CORN, MILO, AND KAFIR IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 
At Garden City the average annual precipitation for the years 
1897 to 1914, inclusive, was 19.64 inches. At Dalhart, for the years 
1908 to 1914, inclusive, the average annual precipitation was 15.92 
inches. At Amarillo precipitation records are available for the 23 
years from 1892 to 1914, inclusive. These records show that the 
average annual precipitation was 20.95 inches. 
Table I. — Monthly, annual, and average precipitation at Garden City, Kans., 
and at Dalhart and Amarillo, Tex., for the years stated. 
[Data in inches. Records for 1897 to 1907, inclusive, at Garden City, and for 1892 to 1906, inclusive, at 
Amarillo, were furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.] 
Station and year. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
An- 
nual. 
Garden City, Kans.: 
1897 
1898 
0.01 
1.55 
.35 
.15 
.20 
.25 
.25 
.10 
1.10 
.30 
.15 
.08 
.30 
.50 
T. 
.28 
.15 

2.33 

1.18 
.88 
.55 
.87 
4.45 
T. 
.71 
.43 
.25 
.67 
.35 
.25 
3.53 
3.04 
1.15 
T. 
0.19 
.50 
1.30 
1.22 
2.20 
2.46 
.70 
.11 
1.30 
1.60 
.48 
.18 
2.15 
T. 
.89 
.98 
.50 
T. 
2.09 
.97 
1 
5.20 
3.90 
.70 
5.10 
.95 
5.70 
3.24 
.91 
.50 
.07 
1.04 
.32 
2.55 
1.21 
1.74 
0.61 
6.49 
.42 
2.05 
1.20 
6.26 
1.49 
4.30 
1.47 
1.92 
2.44 
.78 
2.50 
1.52 
3.19 
.56 
2.30 
3.63 
3.19 
6.39 
4.40 
2.79 
1.30 
2.43 
2.83 
2.64 
4.57 
4.47 
2.55 
3.45 
3.44 
3.23 
.61 
4.07 
3.12 
1.44 
3.49 
2.59 
6.21 
2.18 
1.48 
.98 
.77 
5.65 
.86 
5.82 
6.35 
1.52 
5.10 
2 
1.84 
1.76 
4.97 
.56 
5.80 
2.04 
1 
.80 
2.03 
.88 
3.65 
1.32 
.57 
1.50 
1.62 
1.61 
1.31 
2.99 
1.68 
3.49 
.87 
.64 
0.33 
4.24 
1.93 
3.10 
4.57 
1 
.35 
3.39 
1.05 
3.05 
2.59 
.61 
1.43 
.14 
.23 
1.34 
5.47 
.15 
1.78 
.43 
. .75 
.52 
.60 
2.62 
.40 
1.20 
.55 
3.46 
1.45 
.99 
.68 
T. 
1.85 
.33 
.23 
1.48 
IT. 
1.55 
1.26 
T. 

.20 
.40 
.09 
3.10 
1.32 
.16 
2.72 
3.77 
.15 
.95 
.29 
1.19 
T. 
0.50 
2 
.78 
.40 
.31 
1 
.25 
1.30 
.05 
T. 
2 
.23 
.70 
T. 
1.66 
.05 
2.42 
.06 
20.32 
28.75 
1899 
20.58 
1900 
1901 
19.29 
18.34 
1902 
1903 
19.65 
20.64 
1904 
21.05 
1905 
21.03 
1906 : 
1907 
27.11 
20.95 
1908 
1909 
1910 
13.34 
21.80 
11.82 
1911 
16.75 
1912 
18.74 
1913 
23.58 
1914 
9.70 
Mean 
.32 
1.15 
.93 
2.07 
2.40 
3.16 
3.01 
1.88 
1.94 
1.07 
.95 
.76 
19.64 
Dalhart, Tex.: 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
T. 
T. 
.20 


.06 
.05 
.85 
.28 
.03 
.54 
1.30 
.14 
T. 
.04 
.71 
.12 
.43 
.38 
.02 
T. 
2.28 
.18 
1.51 
.59 
2.56 
.88 
3.98 
.53 
1.70 
2.96 
3.37 
2.37 
2.35 
7.29 
2.83 
5.10 
4.04 
.28 
3.36 
1.29 
3.65 
4.11 
1.27 
2.48 
3.65 
1.68 
.85 
2.58 
1.08 
.65 
3.28 
1.87 
2.64 
1.50 
1.38 
.39 
2.12 
.05 
.58 
1.98 
1.45 
.32 
.29 
2.60 

