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FLORIDA' STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
The average rainfall at Jacksonville for the 32 years ending 
with 1903 was 53.4 inches annually. The mean for the four 
seasons of the year is as follows: Winter, 9.4 inches; Spring, 
10.4 inches; Summer, 17.9 inches; Fall, 15.7 inches. The mean 
for the several months of the year at Jacksonville is as follows: 
January, 3 inches; February, 3.4 inches; March, 3.5 inches; April, 
2.9 inches; May, 4 inches; June, 5.5 inches; July, 6.2 inches; 
August, 6.2 inches; September, 8.1 inches; October, 5.1 inches; 
November, 2.5 inches; December, 3 inches. 
At New Smyrna the annual rainfall as shown by the same 
report is 51.1 inches. The mean for the four seasons is as fol¬ 
lows : Winter, 8.4 inches; Spring, 6.8 inches; Summer, 17.4 
inches; Fall, 18.5 inches. The mean precipitation for the several 
months of the year at this station is as follows: January, 2.8 
inches; February, 3.6 inches; March, 2.6 inches; April, 1.6 
inches; May, 2.6 inches; June, 6.2 inches; July, 5.6 inches; 
August, 5.6 inches; September, 9.2 inches; October, 6.7 inches; 
November, 2.6 inches ; December, 2 inches.* 
At Tampa the annual rainfall is 53.1 inches. The mean for 
the four seasons is as follows: Winter, 8.1 inches; Spring, 7.4 
inches; Summer, 24.9 inches; Fall, 12.7 inches. The mean pre¬ 
cipitation for the several months of the year at Tampa is as 
follows: January, 2.8 inches; February, 3.5 inches; March, 2.9 
inches; April, 2.1 inches; May, 2.4 inches; June, 8.5 inches; July, 
8.0 inches; August, 8.4 inches; September, 8.2 inches; October, 
2.8 inches; November, 1.7 inches; December, 1.8 inches. 
At Miami the annual rainfall is 58.3 inches. The mean for 
the four seasons is as follows: Winter, 8.1 inches; Spring, 11.1 
inches; Summer, 20.6 inches; Fall, 18.5 inches. The mean pre¬ 
cipitation for the several months of the year at Tampa is as fol¬ 
lows: January, 4.0 inches; February, 2.5 inches; March, 3.1 
inches; April, 3.5 inches; May, 4.5 inches; June, 8.2 inches; July, 
7.0 inches; August, 5.4 inches; September, 9.1 inches; October, 
7.1 inches; November, 2.3 inches; December, 1.6 inches. 
At Key West the annual rainfall is 37.9 inches. The mean 
^United States Weather Bureau, Bull. Q. 
