-280 Key Wost Fla ........... Now London Conn ....... Now YorkCiiy ........... Pensncola, Fla.. .......... Portland, Me ............. Portland, Oregon.. ....... MONTHLY WEA’l’HEB XEVIEW. OUTOBER, 1887.’ 86.0 72.4 63.1 54.2 62.8 9.9 77.6 65.6 54.4 47.1 61.0 51.2 ~ 26th.-Ariz., Cal., Colo., Dak., Ill., Ind., Ind. T,, Iowa., Kans., Me., Mass., Mich., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N. H., N. J., N. P., Ohio, Oregon, Pa., Teun., Vt., Wis., Wyo. 27th.-Ariz., Cal., Colo., Dak., Ill., Ind. T., Iowa, Kans., Me., Mass., Mich., Minn.,Mo.,Nebr., Nev., N. Mex., N. C., Ohio, Oregon, Pa., Tenii., Tex., Vt., Wis. Wgo. 28th.-Ariz., Ark. (Fort Smith), &I., Colo., Dak., Ill., Ind., Ind. T., Iowa, Kans., Mich., Nev.,N. Mex., N. Y., Ohio, Oregon, Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wis., Wyo. 29th.-Ariz., Ark. (Lead Hill), Cali, Colo., Dak., Ill., Ind. T., Iowa, Kans., Me., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N. H., N. Mex., Ohio, Oregon, Pa.,Tenn., Tex., Vt., Wis., Wyo. 30th.-Ariz., Ark. (Lead Hill and Little Rock), Cal., Colo., Dak., Ill,, Ind., Ind. T., Iowa, Kans., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss. (Vicksburg), Mo., Mout., Nebr., Nev.,N. H., N. Mex., N. P., Ohio, Oregon, Pa,, Tenn., Tex., Vt., Wash., W. Va., Wis. 31st. -A1 a. (Li ringston, Mobi 1 e, and Montgomery ), Ari z . , Ark. (Lead Hill), Cal., Dak., Fla., (Archer, Jacksonville, Pen- sacola, and Tallahassee), Ga., (Atlanta, Quitman, and Savan- nah), Ill., Ind.,Ind. T., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., (Shrewport), Me., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mias. (Biloxi, University, and Vicks- burg), Mo., Mont., Nebr., Ner., N. H., N. J., N. Mex., Ohio, Oregon, Pa., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., Wash., W. Vn., Wis., Wyo. , ___- IWhSs. 11.63 4.75 4.67 4.55 4.45 3-91 3.30 CapeHenr ‘Va ...... i .............. 2.86 Ab,ilene. Tex ........................ 2.35 Norfolk, & ......................... 2.a) ICE. The formation of ice i n the southern parts of the country occurred on t h e following dates : IWhsa. - ............. 4.42 .............. 3.v ............. 3.19 3.03 2-95 ............. 2.93 Cinoinnnti Ohio .................... 2.91 Omahn, Nebr ........................ 2.32 .............. ............. Olpm is k’uah ..................... 2-54 Fort l!lI/ott, Tex ................... 2.46 Ashwood, Tenn., 13th, 22d; Austin, Tenn., lSth, 23d; Char- lotte, N. C., 16th; Prescott, Ariz., 20th; Nashville, Tenn., 22d, 31st; Milan, Tenn:, 30th, 31st; Quitman and Atlanta, .Ga., Uairersity of Mississippi, Miss., and Chattanooga, Tenn., 31st. Tho following table shows the maximum, minimum, and mean water temperature, as observed a t the harbors of‘ t h e several stations; the monthly range of water temperature ; ’ the average depth at which the observations were made, and the mean temperature of the air : TEMPERATURE OF WATER. Temperature of water for October, 1887. ~ ___ --- 1 Tomporuturo ut bottom. Station. 1 Max. 1 Min. PREOIPITATION (expressed in inches and hundredths). ’ The distribution of precipitation over the United States and Canada for October, 1887, as determined from the reports of about eight hundred stations, is exhibited on chart iv. I n tho table of miscellaneous meteorological data are given, for each Signal Service station, the total precipitation, with the de- partures from the normal. The figures opposite t h e names of the geographical districts in columns for mean temperature, precipitation, and departures from the normal, shorn respmt- ively the averages for the several districts. The normal for any district may be found by adding t h e departure to the current mean when the precipitation is below the normal, and subtracting when above. The precipitation over the