CORN, MILO, AND KAFIR IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 



At Garden City the average annual precipitation for the years 

 1897 to 1914, inclusive, was 19.64 inches. At Dalhart, for the years 

 1908 to 1914, inclusive, the average annual precipitation was 15.92 

 inches. At Amarillo precipitation records are available for the 23 

 years from 1892 to 1914, inclusive. These records show that the 

 average annual precipitation was 20.95 inches. 



Table I. — Monthly, annual, and average precipitation at Garden City, Kans., 

 and at Dalhart and Amarillo, Tex., for the years stated. 



[Data in inches. Records for 1897 to 1907, inclusive, at Garden City, and for 1892 to 1906, inclusive, at 

 Amarillo, were furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.] 



Station and year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



An- 

 nual. 



Garden City, Kans.: 

 1897 



0.01 



1.55 

 .35 

 .15 

 .20 

 .25 

 .25 

 .10 



1.10 

 .30 

 .15 

 .08 

 .30 

 .50 

 T. 

 .28 

 .15 







2.33 

 



1.18 



.88 



.55 



.87 



4.45 



T. 



.71 



.43 



.25 



.67 



.35 



.25 



3.53 



3.04 



1.15 



T. 



0.19 



.50 



1.30 



1.22 



2.20 



2.46 



.70 



.11 



1.30 



1.60 



.48 



.18 



2.15 



T. 



.89 



.98 



.50 



T. 



2.09 

 .97 

 1 



5.20 



3.90 



.70 



5.10 



.95 



5.70 



3.24 



.91 



.50 



.07 



1.04 



.32 



2.55 



1.21 



1.74 



0.61 

 6.49 



.42 

 2.05 

 1.20 

 6.26 

 1.49 

 4.30 

 1.47 

 1.92 

 2.44 



.78 

 2.50 

 1.52 



3.19 



6.39 

 4.40 

 2.79 

 1.30 

 2.43 

 2.83 

 2.64 

 4.57 

 4.47 

 2.55 

 3.45 

 3.44 

 3.23 



3.49 



2.59 

 6.21 

 2.18 

 1.48 



.98 



.77 

 5.65 



.86 

 5.82 

 6.35 

 1.52 

 5.10 

 2 



1.84 

 1.76 

 4.97 



.56 



5.80 

 2.04 

 1 



.80 

 2.03 



.88 

 3.65 

 1.32 



.57 

 1.50 

 1.62 

 1.61 

 1.31 

 2.99 

 1.68 

 3.49 



.87 



.64 



0.33 

 4.24 

 1.93 

 3.10 

 4.57 

 1 



.35 

 3.39 

 1.05 

 3.05 

 2.59 



.61 

 1.43 



.14 



.23 

 1.34 

 5.47 



.15 



1.78 

 .43 



.75 

 .52 

 .60 



2.62 

 .40 



1.20 

 .55 



3.46 



1.45 

 .99 

 .68 

 T. 



1.85 

 .33 

 .23 



1.48 



IT. 



1.55 



1.26 



T. 







.20 



.40 



.09 



3.10 



1.32 



.16 



2.72 



3.77 



.15 



.95 



.29 



1.19 



T. 



0.50 



2 

 .78 

 .40 

 .31 



1 

 .25 



1.30 

 .05 

 T. 



2 

 .23 

 .70 

 T. 



1.66 

 .05 



2.42 

 .06 



20.32 



1898 



28.75 



1899 



20.58 



1900 



19.29 



1901 



18.34 



1902 



19.65 



1903 . . . 



20.64 



1904 



21.05 



1905 



21.03 



1906 



27.11 



1907 



20.95 



1908 



13.34 



1909 



21.80 



1910 



11.82 



1911 



3.19 .61 



16.75 



1912 



.56 

 2.30 

 3.63 



4.07 

 3.12 

 1.44 



18.74 



1913 . . . 



23.58 



1914 



9.70 









.32 



1.15 



.93 



2.07 



2.40 



3.16 



3.01 



1.88 



1.94 



1.07 



.95 



.76 



19.64 







Dalhart, Tex.: 



1908 



T. 



T. 



.20 

 

 



.06 



.05 



.85 

 .28 

 .03 

 .54 

 1.30 

 .14 

 T. 



.04 

 .71 

 .12 

 .43 

 .38 

 .02 

 T. 



