but in summer, when vegetation is active, 

 moisture demanded, and frequent rain storms desirable 

 and required to favor vegetable growth and cool the at 

 mosphere, such rains are of almost daily occurrence. 

 From the time we left Sarasota Bay until we reached 

 Clear Water Harbor on our return, we did not see a 

 drop of rain. For the purpose of rendering our state 

 ments more clear and authoritative, we shall quote, from 

 Blodgett s Climatology, some data showing the mean 

 annual precipitation of rain and melted snow at a few 

 points in the United States : 