greater part of the United States, as compared with the normal, is deficient. The districts where an excess is shown are: Eastern Montana and adjacent por- tions of Dakota; southern Colorado and northern New Mexico; southeastern Kansas, Indian Territory, and central-northern Texar,; the lower Rio Grande Valley; the eastern Gulf and sonth Atlantic states, except northern Florida; and over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. An excess of more than one inch over the average precipitation for October occurs in t h e sonth Atlantic states. The precipitation in t h e southern portions of Louisiana and Mississippi is very heavy, the excess at New Orleans amounting to 1.64, and at voluntary stations in south- ern Mississippi the rainfall is more than double t h e amount which fell at New Orleans. Over an area extending from southenstern Kansas to central Texaa, and in the lower Rio Grande valley, t h e monthly rainfaIIs are atso exceptionally heavy, t h e excess at several stations in the regions named amounting to more than two inches. At Brownsrille, Tex., the monthly rainfall is 16.27, nearly twelve inches in excess of the October average for the eleven preceding years. A6 previously stated, the area of deficiency is much greater than that of excessive rainfall. On the Pacific cout, in the northern and middle plateau districts, and over t h e entire ‘ - Rango. 0 8. o 11.7 3.1 22.0 13.6 8.9 9.9 7.3 9.8 ........ 12.0 -- Monthly mom. _I__ 54.3 70. a 50.3 70.5 81.6 59.7 58.8 73 0 5‘. I sa. 3 .......... ___- teun tem- I Avorago porature depth of of air nt water in tho ~b -, tenths and tion. hundre’ths I I_--. .- 14.8 I , SJ.2 ’ ..... ......... 36.8 20.3 14.9 68.2 ’ 17.9 47.6 16.5 12.2 region from the Missouri and central Mississippi vallers east- ward to the Atlantic coast, the rainfall is decidedly below t h e average. The precipitation in New England and the lower lake regiou is about 65 per cent. of’the normal, whilein the Ohio and npper Missimippi valleys i t is less than 60 per cent. Over a large part of California there was an almost entire absence of rainfall during the month, the October average of former years i n the northern part of the state being slightly more than an inch, and that for t h e southern.part of the state about four-tenths of aa inch. While a deficieucy of nearly one inch is shown for the north Pacific coast region (the normal being about &SO), in the extreme northwestern part of Washington Territory the raiufall is very heavy, Tatoosli Island and Neah Bay reporting 11.83 and 14.84, respectively. This area of heavy rainfall, however, extends but a short distance inland from the comt, . m shown by reports from neighboring stations. A t Port An- geles, about fifty miles east of Neah Bay, the rainfall is less than three inches, and at Olympia i t is but 1.51. The following are some of t h e most marked departures from normal precipitation as reported from Signal Service stations : I1 Below normnl. Above normal. Brownsville Tex ................... Charlotte N: C.. .................... Tatoosh ialnnd, Wash .............. Huttoras, N. C ...................... Auguntn, Go ........................ Key Wost Fle ...................... Fort Q i t d n . Ind. T.. ............... DEVIATIONS FROM AVERAGE PBEO~PITATION. The following table shows for certain stations, as reported by voluutary observers, (1) the average precipitation for a series of years; (2) the length of record during which the ob- servations have been taken, and from which the average ha8 been computed; (3) the total precipitation for October, 1887; (4) the departuresof the current month from t h e average; (6) and the extreme monthly precipitation for October dur- ing the period of observations and the year of occurrence : OUTOBER, 1887. MONTHLY WEATEER REVIDW. 