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Tahlc sIioiv'dh} the nurnljer of rain and syiow falls at a point near Gunnison, Colo., from 

 August, lti82, to May, 1886, inclusive. 



Month. 



1882. 



1883. 



■ 



- 1884. 



1885. 



1886. 



Eain. 



Snow. 



Rain. Suow. 



1 

 Rain. Snow. 



Eain. 



Snow. 



Eain. 



Snow. 



Jannary ............ ........ 









7 

 2 

 6 

 3 



9 



5 



6 



8 



7 



4 3 

 14 , 



2 : 



11 : 



6 



'"'4' 

 5 

 3 



15 



12 



5 



4 

 4 



5 

 4 







'"'3' 



12 













Iktarcb. .... .. ... 









3 



April 





. 





?. 



May 







4 











6 

 14 

 10 

 12 



3 



....„ 



2 

 11 





,Julv 













-A n<''ust 



8 

 6 



1 



""I' 

 . 5 



















( )<^tob6r 















2 



4 







December 

















1 









The following' table, kindly x>repared by Sergeant Hall, the officer in 

 charge of the TJ. S. Signal Service station at the summit of Pike's Peak, 

 shows the total precipitation and relative humidity at that i)oint from 

 the 3'ear 1875 to 1885, inclusive : 



Date. 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



Relative 



hnmid- 



ity. 



Date. 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



Relative 



bnniid- 



ity. 



1875 



Inches. 

 24.74 

 23.87 

 25.58 

 42. 99 

 39.82 

 40.65 



78.4 

 67.1 

 68.7 

 61.2 

 49.4 

 55.3 



1881 



Inches. 

 44.49 

 28.99 

 18.17 

 9.28 

 30. 48 



66 7 



1876 



1882 



78.4 



1877 



1SS3 



80.1 



1878 



1884 



77.4 



1879 



1885 



82.3 



1880 











YearJij and seasonal averages at Denver, Colo. 

 [Compiled from thirteen years' observations.] 







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>: 







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ij 



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a 



a 



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 a 





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-2 



3 



a 



Is 



1 







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Season. 



1 



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2 



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 5" 



5 



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r=i 



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a 



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% 

 « 







a 



a 



a 



a 



5- 



.2 















Perct. 



In. 



















Spring averaso 



47.2 



77.9 



19.2 



49.1 



5.86 



25 



33 



39 



20 



81 



3.0 



s. 



7.3 



Summer average 



69.8 



9.5.9 



47.1 



44.9 



4.91 



26 



37 



42 



13 



89 



2.4 



s. 



6.1 



Autumn average 



49.6 



80.6 



19.8 



45.5 



2.34 



15 



49 



29 



13 



86 



2.2 



s. 



.5.6 



Winter average 



29.8 



62.2 



-7.3 



54.3 



1.84 



15 



44 



36 



10 



84 



2.1 



s. 



6.2 



-^^. Teaily average . . 



49.1 



79.2 



19.7 



48.4 



14.95 



81 



163 



146 



50 



3« 



2.6 



s. 



6.3 



.TOSKrH J. GlLLIOAN, 



Observer Signal Service. U. S. Army. 



