METEOROLOGY OF 1897 
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TABLE 12. 
EVAPORATION FROM WATER SURFACE, TANK 3x3x3 FEET, FLUSH WITH GROUND 
AT FORT COLLINS, COLO. 
Latitude 40° 34'; Longitude 105°+; Elevation 4,990 feet. 
YEAR 
Jan 
Feb 
Mar 
Jdy 
May 
June 
July j 
Aug 
Sept 
Oct 
Nov 
Dec 
Year 
1887 
2.46 
3.23 
4.60 
5.55 
5.19 
5.75 
5.23 
4.24 
4.13 
3.26 
1.48 
1.60 
46.71 
t 
t 
1888 
4.45 
7.70 
7.00 
4.06 
3.94 
2.17 
1.35 
0.99 
1889 
1.08 
1.03 
2.75 
4.06 
3.72 
4.34 
5.20 
5.15 
5.19 
3.28 
0.63 
1.43 
37.84 
1890 
0.86 
* 
2.36 
3.58 
3.50 
4.32 
5.71 
5.44 
5.76 
3.69 
2.71 
1.32 
1.10 
40.25 
1891 
1.89 
1.90 
2.23 
2.24 
5.03 
4.97 
5.72 
4.91 
4.12 
3.62 
1.74 
0.75 
39.12 
1893 
2.51 
2.15 
2.78 
3.58 
3.49 
4.20 
4.69 
5.64 
5.11 
3.33 
1.93 
1.13 
40.54 
1893 
P 
1..52 
3.79 
5.40 
5.12 
6.13 
6.41 
4.73 
5.C4 
3.79 
1.05 
1.38 
t 
t 
1894 
1.14 
T15 
1.95 
4.61 
4.66 
5.01 
5.74 
4.88 
3.77 
3.75 
1.64 
1.22 
39.52 
1895 
T 
1.19 
^1.19 
P 
4.91 
4.27 
4.13 
4.57 
4.52 
4.06 
2.24 
1.53 
1.68 
1896 
2.64 
2.25 
3.39 
4.71 
5.91 
5.09 
5.23 
5.80 
3.34 
2.94 
1.62 
1.25 
43.17 
1897 
1.80 
2.20 
P 
3.33 
4.13 
4.26 
4.64 
4.76 
3.97 
2.88 
1.47 
0.94 
'Average 
1.73 
1.90 
3.00 
4.19 
4.57 
5.21 
5-44 
4.95 
4.21 
3.09 
1.43 
1.22 
40.94 
* Record from part of month . 
t From record of two months' 
t From record from February 17 . 
P Tank punctured, reci^rd lacking. 
EVAPORATJOM, 
MEAN 1887 - 1897 
Fig. 18. 
