144 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



TABLE OF WINDS FROM JULY 1, 1900, TO JUNE 30, 1901 



RAIN 



The number of rains observed from July 1, 1899, to September 

 15, 1909, is 277. This number is of Httle significance, however, as 

 there are numerous gaps or periods during which the weather 

 at the lake was not under observation. 



Taking the year from July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901, the year 

 for which we have a complete set of observations, the following 

 is the record of rains at the lake : July, 7 ; August, 5 ; September, 

 9 ; October, 5 ; November, 8 ; December, 3 ; January, 3 ; February, 

 0; March, 10; April, 10; May, 11; June, 9; total, 80. From this 

 it appears that May is the most showery month, and February 

 the least. 



Of these rains, 40 are marked as ''rains", 31 as ''sprinkles", and 

 5 as "drizzles", the character of the 4 others not being designated. 



Twenty are reported as occurring during the forenoon, 25 in 

 the afternoon, and 25 during the night. The 10 others are continu- 

 ations of other showers, or parts interrupted by brief periods of 

 calm. None of the rains recorded for this year was continuous for 

 24 hours but each usually more or less fitful. 



Among the especially heavy rains was one from the southwest 

 on July 24, from 10 a. m. till noon, and again from 4 to 9 p. m., 

 very hard from 5 to 6 p. m. and from 7 to 8 p. m. This storm 

 raised the lake 2.5 inches. Outside of the particular year under 

 discussion there is a record (Oct. 27, 1899,) of a continuous rain 

 of "all day and all night, 36 hours, raised the lake 5 inches" ; and 

 another on Dec. 11, of the same year of a rain 24 hours. 



There is another record of a severe thunder-storm on July 1, 



