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The Coeorado Experiment Station 
TABLE XXVII—MONTHLY MEAN, MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM 
TEMPERATURES 
At Arkansas Valley Sub-Station, Near Rocky Ford, Colorado. 
DATE. | 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
1 
June 
1 
|| Max. 
Min. 
Max.] 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. 
} Max. 
Min. 
1888 .if_ 
1889.i _ 
69.9 
38.1 
76.0 
45.7 
86.1 
1890. 
47.7 
.... 
54.5 
.... 
62.6 
.... 
68.1 
78.0 
89.2 
53.2 
1891. 
38.5 
8.6 
46.4 
15.4 
58.4 
21.0 
68.0 
33.8 
76.0 
45.3 
82.1 
54.8 
1892. 
40.0 
12.6 
50.1 
20.7 
50.9 
23.2 
68.9 
32.4 
72.7 
42.3 
84.2 
52.1 
1 893 . 
53.7 
17.0 
50.4 
16.1 
61.4 
22.0 
68.4 
32.7 
77.3 
40.9 
91.9 
55.6 
1894 . 
48.1 
14.5 
39.0 
10.0 
59.8 
26.8 
70.7 
36.2 
81.1 
46.9 
86.8 
52.2 
1895 . 
40.2 
13.3 
39.6 
9.1 
56.5 
22.5 
71.4 
35.5 
77.0 
44.0 
84.0 
52.6 
1896 . 
1897 . 
52.6 
38.4 
18.2 
13.3 
52.9 
48.1 
18.4 
21.4 
57.6 
56.0 
21.3 
23.5 
73.3 
67.1 
35.2 
33.2 
81.4 
45.0 
91.1 
55.2 
1898. 
42.6 
12.7 
55.9 
21.1 
57.5 
22.6 
69.4 
37.6 
70.6 
43.6 
83.7 
55.3 
1899. 
42.6 
12.1 
33.1 
0.6 
57.6 
22.7 
71.3 
34.1 
79.0 
45.0 
88.2 
53.6 
1900. 
48.8 
20.2 
47.4 
14.2 
63.9 
26.4 
61.8 
35.7 
76.5 
46.9 
88.8 
55.1 
1901. 
50.3 
11.9 
44.0 
13.2 
57.3 
24.4 
67.8 
35.8 
75.8 
46.9 
89.7 
54.0 
1902. 
46.5 
13.1 
55.4 
20.3 
58.1 
26.0 
70.0 
37.7 
80.0 
47.8 
87.0 
55.0 
1903. 
50.7 
18.6 
38.7 
10.9 
56.9 
25.4 
68.4 
36.9 
75.7 
42.6 
78.2 
52.1 
1904. 
45.2 
12.0 
58.2 
18.8 
63.1 
27.4 
67.1 
35.3 
73.8 
44.9 
81.8 
51.0 
1905. 
39.8 
15.0 
3S.2 
10.0 
59.0 
31.2 
63.6 
34.5 
74.2 
44.5 
88.0 
57.1 
1906. 
52.9 
16.7 
56.0 
15.7 
48.5 
21.0 
68.1 
34.9 
77.3 
44.6 
86.8 
53.0 
1907. 
49.8 
14.2 
58.8 
19.2 
68.1 
29.2 
62.8 
34.0 
68.1 
41.8 
82.9 
52.2 
1908 . 
50.5 
13.6 
49.6 
19.7 
66.4 
28.2 
70.4 
33.6 
76.1 
40.9 
87.7 
56.4 
1909 . 
50.9 
17.7 
51.6 
16.9 
57.7 
19.6 
64.2 
33.0 
73.0 
41.2 
85.0 
53.7 
1910. 
48.0 
15.2 
49.4 
13.5 
72.6 
30.9 
72.2 
35.9 
74.7 
44.1 
88.0 
54.5 
1911. 
56.5 
19.4 
47.2 
15.8 
64.3 
28.6 
69.2 
35.8 
79.9 
49.2 
89.6 
56.8 
Average.. . 
| 47.0 
14.8 | 48.4 
15.3 
59.7 | 24.9 
68.3 | 35.1 
76.1 
44.5 
86.4 
54.1 
Maximum.il 56.5 
20.2 
58.8 
21.4 
72.6 
31.2 
73.3 
38.1 | 81.4 | 49.2 
91.9 
57.1 | 
Minimum.. 
| 38.4 
8.6 
33.1 
0.6 
48.5 
19.6 
61.8 
32.4 
68.1 
40.9 
78.2 
51.0 | 
TABLE XXVIII—EXTREME MONTHLY TEMPERATURES 
At Arkansas Valley Sub-Station, Rocky Ford, Colorado. 
YEAR. 
1888. . . . 
1889 _ 
1890 _ 
1891 _ 
1892 _ 
1893. . . . 
1894. . . . 
1895_ 
1896.. .. 
1897_ 
1898.. . . 
1899.. . . 
1900.. . . 
1901. . . . 
1902. . . . 
1903.. . . 
1904. . . . 
1905. . . . 
1906. . . . 
1907. . . . 
1908.. . . 
1909. . . . 
1910_ 
1911. . . . 
Extreme 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
Max. 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. | 
52 
—ii 
• • 
54 
—3 
73 
20 
83 
3i 
90 
32 
74 
—10 
79 
—8 
80 
3 
86 
19 
91 
42 
54 
—8 
72 
—8 
72 
—6 
90 
15 
89 
31 
68 
—8 
60 
—5 
75 
—10 
90 
21 
90 
31 
71 
5 
71 
—1 
88 
4 
85 
17 
94 
19 
71 
—6 
59 
—13 
80 
9 
87 
24 
93 
30 
65 
—11 
71 
—23 
83 
—3 
85 
19 
96 
31 
67 
4 
72 
1 
84 
—2 
87 
15 
94 
33 
54 
—15 
65 
0 
74 
7 
85 
20 
61 
—10 
74 
12 
74 
2 
86 
23 
90 
30 
61 
—20 
60 
—32 
82 
2 
87 
18 
94 
32 
67 
2 
67 
—10 
82 
19 
79 
17 
90 
38 
70 
—22 
69 
—5 
83 
10 
86 
16 
88 
37 
68 
—10 
72 
—9 
74 
8 
89 
25 
89 
35 
70 
5 
61 
—15 
77 
—2 
85 
20 
87 
32 
66 
0 
81 
5 
81 
15 
88 
24 
88 
32 
64 
—13 
67 
—24 
77 
18 
84 
19 
87 
32 
67 
3 
78 
0 
74 
1 
84 
15 
89 
35 
72 
7 
78 
5 
92 
10 
88 
21 
90 
27 
64 
—7 
72 
—4 
86 
17 
86 
18 
92 
30 
69 
—18 
66 
—9 
74 
—8 
85 
17 
87 
18 
74 
—6 
72 
—17 
85 
15 
91 
22 
92 
31 
77 
—15 
72 
—16 
77 
3 
82 
23 
93 
29 
77 
—22 
81 
—32 
92 
—10 
91 
15 
96 
18 | 
NOTE — Extreme temperatures of each year indicated in black faced type 
