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BULLETIN 462, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



than 4 inches, and in some cases as much as 20 inches, of rain within 

 a 10-day period. Hypoluxo is much more subject to these heavy 

 downpours than are the other sections represented, although nearly 

 every part of the State is exposed to excessive rainfall at some 

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Fig. 3. — Chart showing rainfall of 4 inches or less for each 10-day period, 1892-1914, 



at Fort Myers, Fla. 



June to October, October being the most subject to floods. Floods 

 occur occasionally, however, in the winter and spring months and 

 are apt to do much harm. 



It will be noticed that the first great drought shown in the three 

 charts (figs. 1, 3, and 4) representing the southern stations occurred 

 in the season 1897-98. Fort Myers (see fig. 3) shows only light 

 showers from the middle of October to the middle of May, while the 



