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THE CLIMATE OF CECIL COUNTY 



TABLE V. 



TOTAL MONTHLY AND ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, 

 (Rain and melted snow, in inches and hundredths of an inch.) 



WOODLAWN, CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND, FROM 1865 TO 1875. 



Year. 



1865. 

 1866. 



1867. 

 1868. 

 1869. 

 1870. 

 1871. 

 1872. 

 1873. 

 1874. 

 1875. 



Jan. 



3.83 

 2.61 

 1.00 

 4.07 

 4.26 

 4.10 

 2.20 

 1.07 

 4.97 

 3.06 

 2.78 

 3.09 

 4.97 

 1.00 



Feb. 



5.53 

 5.86 

 3.85 

 2.87 

 5.13 

 3.44 

 2.14 

 0.89 

 3.94 

 3.83 

 2.66 

 3.65 

 5.86 

 0.89 



Mar. 



6.10 

 1.63 

 6.35 

 3.00 

 5.47 

 3.21 

 7.33 

 2.97 

 3.10 

 1.84 

 5.27 

 4.21 

 7.33 

 1.63 



Apr. 



May 



2.88 



5.75 



4.75 



3.96 



2.78 



7.56 



4.16 



5.30 



1.94 



5.08 



6.05 



5.06 



1.80 



2.67 



2.60 



2.11 



3.55 



6.61 



8.45 



2.07 



2.10 



1.07 



3.73 



4.29 



8.45 



7.56 



1.80 



1.07 



June 



4.93 

 9.35 

 3.74 

 2.37 

 2.35 

 5.81 

 4.10 

 4.23 

 0.41 

 1.17 

 4.70 

 3.92 

 9.35 

 0.41 



July 



2.90 

 3.31 



4.78 



U 



i 4.17 

 3.77 

 1.39 

 2.90 

 8.74 

 2.98 

 4.33 

 8.74 

 1.39 



1.51 



3.60 



11.38 

 3.00 

 1.13 

 3.83 

 4.61 

 7.22 



11.55 

 3.46 



11.81 

 5.74 



11.81 

 1.13 



Sept 



1.07 

 8.98 

 1.41 

 8.13 

 3.04 

 3.56 

 2.55 

 2.70 

 4.50 

 5.26 

 2.95 

 4.01 

 8.98 

 1.07 



Oct. 



4.01 

 4.65 

 4.30 

 2.10 

 4.79 

 4.56 

 3.65 

 4.30 

 7.71 

 0.36 

 2.60 

 3.91 

 7.71 

 0.36 



Nov. 



2.82 

 2.75 

 2.32 

 8.42 

 4.18 

 2.24 

 5.00 

 3.60 

 4.00 

 2.50 

 5.83 

 3.97 

 8.42 

 2.24 



Dec. 



6 00 

 2.92 

 2.41 

 3.61 

 6.00 

 1.84 

 1.56 

 2.42 

 1.21 

 1.85 

 3.21 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 1.21 



Ann'l 



51.39 

 53.96 

 50.41! 

 51.81 

 49.07 

 47.87: 

 41.38 

 35.50 

 54.45 

 42.59 

 47.96 ! 



1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 



47.85 Average. 

 54.45 Greatest. 

 35.50 Least. 



Snowfall. 



The snowfall record extends over a period of about ten years, from 

 1866 to 1875. The average annual amount is 34.7 inches. The 

 amount has varied from 22 inches in 1866 to 57 inches in 1867. The 

 season of snowfall extends from November to April. There was no 

 snowfall during half of the above period in November and during 

 more than half the period in April. The monthly distribution is 

 shown in the following table : 





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1-5 



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3 



p. 



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1-5 



1-5 



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P. 



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© 



© 

 P 



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 >* 



Average amount 



7.2 



12.5 



0.1 



9.3 



16.0 



1.0 



9.8 



27.8 



1.5 



1.1 



5.5 



0.0 















0.9 



2.7 

 0.0 



6.8 



11.5 



0.1 



34 7 















57.4 

















22.3 



















The heaviest snowfall during this period, as shown by the above 

 figures, occurred in the month of March, 27.8 inches having been 



