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BULLETIN 743, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGBICULTTJEE. 



Table II. — Maximum and minimum monthly temperatures at the city of 

 Guatemala for the year 1906. 



Month. 



January. . 

 February 

 March. . . 



April 



May 



June 



Maxi- 



Mini- 



mum. 



mum. 



° F. 



° F. 



83 



47 



88 



49 



90 



48 



89 



50 



92 



52 



92 



58 



Month. 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October... 

 November 

 December. 



Mini- 

 mum. 



o _p_ 



As Trill easily be deduced from the above tables, the climate of this 

 region is notable for the very limited range in temperature. The 

 minima are not so low as in either California or Florida or the 

 maxima nearly so high as in California. 



The total amount of rain which fell annually in the city of Guate- 

 mala during nine years is shown in Table III. 



Table III. — Annual precipitation at the city of Guatemala for the 9-year 

 period, 1894 to 1902, inclusive. 



Year. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Year. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Year. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



1894 



Incites. 

 41.13 

 38.07 

 45.64 



1897 



Inches. 

 51.36 

 56.07 

 41.57 



1900 



Inches. 

 60.59 



1895 



1898 



1901 



52.06 



1896 



1899 



1902 



52.32 











From these figures it will be noted that the rainfall is considerably 

 greater than in the avocado-growing districts of California, closely 

 approaching the rainfall of southern Florida. 



The distribution of the rainfall during the 12 months of the 

 year is also of interest. Table IV shows the number of rainy days 

 and the total precipitation during each month at the city of Guate- 

 mala. 



Table IV. — Monthly precipitation at the city of Guatemala for the years 1915 



and 1916. 



Month. 



January . 

 February 

 March... 



April 



May 



June 



July 



1915 



1916 



Rainy 



Precip- 



Rainy 



Precip- 



days. 



itation. 



days. 



itation. 





Inches. 





Inches. 











1 



0.03 



1 



.01 



3 



.20 



10 



2.36 



2 



.02 



1 



.25 



10 



2.13 



9 



3.38 



19 



8.76 



22 



12.83 



20 



8.14 



19 



10.88 



25 



10.81 



Month. 



August 



September. 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Total 



Rainy 

 days. 



Prerip 

 itation 



Inches. 



11.99 



7.76 



4.02 



.97 



.11 



54.56 



Rainy 

 days. 



148 



Precip- 

 itation. 



Inches. 

 10.56 

 13.24 

 5.01 

 .58 

 



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