2 SMITHSOXIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 89 



each year from 1900 to 1932 from the mean rainfall given for each 

 of the following 10 sections: 



Ohio Valley and Tennessee, Lower Lake Region, Upper Lake 

 Region. Upi>er Mississippi Valley, West Gulf States, North Dakota, 



Missouri Valley, Northern Slope. Middle Slope, Southern Slope. The 

 values are given in inches in column (i), table i. 



Table i. — Fundamental Data 



Year (i) (2) (3) (4) (s) (6) (7) 



1889 0.5 O.I 0.0 — 0.6 



1890 O.l — 0.5 — O.I — I.O 



189I — 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 



1892 — 0.5 — 0.6 — 0.6 — 0.7 



1893 —0.3 —0.4 —0.3 —0.7 



1894. — O.I — 0.4 —0.3 — 0.6 



1895 — O.I — O.I — 0.3 — 0.2 



1896 — 0.2 0.2 O.I 0.3 



1897 O.I — 0.4 — 0.2 — O.I 



1898 — 0.4 — 0.6 — 0.6 — 0.9 



1899 — O.I O.I 0.2 0.4 



1900 29.82 4.527 .. —O.I 0.3 0.2 0.5 



I90I 24.95 2.998 . . — 0.2 0.2 O.I 0.4 



1902 29.3s 3-536 .. 0.0 —0.4 0.2 1.0 



1903 29.04 3.268 . . 0.2 —0.5 — 0.2 0.0 



1904 26.21 3.807 .. O.I 0.0 0.3 0.2 



1905 31-82 5.61I .. 0.2 —0.3 0.4 1.0 



1906 29.21 3.621 .. — 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 



1907 27.21 3.634 .. — 0.4 — 0.6 0.0 0.0 



1908 28.58 4.249 33 —O.I —0.4 0.0 O.I 



1909 28.85 2.924 40 — 0.2 — 0.4 — 0.2 — 0.2 



1910 22.73 2.837 75 —0.2 0.0 —0.4 —0.6 



191 1 28.33 3-128 25 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 



I912 27.37 4.382 12 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.7 



I913 28.20 3.664 27 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.7 



1914 27.64 3.836 II 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.4 



I9IS 31-62 3.717 26 —0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 



1916 26.81 2.397 60 — 0.4 — 0.3 — 0.4 — 0.6 



1917 22.90 2.255 75 —0.1 —0.3 —0.3 —0.5 



1918 26.68 3.018 28 — 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 



1919 29.69 4.189 13 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.9 



1920 28.65 4562 54 0.0 0.3 0.1 — 0.2 



1921 28.12 4.387 63 0.4 0.1 0.0 — 0.2 



1922 27.46 4.465 21 0.4 0.3 — 0.1 — 0.2 



1923 30.17 4-458 22 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 



1924 25.18 2.967 27 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 



1925 25.15 2.396 24 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 



1926 29.36 4.058 21 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 



1927 30.38 3141 34 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 



1928 28.84 3819 13 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 



1929 29.01 4.494 15 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 



1930 23.84 3-843 63 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.7 



1931 26.50 4-974 41 



1932 28.75 5-039 21 



(i) Average rainfall in inches in interior basin of the L^nited States between the Allegheny 

 and Rocky Mountains. 



(2) Average height in meters of the Parana River at Rosario, Argentina. 



(3) Percentage of area of Australia above average rainfall. 



(4) Departures of annual mean pressure from 42-year normal at Quixeramobim (values 

 preceding 1897 were interpolated from Recife). 



(s) Departures of annual mean pressure from 42-year normal at Antananarivo. 



(6) Departures of annual mean pressure from 42-year normal at Colombo. 



(7) Departures of annual mean pressure from 42-year normal at Darwin, Australia. 



