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BULLETIN 743, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICTJLTTJRE. 



Table V. — Monthly maximum and minimum temperatures of Alto, Vera Paz, 

 Guatemala, during the 9-year period from 1892 to 1900, inclusive. 



Month. 



Mean 

 maxi- 

 mum. 



Mean 

 mini- 

 mum. 



Month. 



Mean 

 maxi- 

 mum. 



Mean 

 mini- 

 mum. 



Month. 



Mean 

 maxi- 

 mum. 



Mean 

 mini- 

 mum. 





°F. 

 73 



75 



77 



78 



"F. 

 52 

 52 

 53 

 55 





"F. 

 79 



77 



■ 76 



77 



"F. 



58 

 60 

 59 

 59 



September 



°F. 



77 

 75 

 72 

 75 



°F. 

 60 



February 





59 



July 



November 



December 



56 







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The rainfall and the number of rainy days during each month at 

 Coban, averaged for a period of 10 years, are shown in Table VL 



Table VI. — Monthly precipitation at Coban, Guatemala, during the 10-year 

 period from 1891 to 1SJ00, inclusive. 



Month. 



Rainy 

 days. 



Precip- 

 itation. 



Month. 



Rainy 

 days. 



Precip- 

 itation. 



Month. 



Rainy 

 days. 



Precip- 

 itation. 





13.5 

 10.1 

 9.0 

 9.5 

 16.2 



Inches. 

 5.18 

 4.36 

 4.09 

 3.39 

 8.03 





22.3 

 24.9 

 22.3 

 23.1 

 23.1 



Inches. 

 11.03- 

 11.31 

 8.50 

 9.82 

 13.09 



November 



December 



Total 



20.5 

 17.3 



Inches. 

 9.02 





July 



6.78 











September 



211.8 



94.60 



May 











The rainfall at San Cristobal is slightly less than at Coban. Few 

 figures are available, but observations for the year 1900 (Table VII) 

 may be compared with the figures given above for Coban. 



Table VII. — Monthly precipitation at San Cristobal, Guatemala, for the year 



1900. 



Month. 



January. 

 February 



March 



April 



May 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Inches. 

 1.01 

 1.48 

 1.87 

 3.68 

 9.04 



Month. 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October... 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Inches. 

 10. 35 

 19.34 



7.48 

 12.71 



7.52 



November. 

 December. . 



Total 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Inches. 

 4.05 

 1.79 



80.34 



San Cristobal lies in the western part of the Department of Alta 

 Vera Paz. In the eastern part the rainfall is much heavier than at 

 Coban or San Cristobal. Since the town of Senahu has been men- 

 tioned several times in this bulletin, it may be worth while to present 

 figures (Table VIII) showing the rainfall in that region. 



Table VIII. — Monthly precipitation at Senahu, Guatemala, for a 2-year period, 



1892 and 1893. 



Month. 



January. 

 February 

 March . . . 



April 



May 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Inches. 

 5.77 

 2.30 

 2.57 

 4.17 

 19.85 



Month. 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October. . . 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Inches. 

 30.61 

 28. 62 

 19.82 

 17.82 

 16.88 



Month. 



November. 

 December. . 



Total 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Inches. 

 7.95 



5.88 



166. 24 



