194 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
Normal monthly, seasonal , and annual temperature and precipitation at Archer 
and Ocala. 
1 
ARCHER 
OCALA. 
MONTH 
Temperature 
Precipitation 
Tem¬ 
pera¬ 
ture. 
Precip¬ 
itation. 
Mean. 
| Abso¬ 
lute 
maxi¬ 
mum. 
Abso¬ 
lute 
mini¬ 
mum. 
Mean. 
Total 
amount 
for the 
driest 
year. 
Total 
amount 
for the 
wettest 
year. 
Deg. F. 
Deg. F. 
Deg. F 
Inches 
Inches 
Inches 
Deg. F. 
Inches 
December 
57 
89 
13 
3.3 
1.6 
5.6 
58.0 
2.37 
January 
55 
84 
17 
3.2 
5.0 
8.2 
57.4 
2.73 
February 
59 
90 
10 
3.9 
3.8 
6.9 
59.6 
3.19 
Winter 
57 
10.4 
10.4 
20.7 
58.3 
8.29 
March 
63 
94 
24 
4.1 
0.8 
3.8 
65.3 
2.89 
April 
68 
94 
33 
2.7 
2.0 
! 0.3 
69.4 
2.01 
May _ 1 
. 75 
101 
46 
3.9 
0.8 
6.6 
75.5 
3.38 
Spring 
69 | 
10.7 
3.6 
10.7 
70.1 
8.28 
June — 
80 
101 
55 
7.1 
7.2 
11.4 
79.7 
7.69 
July -! 
81 
101 
59 
8.4 
6.4 
5.9 
81.4 
8.19 
August 
82 
99 
59 
7.3 i 
7.8 
10.2 
81.2 
7.54 
Summer 
81 
22.8 
21.4 ! 
27.5 
80.8 
23.42 
September 
79 
98 
48 
6.1 
3.6 
11.6 
78.7 
7.35 
October 
71 
94 
32 
2.6 
2.0 
4.8 
72.0 
2.69 
November 
63 
88 
20 
2.3 
0.6 
1.4 
64.2 
1.61 
Fall _ 
71 
11.0 
6.2 
17.8 
71.6 
11.65 
Year 
69 
101 
10 
54.9 
41.6 
76.7 
70.2 
51.64 
The climate is mild and agreeable, the mean annual temperature 
being 69° F. It approaches that of the subtropics. The summers 
are not regarded as excessively, hot, as they are tempered by practi¬ 
cally constant winds. The only discomfort is that brought on by 
long-continued uniform heat. The temperatures occasionally hover 
around the hundred mark and maximum temperatures of ioi° F. 
have been recorded in May, June, and July. The normal seasonal 
summer temperature is 81 0 F. The spring* and fall seasonal means 
vary little from each other, the former being 69° and the latter 71 °. 
The winters are mild and generally pleasant, there being* occa¬ 
sional cool spells of a few days when the temperature goes slightly 
below the freezing point. Lower temperatures have occurred, but 
are infrequent; a minimum of io° F. above zero at Archer has been 