1.72 
.05 
.09 
3 
.99 
1.21 
.07 
.25 

1.78 


.15 
.02 
1.28 
.03 
3.18 
.56 
13.39 
15.97 
14.76 
14.56 
1912 
16.35 
1913 
1914 
13.59 
22.81 
Mean 
.04 
.45 
.24 
1.71 
2.94 
2.94 
2.37 
1.77 
.98 
1.11 
.61 
.75 
15.92 
Amarillo, Tex.: 
1892 
1893 
.42 
.09 
.02 
1.60 
.76 
2.26 
.86 
.29 
.59 
.03 
.04 
.12 
.16 
1 
.41 
1.11 
.26 
.07 
.05 
.07 
T. 
.01 
T. 
.57 
2.03 
1.15 
1.92 
.41 
.65 
.82 
.07 
.47 
.48 
T. 
2.93 
.08 
1.52 
.51 
.24 
.72 
.28 
.17 
3.26 
1.85 
.41 
.01 
2.10 
T. 
.05 
.16 
.21 
.47 
.35 
.17 
.48 
.02 
.74 
.26 
T. 
2.62 
.64 
.02 
T. 
1.08 
.41 
.50 
.78 
.44 
.02 
.21 
.16 
2.70 
.19 
1.49 
2.03 
1.85 
2.06 
1.82 
2.83 
7. ('4 
2. L r > 
3.88 
6.96 
3.21 
1.56 
1.45 
3.38 
2.48 
3.76 
2.90 
1.47 
4.64 
2.19 
2.61 
5.92 
2.50 
1.40 
1.90 
1.93 
2.6? 
3.41 
3.87 
.63 
2.71 
4.03 
.51 
.83 
3.03 
2.42 
4.67 
4.69 
.63 
6.76 
6.15 
3.39 
1.39 
2.46 
2.54 
1.51 
.47 
2.52 
.24 
5.27 
2.41 
-57 
2.45 
.73 
.48 
6.09 
5.25 
2.19 
.95 
.82 
3.55 
3.08 
1.96 
.97 
1.50 
1.90 
.05 
1.30 
2.28 
5.60 
1.10 
2.85 
.03 
.39 
2.26 
3.09 
1.63 
.41 
1.15 
1.58 
3.26 
1.74 
2.58 
.44 
.30 
2.49 
1.64 
.37 
1.18 
.13 
1.53 
.33 
.83 
3.98 
.16 
.28 

.81 
.35 
.08 
.34 
3.24 
.08 
2 
2.24 

.20 
5.09 
2.58 
.69 
.51 
3.25 
.19 
.55 
T. 
2.26 

1.08 
.43 
.82 
.79 
2.88 
.63 
2.06 
1.11 
.07 
.04 
.55 
.69 
1.45 
.19 
1.46 

.54 
T. 
1.14 
.33 
2.17 
.87 
15.60 
17.23 
1894 
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1.31 1 i.78 . . !4 
15 81 
1895 
24.79 
1896 
1897 
1.95 
1.08 
.98 
.23 
5.47 
4.90 
1.83 
.90 
.63 
4.52 
3.23 
1.30 
1.86 
. .27 
.53 
3.90 
.82 
1.69 
1.27 
2.20 2.31 
4.44 ! v. 9-9 
24.28 
19 16 
1898 
3.52 
3.12 
4.53 
5.99 
9.14 
1.79 
2.88 
6.16 
1.18 
1.13 
3.44 
1.13 
2.61 
6.74 
1.62 
1.71 
3.83 
4. 81 
4.45 
1.84 
.92 
2.01 
2.83 
5.53 
2.19 
2.07 
2.23 
1.73 
5.90 
1.48 
.35 
2.31 
2.29 
.65 
22 54 
1899 
27 39 
1900 
24 40 
1901 
24 42 
1902 
23 11 
1903 
20 28 
1904 
21 33 
1905 
32 32 
1906 
24 92 
1907 
18 41 
1908 
18 42 
1909 
19 18 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
10.69 
27.80 
14.33 
19.28 
16 15 
Mean 
.44 
.89 
.50 
1.73 
3.27 
2.70 
3.04 
2.75 
2.21 
1.49 
1.08 
.84 
20.95 
iT=Trace. 
