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ORCHARD FRUITS IN VIRGINIA AND OTHER STATES. 



of this Department and are of interest in showing certain genera] 

 climatic features of the Piedmont region. Corresponding data from 

 the Coastal Plain are also inserted for comparison. As will be noted, 

 the records are the monthly summaries for the years 1902 and 1903. 

 The records of not less than two years are desirable for such com- 

 parison, because of the climatic differences which frequently occur 

 from year to year, even in the same locality. The special reason for 

 selecting the data for 1902 and 1903 in the present case is because 

 of their application to the phenological data appearing on later pages. 



Table I. — Climatological records for Bedford City and Petersburg, Va., 1902 and 1903. 



1902. 



Temperature. 



Maxi- Mini- 

 mum, mum. 



Mean. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



1903. 



Temperature. 



Maxi- Mini- 

 mum, mum. 



Mean. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Bedford City (elevation, 947 feet 

 approximate latitude, 37J°) : 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Petersburg (elevation, 14 feet; ap- 

 proximate latitude, 37i°) : 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



>F. 

 55 

 68 



75 

 90 

 95 

 102 

 101 

 96 

 95 

 82 

 78 

 65 



92 

 98 

 101 

 97 



90 

 83 



79 



'F. 

 13 

 12 

 19 

 32 

 41 

 4G 

 56 

 53 

 39 

 35 

 25 

 12 



°F. 



34.6 



33 



48.4 



55.1 



69.6 



73.6 



79.6 



76 



68.3 



58.8 



54 5 



38.1 



Inches. 



5.40 

 3.86 

 1.73 

 1.91 

 4.58 

 2.49 

 2.34 

 1.94 

 6.52 

 2.17 

 2.86 



>F. 



65 

 70 

 79 



91 

 100 



34.4 

 50.9 

 56.2 

 67.6 



2.95 

 5.67 

 2.60 

 3.53 

 3.86 

 3.47 

 3.87 

 4.42 

 4 43 

 2.53 

 2.50 

 3.32 



'F. 

 12 

 6 



29 

 25 

 38 

 45 

 51 

 56 

 40 

 35 

 19 

 12 



°F. 



36.2 



41.9 



53.6 



57.4 



68.8 



70.4 



79.2 



76.8 



70.1 



60 



45.8 



33.2 



36.9 

 42.2 

 53.7 

 57.2 



66.8 



77.9 

 75.5 

 69.4 

 58.8 

 45.6 

 35.2 



Inches. 

 5.14 

 5.48 

 5.63 

 2.92 

 .77 

 8.04 

 1.79 

 4.06 

 2.97 



2.72 

 5.52 

 8.11 

 463 

 3 



10.25 

 4.31 

 485 

 3.12 

 4.45 

 1.33 

 2.52 



Table II. — Climatological records for Lenoir and Kinston, N. C, 1902 and 1903. 





1902. 



1903. 





Temperature. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 



Temperature. 



Precipi- 

 tation. 





Maxi- 

 mum. 



Mini- 

 mum. 



Mean. 



Maxi- 

 mum. 



Mini- 

 mum. 



Mean. 



Lenoir (elevation, 1,186 feet; ap- 

 proximate latitude, 35|°) : 

 January 



°F. 

 68 

 67 

 77 

 84 

 93 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 93 

 84 

 79 



°F. 

 10 

 9 

 20 

 27 

 41 

 47 

 52 

 51 

 37 

 31 

 26 



°F. 



37 



33.7 



47.8 



51.8 



70^8 



73.5 



74.8 



66 



58.3 



53.1 



Inches. 

 2.80 

 2.66 

 423 

 1.73 

 2.33 

 6 



1.99 

 .90 

 417 

 4 82 

 4 11 



op 



64 

 70 

 76 

 82 

 96 

 89 

 .93 

 94 

 90 



°F. 

 10 

 9 

 23 

 19 

 42 

 42 

 51 

 58 

 38 



°F. 



36.6 



40.6 



53.4 



53.8 



67.6 



62.4 



75.4 



75 



67 



Inches. 

 5.06 



February 



8.80 





11. 15 



April 



5.36 



Mav - 



.74 





4 69 



Julv 



4.16 





4 87 





2.49 





3.10 





80 

 60 



12 

 10 



448 

 36.9 



3.06 





1.87 















135 