2.28 

 .18 



1.51 

 .59 



2.56 

 .88 



3.98 



.53 

 1.70 

 2.96 

 3.37 

 2.37 

 2.35 

 7.29 



2.83 

 5.10 

 4.04 

 .28 

 3.36 

 1.29 

 3.65 



4.11 

 1.27 



2.48 

 3.65 

 1.68 

 .85 

 2.58 



1.08 



.65 

 3.28 

 1.87 

 2.64 

 1.50 

 1.38 



.39 

 2.12 



.05 



.58 

 1.98 

 1.45 



.32 



.29 



2.60 







1.72 

 .05 

 .09 



3 



.99 



1.21 

 .07 

 .25 







1.78 











.15 



.02 

 1.28 



.03 

 3.18 



.56 



13.39 



1909 



15.97 



1910 



14.76 



1911 



14.56 



1912 



16.35 



1913 



13.59 



1914 



22,81 









.04 



.45 



.24 



1.71 



2.94 



2.94 



2.37 



1.77 



.98 



1.11 



.61 



.75 



15.92 







Amarillo, Tex.: 



1892 



.42 

 .09 

 .02 



1.60 

 .76 



2.26 

 .86 

 .29 

 .59 

 .03 

 .04 

 .12 

 .16 



1 

 .41 



1.11 

 .26 

 .07 

 .05 

 .07 

 T. 

 .01 

 T. 



.57 



2.03 



1.15 



1.92 



.41 



.65 



.82 



.07 



.47 



.48 



T. 



2.93 



.08 



1.52 



.51 



.24 



.72 



.28 



.17 



,3.26 



1.85 



.41 



.01 



2.10 

 T. 

 .05 

 .16 

 .21 

 .47 

 .35 

 .17 

 .48 

 .02 

 .74 

 .26 

 T. 



2.62 

 .64 

 .02 

 T. 



1.08 

 .41 

 .50 

 .78 

 .44 

 .02 



.21 

 .16 



2.70 



2.19 

 1.30 



1.49 

 2.03 

 3.59 

 6.84 

 2.31 

 2.32 

 4.81 

 4.45 

 1.84 



.92 

 2.01 

 2.83 

 5.53 

 2.19 

 2.07 

 2.23 

 1.73 

 5.90 

 1.48 



.35 

 2.31 

 2.29 



.65 



1.85 

 2.05 

 1.82 

 2.83 

 7.04 

 2.16 

 3.88 

 6.96 

 3.21 

 1.56 

 1.45 

 3.38 

 2.48 

 3.76 

 2.90 

 1.47 

 4.64 

 2.19 

 2.61 

 5.92 

 2.50 

 1.40 

 1.90 



1.93 

 2.67 

 3.41 

 3.87 



.63 

 2.71 

 4.03 



.51 



.83 

 3.03 

 2.42 

 4.67 

 4.69 



.63 

 6.76 

 6.15 

 3.39 

 1.39 

 2.46 

 2.54 

 1.51 



.47 

 2.52 



.24 

 5.27 

 2.41 



.57 

 2.45 



.73 



.48 

 6.09 

 5.25 

 2.19 



.95 



.82 

 3.55 

 3.08 

 1.96 



.97 

 1.50 

 1.90 



.05 

 1.30 

 2.28 

 5.60 

 1.10 



2.85 



.03 



.39 



2.26 



3.09 



1.63 



.41 



1.15 



1.58 



3.26 



1.74 



2.58 



.44 



.30 



2.49 



1.64 



.37 



1.18 



.13 



1.53 



.33 



.83 



3.98 



.16 

 .28 





 .81 

 .35 

 .08 

 .34 



3.24 

 .08 



2 



2.24 





 .20 



5.09 



2.58 

 .69 

 .51 



3.25 

 .19 

 .55 

 T. 



2.26 







1.08 

 .43 

 .82 

 .79 



2.88 

 .63 



2.06 



1.11 

 .07 

 .04 

 .55 

 T. 

 .69 



1.45 

 .19 



1.46 





 .54 

 T. 



1.14 

 .33 



2.17 

 .87 



15.60 



1893 



17.23 



1894 



15.81 



1895 



1:31 



24.79 



1896 



1.95 

 1.08 



.98 

 .23 



5.47 



4.90 



1.83 



.90 



.63 



4.52 



3.23 



1.30 



1.86 



.27 



.53 



3.90 



.82 



1.69 



1.27 



2.20 

 4.44 

 3.52 

 3.12 

 4 53 

 5.99 

 9.14 

 1.79 

 2.88 

 6.16 

 1.18 

 1.13 

 3.44 

 1.13 

 2.61 

 6.74 

 1.62 

 1.71 

 3.83 



24.28 



1897 



19.16 



1898 . . . 



22.54 



1899 



27.39 



1900 



24.40 



1901 



24.42 



1902 



23.11 



1903 



20.28 



1904 



21.33 



1905 



32.32 



1906 



24.92 



1907 



18.41 



1908 



18.42 



1909 



19.18 



1910 



10.69 



1911 



27.80 



1912 



14.33 



1913 



19.28 



1914 



16.15 









.44 



.89 



.50 



1.73 



3.27 



2.70 



3.04 



2.75 



2.21 



1.49 



1.08 



.84 



20.95 







iT=Trace. 



