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THE CHINCH BUG. 
rain-fall at Chapel Hill, compiled by Professor Atkinson. It will be 
noticed that while the total rain fall in both 1886 and 1887 was greater 
than in 1885, that during September, October, and November, 1886, and 
March and April, 1887, was comparatively slight, and that during June 
and July, 1887, high temperature occurred with the comparatively 
heavy rain-fall. 
Table of temperature and rain fall for spring , summer , and autumn , at 
Chapel Hill , A. (7., for the years 1885, 1886, and 1887. 
[The temperatureis expressed 
in degrees Fahrenheit. ] 
March. 
April. 
c? 
a 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
November. 
1885. 
Highest temperature 
75 
94 
90 
94 
100 
94 
92 
81 
71 
Lowest temperature 
15 
31 
40 
63 
61 
57 
46 
35 
27 
Mean temperature 
42.3 
55.3 
66. 5 
74.7 
77.3 
74.8 
68 
56.6 
52.3 
Rain-fall (inches) 
3.5 
2. 71 
4.34 
1.32 
3.95 
1.98 
6. 45 
6. 27 
3. 81 
1886. 
Highest temperature 
80 
93 
93 
93 
98.5 
96 
94 
89 
77 
Lowest temperature 
24 
33 
46 
53 
62 
| 55 
52 
35 
24 
Mean temperature. 
49.3 
59.6 
67.7 
78.8 
76.9 
75.9 
75.9 
58.6 
49. 1 
Rain-tall (inches) 
4.97 
5. 99 
4 
6. 22 
7. 48 
9. 91 
2.86 
1. 47 
2.79 
1887. 
Highest temperature 
83 
91 
93 
101.8 
103 
92 
98 
Lowest, temporal, ii re 
26 
28 
45 
49. 7 
65.7 
52 
36 
M pa n temperature 
46. 9 
58. 3 
70. 6 
74. 7 
79. 8 
74.4 
69 
Kain-fall (inches) 
3. 93 
2. 56 
6. 59 
6. 22 
6. 11 
10. 8 
1. 39 
24. 25 
41.43 
37. CO 
The following tables are published for comparative purposes. They 
are kindly furnished by the Chief Signal Officer, and include the official 
records of precipitation in Chinch Bug States for 1885, 1886, 1887 : 
Stations. 
Maryland : 
Baltimore 
Virginia : 
Cape Henry 
Cliincoteague 
Lynchburgh 
Norfolk 
North Carolina: 
Charlotte 
Hatteras 
Kitty Hawk 
Macon, Fort 
Smithville (now Southport) 
Wilmington 
Indiana : 
Greencastle 
Indianapolis 
Ohio : 
Cincinnati 
Cleveland 
Columbus 
Saiiduskv 
Toledo 
1 Closed December 31, 1880. 
2 Closed J une 18, 1887. 
Precipitation. 
1885. 
1886. 
1887. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
46. 04 
52. 11 
43. 59 
36. 55 
H4. 76 
41. 85 
45. 23 
2 19. 74 
46.35 
51.85 
40.62 
43. 25 
54. 33 
47. 72 
58. 35 
64. 60 
51.26 
68. 02 
54. 72 
55. 07 
54. 78 
*53. 98 
62. 34 
H7. 50 
48. 07 
38. 93 
59. 49 
60. 42 
56. 43 
51. 47 
50. 11 
3 31 65 
39. 51 
39. 88 
33. 08 
33. 94 
31.35 
35. 08 
39. 93 
37. 34 
35.36 
42. 25 
42. 39 
30. 25 
j 34. 23 
31.00 
29.85 
33.19 
32. 90 
32.01 
3 Closed November 4, 1886. 
