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BULLETIN 743, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table II. — Maximum and minimum monthly temperatures at the city of 
Guatemala for the year 1906. 
Month. 
January. . 
February 
March... 
April 
May 
June 
Maxi- 
mum. 
Mini- 
mum. 
Month. 
July 
August... 
September 
October... 
November. 
December. 
Maxi- 
mum. 
Mini- 
mum. 
o R 
As will easily be deduced from the above tables, the climate of this 
region is notable for the very limited range in temperature. The 
minima are not so low as in either California or Florida or the 
maxima nearly so high as in California. 
The total amount of rain which fell annually in the city of Guate- 
mala during nine years is shown in Table III. 
Table III. 
-Annual precipitation at the city of Guatemala for the 9-year 
period, 1894 to 1902, inclusive. 
Year. 
Precipi- 
tation. 
Year. 
Precipi- 
tation. 
Year. 
Precipi- 
tation. 
1894 
Inches. 
41. 13 
38.07 
45.64 
1897 
Inches. 
51.36 
56.07 
41.57 
1900 
Iriches. 
60.59 
1895 
1898 
1901 
52.06 
1896 
1899 
1902 
52.32 
From these figures it will be noted that the rainfall is considerably 
greater than in the avocado-growing districts of California, closely 
approaching the rainfall of southern Florida. 
The distribution of the rainfall during the 12 months of the 
year is also of interest. Table IV shows the number of rainy days 
and the total precipitation during each month at the city of Guate- 
mala. 
Table IV.- 
-Monthly precipitation at the city of Guatemala for the years 1915 
and 1916. 
Month. 
January . 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
1915 
1916 
Rainy 
Precip- 
Rainv 
Precip- 
days. 
itation. 
days. 
itation. 
Inches. 
Inches. 


1 
0.03 
1 
.01 
3 
.20 
10 
2.36 
2 
.02 
1 
.25 
10 
2.13 
9 
3.38 
19 
8.76 
22 
12.83 
20 
8.14 
19 
10.88 
25 
10.81 
Month. 
August 
September. 
October 
November. 
December. 
Total 
Rainy 
days. 
128 
Precip- 
itation, 
Inches. 
11.99 
7.76 
4.02 
.97 
.11 
54.56 
Rainy 
days. 
148 
Precip- 
itation. 
Inches. 
10.56 
13.24 
5.01 
.58 

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