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Tabic sJiowing the nnr.iber of rain and snow falls at a point near Gunnison, Colo., from 

 August, 1882, to Mnij, 1886, inclusive. 



Month. 



1882. 



1883. 



1884. 



1885. 



1886. 



Rain. 



Snow. 



Rain. 



Snow. 



Rain. 



Snow. 



Rain. 



Snow. 



Rain. 



Snow. 



January 









7 



2 

 6 

 3 

 2 





5 

 G 

 8 

 7 



3 





4 

 4 

 5 

 4 





12 

 3 

 3 

 2 



February 





































4 

 5 

 3 

 15 

 12 

 5 





May 







4 

 G 



14 

 10 

 12 

 3 



4 

 14 



2 

 11 



G 



3 



Jiine 



























August 



8 

 G 

 1 

































2 

 2 



11 













4 

 5 









2 

 4 







































The followino^ table, kindly prepared by Sergeant Hall, the officer in 

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

 shows the total precipitation and relative hamidity at that point from 

 the year 1875 to 1885, inclusive : 



Date. 



1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



Inches. 



24. 74 

 23.87 



25. 58 

 42.99 



39. 82 



40. 65 



Relative 

 humid- 

 ity. 



78.4 

 67.1 

 68.7 

 61.2 

 49.4 

 55.3 



Date. 



1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 



Total 

 precipita- 



Inches. 

 44. 49 

 28. 99 

 18.17 

 9. 28 

 30. 48 



Relative 

 humid- 

 ity. 



66.7 

 78.4 

 80.1 

 77.4 

 82.3 



Yearly and seasonal averages at Denver, Colo. 

 [Compiled from. .thirteen years' observations.] 















PI 











>5 







>^ 







per 



per 







o 



sno 







s 



PI 

 PI 



X3 

 +i 



a 





"3 



o 







a 



tem 





a 





s 



cS 



0) 



f-j 



clo 



00 



ntei 



0 



o 



> 



Season. 



3ratur€ 



mum 

 ture 



a| 

 a 



3 



4) 



all or 

 snow 



o 



s 





er of cl 



er of fa 



er of 

 days 



er of 

 days 



CO 



03 

 © 



directi 



a 





Pi 



"h 











o 



x> 

















a 



ca 





PI 





1 



a 





a 



mn 



a 



a 



o 



s 



OUI 





H 





5 



1 

















6 















I'erct. 



In. 





















Spring average 



Summer average 



47.2 



77.9 



19.2 



49. 1 



5. 86 





25 



33 



39 



20 



81 



3.0 



S. 



7.3 



69.8 



95. 9 



47.1 



44.9 



4.91 





26 



37 



42 



13 



89 



2.4 



s. 



6.1 



Autumn average 



49. 6 



80.6 



10.8 



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 



Yearly average.. 



49. 1 



79.2 



19.7 



48.4 



14. 95 



81 



163 



146 



56 



340 



2.6 



s. 



6.3 



Joseph J. Gtllig^^n, 

 Observer Signal Service. U. S. Army. 



