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THE CLIMATE OF CECIL COUNTY 



December and January. From 1865 to 1875 there was not a single 

 instance in which there was a fall of less than one inch in the months 

 of January and February. While the average precipitation for a 

 series of years is fairly uniform, great variability may be exhibited in 

 individual cases. Rainfall is the most variable of all climatic factors. 



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(a) Maximum monthly precipitation. 



(b) Average monthly precipitation. 



(c) Minimum monthly precipitation. 



Woodlawn, Cecil County. 

 (Rainfall and melted snow expressed in inches and tenths of an inch.) 



This is strikingly exhibited in the following table of maximum and 

 minimum amounts recorded at Woodlawn during eleven years: 



Maximum amounts. 

 Minimum amounts. 

 Range 



4.97 

 1.00 

 3.97 



5.86 

 0.89 

 4.97 



7.33 

 1.63 

 5.70 



8.45 

 1.80 

 6.65 



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 1.07 

 6.49 



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 0.41 



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8.74 

 1.39 

 7.35 



11.81 



1.13 



10.68 



8.98 

 1 . 07 

 7.91 



7.71 

 0.36 

 7.35 



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 2.24 

 6.18 



6.00 

 1.21 

 4.79 



54.45 

 35.50 



18.95 



It is shown by the above figures: (1) that abundant precipitation is 

 likely to occur in all months of the year; (2) that the summer months 

 are likely to show a greater variability in amount than the winter 



