GRAIN SORGHUMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. 5 



Both the monthly and the annual precipitation fluctuate widely, as 

 is shown in Table I. The rainfall in April amounted to less than three- 

 tenths inch in several different years and to more than 5 inches in 

 several other years, which is a difference of almost 5 inches between the 

 extremes. June, July, August, and September each has about the 

 same range of fluctuation as April. May has a wider range, amount- 

 ing to about 8 inches. In the annual precipitation the extreme range 

 is from 11 inches in 1910 to 32 inches in 1905. 



Table II. — Daily and monthly precipitation at Amarillo, Tex., during the 6-year period 

 from 1914 to 1919, inclusive. 



f Data (in inches) furnished bv the observer of the United States Weather Bureau at Amarillo, Tex. 



T. = trace.] 



Date. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



An- 

 nual. 



1014: 

 1 









0.96 

 T. 



0.06 



0.57 

 .04 















2. 





1 



0.04 

 .17 



0.62 













3 



"t.'I 

















4 









.22 



.67 

 .11 

















T. 



















6 







.43 

 .17 







.63 

 .07 



0.30 











7. .. . 









.10 











8. . 



















9. . 













.58 

 .41 













10.. 







.10 



.01 









.31 

 .29 

 .15 











11. . 





T. 









0.09 









12 



| 











T. 









13. . . 





















14- . 







.05 

 .48 

 .81 

 .09 

 .47 

 .07 



T. 



T. 



.05 

 .01 









T. 









15... 



I 









.01 









16. . 























17 







"""'"'1 ." 





.21 

















18 









.11 













19 









.43 



.11 















20. .. 







o.oi L:.... 











0.43 





21... 











T. 



.04 



.15 

 2.28 

 1.46 







22 









.01 















23 























24 





















.44 





25 













.02 













26 









.06 



T. 



.22 

 .47 

 .02 

 T. 

 .20 

















27 





0.01 







.03 













28 







T. 

 .03 

 .19 















29 







.01 







.13 













30 







T. 















31 

















































Total 



T. 



.01 



.02 



1.27 



3.83 



.65 



1.90 



2.52 



1.10 



3.98 







.87 



16.15 









1915: 



1 











.22 

 .03 



.02 

 .01 

 .06 



.02 













2 







.20 T. 















3 





T. 



.10 

 .25 

















4 









.23 

 T. 

 T. 



.01 















5 









T. 

 .08 



T. 





T. 

 T. 











6 









T. 



.25 

 .40 

 .25 

 .01 







.05 





7 







T. 

 .01 



T. 

 .73 









8 







.04 

 .17 













9 













.32 













10 















T. 







11 

















T. 





.21 

 .12 







12 

















.01 



.79 

































14 









.05 

 .65 

 .30 

 1.34 

 T. 

 .01 







2.89 

 .36 

 .20 

 T. 



.27 



.11 

 .02 

 .34 

 .04 

 .11 

 T. 



1.13 



.09 









15 



i T - 

 I 0.29 











.61 









16 





T. 



.39 

 .44 

 .01 

 T. 

 .19 





1.33 









17 







0.18 







18 







T. 



T. 



. T. 

 .21 

 .54 







19 















20 





.83 

 T. 

 T. 











21.. 





T. 



.09 

 .07 











22 



.03 

 .01 







.14 



.03 



.22 



3.05 











23 







.31 



.20 











24 







.73 

 .28 







.12 



.02 







T. 







T. 









.40 





T. 





