BULLETIN 1387, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Tablb 2 
October 81 f 
Temperature by months at the Biggs Rice Field Station from April 1 to 
I for each year during the 12-year period from 1913 to 1924, inclusive 
[Data in ° F.] 
Year 
April 
Maximum: 
1913 
1914. 
1915.. 
191C 
1917 ._, 
1918... 
1919 
1920.... 
1921.... 
1922 
1923 
1924 . 
Minimum: 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Extreme daily range: 
1913.. 
1914.... 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919.. 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
84 
May 
June 
100 
100 
87 
95 
92 
98 
93 
99 
40 
46 
40 
36 
39 
13 
43 
10 
31 
35 
12 
44 
99 
107 
102 
10-' 
107 
110 
102 
107 
107 
109 
July 
; August 
Septem- 
ber 
112 
110 
107 
99 
105 
98 
104 
96 
103 
101 ' 
105 
90 
103 
97 
106 
99 
104 
99 
103 
103 
107 
107 
104 
102 
53 
47 
49 
47 
56 
47 
50 
49 
55 
45 
54 
52 
52 
47 
55 
43 
53 
49 | 
52 
45 
52 
43 
53 
42 
46 
48 
49 
44 
44 
40 
42 
42 
43 
43 
38 
36 
41 
42 
40 
39 
41 
43 
40 
43 
42 
42 
41 
48 
October 
97 
93 
92 
81 
100 
89 
90 
90 
RAINFALL 
Table 3 gives the monthly, average monthly, yearly, and average 
yearly precipitation for the 12-year period from 1913 to 1924, inclu- 
sive, at the Biggs Rice Field Station. The monthly and average 
monthly data are shown graphically in Figure 2. 
Table 3. — Precipitation by months at the Biggs Rice Field Station for the 12-year 
period from 1913 to 1924, inclusive 
[ Data in inches; T = trace] 
Year 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
July I Aug. 
1 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. Dec. 
Annual 
1913 
3.51 
0.79 
l.ll 
3.16 
1.39 



0.20 
6.67 8.28 
25.11 
1914 
10.83 
5. 36 
.54 
1.59 
.50 
1.81 


.89 
. 33 4. 40 
26.25 
1915 
7.60 
9, 1 
2.03 
.75 
3.57 




1.11 6.89 
30.99 
1916 
10.24 
3.43 
.94 

.25 
.29 
.37 
.66 
1.67 
1.34 4.82 
24.01 
1917 
2.44 
4.75 
1.28 
1.41 
.66 


.55 

1.58 1.26 
13.93 
1918 
.78 
4.22 
5.36 

.35 

1 
3.00 
.06 
2.61 1.71 
18.69 
1919 
2.87 
5.21 
1.76 
.08 
.14 


.98 
.29 
. 64 2. 73 
14.70 
1920 
.31 
1.93 
3.67 
.96 

.14 
.03 
T 
1.81 
7. 67 7. 37 
23.89 
1921 
4.74 
1.48 
1.83 
.35 
.74 
.11 


.91 
2. 19 5. 14 
17.49 
1922 
2.79 
4.88 
1.73 
.42 
.59 
T 
T 

1.64 
4.84 8.11 
25.00 
1923 
2.66 
.52 

3.26 
.57 
.42 
T 

.96 
1.06 
. 72 1. 32 
11.49 
1924 
2.55 
3.67 
1.22 
.51 
.06 


T 
T 
3.49 
1. 63 5. 52 
18.65 
Average 
4.28 
3.77 
1.79 
1.04 
.74 
.23 
.03 

.51 
1.05 
2. 61 4. 80 
20. 85 
