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June to October, October being the most subject to floods. Floods 
occur occasionally, however, in the winter and spring months and 
are apt to do much harm. 
It will be noticed that the first great drought shown in the three 
charts (figs. 1, 3, and 4) representing the southern stations occurred 
in the season 1897-98. Fort Myers (see fig. 3) shows only light 
showers from the middle of October to the middle of May, while the 
