480 Weather and Crops in Europe in 1904. [Nov., 



The weather, however, was excellent for harvesting, and the 

 cereals were secured under favourable conditions. 



The rainfall at nine places in Germany, according to the 

 Bulletin International Meterologique, in the four summer months 

 of 1903 and 1904 was as follows : — 





Rainfall in Inches. 



Meteorological Station. 



1904. 



1903. 





June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Hamburg 

 Swinemiinde... 

 Neu Fahrwasser 

 Memel 



Aix-la-Chapelle* 

 Weisbaden* ... 

 Berlin... 

 Breslau 

 Carlsruhe 



I '44 

 1-17 



2 "34 

 1 - 4 8 

 1 '52 

 2"22 



i-68 



I '01 



2*64 



70 

 i-6o 

 1-52 



•82 

 1-52 



74 

 1-40 



•59 

 •86 



1*95 

 •98 



1*21 

 2'26 

 172 

 •94 



i*37 

 i'6o 



2*22 



1-29 

 •86 

 •66 

 •98 

 3-90 

 2*96 

 1-87 

 '35 

 3*24 



i'33 

 2-18 



1*52 

 •98 

 2 "50 

 5-89 



i'33 



2*11 

 179 



5'42 

 1*29 

 2-30 

 '94 

 4*57 

 14-94 

 2*26 

 4-29 

 6*24 



6-98 

 4'33 

 374 

 6*oi 

 5-19 

 3-67 

 2 '30 

 3-00 

 2 '50 



2'22 

 2*46 



r6 4 



4-64 



1- 05 



2- 03 



'94 

 1 -72 



Average of 9 Stations 



172 



1-19 



I.58 



i'79 



2-18 



4-69 



4'65 



1*98 



* The figures for 1903 refer to the Stations at Munster and Frankfort respec- 

 tively. 



These figures, it may be thought, hardly reflect the severity 

 of the drought reported by the Imperial Statistical Bureau, 

 though it will be seen that the rainfall was abnormally low 

 during the whole summer, and particularly in July, when it 

 amounted to only about one inch, and in some districts to 

 much less. From the references to the extreme heat, it is 

 probable that the excess of bright sunshine led to a considerable 

 increase in surface evaporation, and the occasional showers 

 recorded at the meteorological stations, separated as they were 

 by considerable intervals, were insufficient to alleviate the lack 

 of moisture produced by the great heat. 



The condition of the cereal crop was, according to the Official 

 Returns, generally rather better than a medium crop, except in 

 the case of oats. The potato, clover, and hay crops suffered very 

 greatly from the dry weather, but by the middle of September 

 there was some improvement, due to the later rains, which, 

 especially in South Germany, produced a favourable effect on 

 the clover, lucerne, and hay crops. 



Like Germany, Austria-Hungary suffered from drought during 



