EVAPORATION EXPERIMENTS ON KINGS RIVER. 



Evaporation at Kingsburg, Cal., November 1, 1881, to October SI, 1885 — Continued. 



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Period. 



Time. 



Temper- 

 ature 

 [ of air. 



Pan in river. 



Temper- 

 ature of 

 river. 



Temper- 

 ature of 

 water 

 in pan. 



Evapora- 

 tion. 



Pan in air. 



°F. 



°F. 



February, 1884.. 



March, 1884 



April, 1884 



May,1884 



June,1884 



July,1884 



August, 1884 



September, 18M. 

 October, 1884... 



Total. 



November, 18*4. . 

 December, 1884 . . 



January, 1885 



February, 1885... 



March, 1885 



April, 1885 



May,1885 



June, 1885 



July,1885 



August, 1885 



September, 1885 . 

 October, 1885 



Total . 



Ja. m .. 

 ....do., 

 ....do.. 

 ....do., 

 ....do., 

 ....do., 

 ....do., 

 ....do., 

 ....do.. 



9 a. m . 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



°F. 



Feet. 

 0.050 

 .090 

 .160 

 .320 

 .295 

 .380 

 .370 

 .320 

 .350 



2.690 



.200 

 .180 

 .010 

 .140 

 .240 

 .160 

 .340 

 .660 

 .710 

 .930 

 .640 

 .470 



4.680 



Average evaporation for four years, November 1, 1881, to October SI, 1885. 



Month. 



Pan in river. 



Evapora- 

 tion. 



Evapora- 

 tion per 

 24 hours. 



Pan in air. 



Evapora-1 iEvaoora 



lionper Evapora-lEyfPora 



square \ tion. 

 mile. 



tion per 

 i 24 hours. 



Evapora- 

 tion per 

 square 

 mile. 



Kovember . 

 December . 

 Januan' ... 

 February . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August .... 

 September. 

 October 



Total . 



Feet. 

 0.176 

 .099 

 .066 

 .101 

 .204 

 .213 

 .281 

 .483 

 .628 

 .721 

 .541 

 .339 



3.851 



Feet. 



0.0059 

 .0032 

 .0021 

 .0036 

 .0066 

 .0071 

 .0091 

 .0161 

 .0203 

 .0233 

 .0180 

 .0109 



.0106 



Cll./t. 

 per sec. 



1.89 



1.03 



1.16 

 2.12 

 2.29 

 2.93 

 5.20 

 6.51 

 7.51 

 5.82 

 3.53 



3.40 j 



Feet. 

 0.174 

 .104 



.081 

 .091 

 .225 

 .286 

 .551 

 .776 

 .904 

 .861 

 .615 

 .289 



4.958 



Feet. 



0.0058 

 .0034 

 .0026 

 .0033 

 .0073 

 .0095 

 .0178 

 .02.59 

 .0292 

 .0278 

 .0205 

 .0093 



.0136 



Cu. 

 per. 



St- 

 sec. 



1.87 



1.08 



.S4 



i.a5 



2.34 

 3.08 

 5.74 

 8.35 

 9.41 

 8.96 

 6.62 

 3.01 



4.38 



