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Fig. 17—A comparison of vegetation with rainfall and temperature at Barstow, Calif.; Casa Grande and 
Tucson, Ariz.; Lordsburg, N. Mex.; and Big Springs, Tex. The graph shows monthly rainfall, monthly 
and annual mean, monthly absolute maximum and minimum, and monthly mean maximum and 
mi nim um temperatures for each station. In addition, the mean annual rainfall, the mean annual, the 
annual maximum, the mean maximum, the minimum, and the mean minimum temperatures, and the 
length of each record in years are given in figures below each graph. The type of vegetation and the 
name of the station with the elevation above sealevel are shown at the bottom of each column of graphs. 
