4 BULLETIN 462, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



annual rainfall, although its distribution varies considerably, as will 

 be shown later. The distribution of the rainfall and the occurrence 

 of droughts at various points in the State are shown by the accom- 

 panying diagrams (figs. 1-4). These charts are plotted from records 

 kept by the United States Weather Bureau from 1892 to 1914, in- 

 clusive. The stations selected probably are as representative of the 





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Fig. 1. — Chart showing rainfall of 4 inches or less for each 10-day period, 1892-1914, 



at Hypoluxo, Fla. 



State as any that can be chosen without plotting a great number of 

 points. Thus Pensacola is representative of the nortlrwest counties, 

 Orlando is fairly representative of the central peninsula section, 

 Fort Myers should represent the southern west-coast section, and 

 Hypoluxo the southern east-coast section. 



It will be noticed on the charts that the spaces between vertical 

 lines represent 10-day periods, while the black columns between these 



