648 BOARD OF xVGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



There were 97 '* cloudy" days, or those when the sky was 

 more than seven-tenths covered by clouds. March and Octo- 

 ber had 12 cloudy days each; April and July the fewest, 3 

 each. The remaining days were variable, being partly 

 cloudy and partly fair. 



The highest temperature of the year was 94.5°, occurring 

 July 23; the lowest, —21.5°, occurring January 23. The 

 maximum for the previous year, 1887, was 93.6°, on the 2d 

 of July, and the minimum was — 22.2°, on the 19th of 

 January. The absoliite range of temperature for 1888 was 

 116°, practically the same as for 1887, 1° less than for 1886. 



