SOIL SURVEY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, FLORIDA. 259 
Normal monthly, seasonal, and annual temperature and precipitation at Gaines¬ 
ville, Alachua County, Fla. 
Temperature. 
Precipitation. 
Month. 
Mean. 
Abso¬ 
lute 
maxi¬ 
mum. 
Abso¬ 
lute 
mini¬ 
mum. 
Mean. 
Total 
amount 
for the 
driest 
year. 
Total 
amount 
for the 
wettest 
year. 
Pfif'ftmhp.r 
Deg. F. 
56.6 
Deg. F. 
85 
Deg. F. 
19 
Inches 
2.74 
Inches 
1.15 
| 
| Inches 
5.61 
January 
54.9 
89 
16 
3.28 
3.81 
8.18 
February 
57.1 
87 
6 
3.28 
4.15 
| 6.90 
Wirit.pr 
56.2 
9.30 
9.11 
20.69 
. 
M a rrh 
64.6 
96 
25 
3.44 
.83 
3.75 
April .. 
68.5 
95 
38 
2.36 
.14 
.27 
May 
75.8 
99 
47 
3.79 
1.75 
6.63 
Spring 
69.6 
9.59 
2.72 
10.65 
Jimp. 
80.3 
102 
58 
7.44 
2.43 
11.45 
July 
81.4 
102 
60 
7.48 
6.89 
5.91 
August. 
81.2 
99 
64 
7.03 
7.69 
10.23 
Summer . _. 
81.0 
21.95 
17.01 ! 
1 
27.59 
Sppt.p.mbpr 
78.0 
99 
48 
5.86 
3.98 ! 
11.62 
Ortoher _ 
70.4 
95 
36 
2.54 
1.76 I 
4.77 
November 
62.5 
90 
22 
2.10 I 
.57 
1.41 
Fall____ 
70.3 
10.50 
6.31 
17.80 
Year 
69.3 
102 
6 
51.34 
35.15 
76.73 
The date of the last killing frost recorded in the spring is March 
21 , and of the first in the fall, November 13. The average date of 
the last killing frost in the spring is February 20, and of the first in 
the fall, December 11. 
Plowing and other farm operations can be readily carried on 
throughout the year, especially on the better drained soils. Flowers 
bloom during the whole year, and the more hardy vegetables grow 
unprotected during the winter months. 
AGRICULTURE. 
Little attention was given to agriculture by the early settlers in 
this region. The western part of the county was the first to be set¬ 
tled. About 1835 several families came to that section of the county 
in which Providence is now located and engaged in stock raising. 
