12 rOEESTATIOIs^, SAN"D HILLS NEBEASKA AN'D KAiTSAS. 



Table 1. — Precipitation by months, Halsey, Nebr., and Garden City, Kans/- 



Moath. 



Halsey, Nebr.2 



LoAvest 

 record. 



Highest 

 record. 



Normal. 



Garden City, Kans.' 



Lowest 

 record. 



Highest 

 record. 



XoiTnal. 



Fort Rob- 

 inson, 

 Xebr. 



Normal. 



January . . , 

 February.. 



March. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December . 

 Year 



Indies. 



0.08 



Trace. 



.16 



.13 



2.17 



.79 



1.63 



.82 



.30 



Trace. 



.05 



Trace. 



17.71 



Inches. 

 0.68 

 1.04 

 3.32 

 6.37 

 6.53 

 5.64 

 5.28 

 5.84 

 4.62 

 4.81 

 1.19 

 1.78 

 28.44 



Inches. 



0.40 



.45 



.96 



2.54 



4.18 



3.55 



3.79 



2.68 



1.75 



1.46 



.45 



22! 96 



Inches. 



Trace. 



Trace. 



Trace. 

 .06 

 .42 

 .60 

 .62 

 .15 

 .03 



Ti-ace. 



Trace. 



Trace. 

 8.92 



Inches. 

 1.55 

 4.55 

 2.46 

 5.70 

 6.49 

 7.89 

 7.91 

 4.24 

 4.57 

 3.78 

 3.77 

 2.00 

 28.75 



Inches. 



0.32 



.82 



.84 



2.06 



2.34 



3.51 



3.25 



1.79 



1.78 



1.08 



.64 



.62 



19.05 



Inches. 

 0.66 



.57 

 1.16 

 1.65 

 2.69 

 2.91 

 2.04 

 1.57 

 1.08 

 1.32 



.39 



16.73 



1 Data furnished by local offices Weather Bureau. Lincoln and Topeka. 



2 Record nine years, 1903-1911. 



3 Record 22^ years, 1889-1911. 



Both, in Kansas and Nebraska the precipitation increases rapidly 

 from west to east, which is contrary to th^ usual rule of greater 

 precipitation with greater elevation. Table 2 show^s this for a num- 

 ber of stations in or adjacent to the sand-hill regions. 



Table 2. — Annual precipitation ^ of sand-hill region. 



Station. 



Longitude. 



^ 



, 



98 



20 



100 



30 



100 



45 



103 



05 



98 



00 



100 



00 



101 



20 



102 



00 



Mean an- 

 nual pre- 

 cipitation. 



Length of 

 record. 



NEBRASKA. 



Ewlng 



Valentine 



North Platte 



Bridgeport 



K.\NSAS. 



Hutchinson 



Dodge 



Ulysses 



Coolidge 



Inches. 

 23.01 

 22.46 

 18.86 

 15.44 



28.44 

 20.84 

 17.24 

 15.51 



Years. 



15 



4 Data from Clim.atological Reports, Nebraska and Kansas Sections Weather Bureau, 1911. 



While the precipitation in Kansas is just about equal to that of 

 points in Nebraska corresponding in longitude, it is important to 

 remember that the same amount is less effective in Kansas because 

 of the much higher rate of evaporation. The evaporation at Dodge, 

 Kans., for example, was 54.6 inches per annum, while for the same 

 period at North Platte, Nebr., it was only 41.3 inches per annum. 



While the precipitation in none of the sand-hill regions is great, 

 and varies much from year to year as well as from month to month, 

 the lowest quantity ever recorded at Dodge, Kans.,^ 10.1 inches in 



During a period of 33 j^ears in wliich the drought period of the nineties is included. 