281 I om. I WorthLewisburg., Champaign .. 2.28 Wauseon ....... .: Fulton ...... 2.95 D berry ......... Wayne ...... 3.06 Klrkwood... ..... KorRhnw .... ........ Sumter ... h l h Cardim. New Ulm ........ Austin 4.04 VernUmt. Lunenburg ....... Essex. ..... .I 3.61 I ~e w ort ......... Btrakord ......... Ornnge ......I 398 Vir fnia DaleEnter rise. .I Rookingham. 2.05 Variety M i l s .... Nelson ...... 3% W theville ...... 1 Wythe Helvetia. ........I Orlannn ...... I 3 9 2 Bird's &st ...... 1 Northampton 3 .9 &e81 VfrQfnb 1 Lead Hill ........ B o n e ....... Sacramento ...... Bacramento . 0.7: Canton .......... Hartford .... 4.91 Hatrford ......... Hnrtford .... 32: Middlotown ...... Xiddlesex... 3 .a W a i l i s ..... New Haven.. 3 .9 Archer, .......... Alachun ..... 2.s Aurora .......... Kane ........ 381 Qolconda ........ Po e 4.0: Mattoon ......... CoPes..::::::: 4.31 Oswego .......... Kendall ..... 3.91 Peoria ........... Peorin ...... 2. 5; Riley ............ McHenry .... 2.61 Bycamore ........ De Kalb ..... 4 .9 Indiana. Blue Lick. ....... Clark... ..... 2 .9 Connersville ..... Fnyette ..... Lafnyette ........ Tippecanoe.. Logmaport ...... CnRr ......... Maucy ........... Rush ........ ::E Bunman .......... Ripley ....... v e v a t ........... Switzerland, ::q Wort ington .... Qreene ...... 3 .d Crescu ........... Hownrd ..... 2. $ Arka7WOd. Calijoznia. COnneCliCut. IUhni?. 30WcL Kansas. Independence.. .. Mont ornery. a Lawrence ........ uougfu ..... 218 Wellin ton ...... Sunmnn ..... 3.7: Yates tentre ..... Woodson .... 3.45 Cornish .......... York ........I 4 .0 ~ Qnrdinor ........ Kennebec: . :. 4-42 Lewiaton ........ Androsco in 4.01 Maim. Orono ........... Penobacof?. . 4.41 Cambridge ....... Mid$esox ... 3.39 MaTtJhd. Faliston ......... Earford ..... 3.38 Amherst ........ Hnm shire.. 3.74 Mabaachweits. Chestnut H i l l .. .. Middlesex.. . Frnmlngham.. ... Middlesex.. . i:g Lnke Cochituato. Middlesex... 4.12 p n t ............ Eaeex ....... 3.64 Now Bedford. .... Brlstol ...... 3 8 1 8 rin eld ....... Hnmden ..... I 4 .1 1 $aitl%n ........ Middlesex ... 1 3.65 Carson City ...... Ornisby ..... 0.41 Baint john^ ...... Saint Johns . 4.60 Concord. ......... Merrimac ... 3.80 Eanovtlr ......... Orafton... ... 2.73 Dover., .......... Morris ...... 388 Wuth Ornnge .... Essex ....... 3 3 9 Fsctor ville ..... Tioga.. ...... 2.45 Humpiray ....... CnttaraUgUs. 3.24 Palermo ......... Oewego. ..... 3.47 Ludlow .......... Hampdcn ... 3.09 yetic Lnke ..... Middlesex. .. 3.45 Bornorsot ........ Brlstol ...... 1 3.85 NcVoda. New Brunswick. New Ilomphirs. New Jer8ey. New York (4) Extrememonthly precir itation for October. Qreatest. Lenst. Inches. -0 .7 3 ........................... 4 .0 1 ........................... -0.73 ........................... -0.54 ........................... -0.73 ........................... -1.14 ........................... -0.34 ........................... -3.38 ........................... -341 ........................... -1.95 ........................... -0.43 ........................... +.14 ........................... -2.16 .............. ....( ......... -2. 1 7.16 1883 0.60 168: -I.& 6.51 1883 0.63 188; -1.23 5.56 1883 0.70 188( -1.53 -1.9 7.b7 0.28 1875 -1.03 ............................ -0.33 ............................ .95 6.96 1870 0.44 187t -1.9 8.52 1881 1.16 188( ............................ -1.96 ............................ -2.01 ............................ -1.59 ............................ -1.42 ............................ -2.01 7.56 1873 0.23 187, -1.53 ............................ -0.03 ............................ -0.52 ............................ -0.99 ............................ -1.63 ............................ -1.04 ............................ -0.72 .. :........... .............. -0 .1 9 ............................ +.14 ............................ -1.21 ............................ -2.15 ............................ -0.3 ............................ -0.90 ............................ 1.09 ............................ -0.74 ............................ -0.84 ............................ -1.89 ............................ -0.s ............................ -t .s 7.90 e 1862 0.30 1B83 -1.49 ............................ fo.72 4.17 I885 1.55 1886 ............................ 18.92 I 1881 I 0.93 I 1874 -1.81 ............................ 0.02 1% -1.34 I2.M I881 0.79 1874 -1.22 ............................ -r .q ............................ -1.11 5.30 I877 1-m 1882 -1.82 ............................ -0.50 12.6 -0.y 10.72 %: ::$ ;% fo.51 ............................ 4 .0 6 5.80 1885 1.30 188s EXUESSIVE MONTHLY PREOIPITATION FOR OUTOBER. With a view to the arrangement of the rainfrill data of tliicl offlce in such a iniinner a8 would best teiid to theinteresb and add to the informntion of the engiueep of the country and other clmses interested in extreme r~iiifalls, there has been collated for the month of Ootober for a aerie8 of years (for the 3 most part ranging from ten to sixteen) data showing the great- est rainfall that has occurred in any October; cases in which 2.60 inches of rain hnvo fallen in twenty-four hours, and also instances where t h e rain has been so excessive as to equal or exceed the rate of an inch per hour. These data apply only to extreme cases in October, and while they give a general idea of extreme amounts of precipitation for month, day, and short periods of time, yet the lack of rainfall stations and long records prevent the data from being entirely exhaustive. I f is found that rainfalls exceeding ten inches have ocaurred in October at various points contiguous to the sea coast of New England and at scattered points throughout the whole extent of the south Atlantic and Qulf states, as well m on the Pacific coast northward of t,he fortieth parallel. In central fllinois and northern Arkansas, amounts exceeding ten inches have also fallen. The following table shows for October all monthly rainfalls exceeding tun inches, aa well as the maximum amount fallen, at any station in the various states and territories : Alahma.. .... Do ....... Do ....... Arizona.. .... Arkansas ..... California .... Montgomery ..... Oreensborough.. Qreen Sprin@. ... Fort A ache... ... Leaddl1 ......... Fort Qaston ...... Colorado. .... Pilre'n Peak ....... ..... Connecticut .. New Haven. ...... Dnkota ....... Webster .......... ....... Do ........... do ............. ....... .... ..... ....... ........ ............. ..... .......... Do.. Do ......... Do ....... .... ............. .......... ............. ............. ....... ...... ....... ...... ........... ............. ....... ....... ......... ......... ....... ......... ..... ..... .......... Do ....... ....... Do ....... .......... Do. .. .......... Do ....... ...... .. ..... Do Indiana. Indlan'l'er.. .. .... .... Iowa .......... ..... Kmsaa ....... Atchlson ...... Kentuoky .... Loulaville ........ Louisinna .... Bhreve ort ....... ..... .... Do.. ..... Point &ensant ... Do : ......... .do ............ !aim :.. ..... Qardlner .;.. .... Do ........... do ............ ...... Marylnnd ..... Woodstock. ..... Mas'achusetts Woroester.. ..... Michigan ..... Alpena .......... Do. .......... do ............. Minnesota... . Saint Vinoedt .:. Mississippi .. Natchez ..;. Do ....... Vioksburg Do ....... H~clehurat Hissouri ..... ...... Idaho ........ Illinois ...... ............. ....... ...... ..... ...... ..... ......... .... ..... .... do ............ Ne& Bay.. ....... Helvetia .......... Madison.. ........ Forthramie ..... I I It hau also been found from examination of' records that rains )f 2.60 inches and upwards in twenty-four bourn in the month 3f October during any year since the commencement of reports have fdlen rn follows: At rarious points in New England, espeoidly in the coast regions at Mount Washington, and in and nenr the Oonnecti- :ut Valley; in the middle Atlautic states a d j m n t to the :om@ in the vdleys, aloug the rivers, and on the western ihore of Chesapeake Bay ; on the coasts of the south Atlantio 3tates, near the rivers and in adjaoent valleys, on the moun- tain slope in western North Carolina, and in southwestern korgia; in northern and eastern Florida and at Key West; in the Gulf States, especially on the Coasts, and in Louisiana, also in numerous places inland on and adjacent to rivere; new the mouth of the l t i o Grande; on the Pacific corrst north- ward of the fortieth parallel ; inland at points on or near t h e Mis8issippi River, from Memphis, Tenn., northward to the 3outhern border of Wisconsin; in the Ohio Valley sndTennee- 282 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. OUTOBEB, 1887. . . - - . 1 h.m. 2 .3 ...... 2.50 r6 30 2.251.. 4.221. ..... 2.77' 13 53 2.541 ...... 3.35'. ..... ...... ...... a.00 ,...... a. 07,. 6 I13 24 a: 2i.. 3.99! 3.08; see, especially adjacent to rivers; along and near the western tribntaries of the Mississippi east of the one hundredth me. ridian, and from the west Gulf states northward to Omaha Nebr; in the valley of the RedRiver of the North; at Chicago Ill., and in southern Michigan peninsula; on the southwestern shore of' Lake Erie, and Itt Buffalo, N. Y. ; also at three sta tions near the one hundred and fifth meridian, viz., Deadwood Dsk., Pike's Peak, Colo., aud Fort Davis, Tex. The following table shows the amount of excessive rainfall at the rate of one inch or more per hour, during the month ol October at any station during the sears stated : I -- 8.61 8.15 8.09 7 4 3 .......... ::;i ........... 6.51 6.28 ...... ........... 16.27 .......... ............ ............ Table of excmsive and greatest monthly precip'tation-Continued. _. i Specially henvy. I ;$' (1 I specinlly tienvy. 2 6 ..... .- -Z :P a .o 2. ,XI... a.3g[ea4oo 1.601 15 38 2.20 2. 051., ::;a; : : : : : ............ ............ .......... ......... : : : : : : ...... ...... ......... Abilene Palestine ....... Vir inia Fort donrdo.. ... .. Cape Henry.. Norfolk ................ Bird's Nest Rn nhannook.. l%aahin@n. . Nenh Bny ....... Tntoosh Island . Pysht ........... 7 ,s aq ag to 31 31 ............ 3 a7, i g %,a7 3.34 ...... a.4a lo 05 2.00 ...... .... 1 ...... .......... I 8.11 ::$I 2::: :omparison of 1887 with the normnl. Percentage of normal rainfall for the months ' of 1887. Deoatur.. ........ Qreenville ....... 0 elika .......... &bile.. ......... Tuscumbin ...... Vnlle Head ..... W s J e n ......... Florence ......... Demopolis.. ..... Bermuda ........ Oewichee ........ ArkalUlI3.S. FortSmith ...... Briihh cdumlia New Weatminst'r Flarido. Tituaville ....... Key Weat... Yerrltt'a Island.. Alva. ............ Penascola ........ 8aint Augustine.. Gimpia. Millen ........... -Do ........... BainbridgeIsl'nd. Camnk .................. AU stu ................ Sm'%iville ....... Do ........... Forayth .......... Mllledgeville .... Macon ........... Albany .......... Ala aha... ....... For! Qalnes.. .... Thomaaville.. ... UnlonPoint ..... Wa neeborough . I&n *iory. Fort Bill ......... Fort Reno ....... Eufaula .......... Kamaa. Wellington ...... Qlobe ............ Lebo ............. .......... ........... Do .... Amit6 City.. ..... PortQihson...... Nskhitochee .... Minden .......... Lafayette ........ 17 to 18 19 zg,m 1g.20 aq 23 ao a5 19 19 aq g 2 7 .~8 19~20 ............ ....... 12,13,1~ a5 15 ao a6 to28 q,aS ao a6,q 1g,20 ~g,ao as to 2 27 27 toag I . ao 28, zq a6 *to a8 7 ,s 7,8 g, IO 7,8 8 7.8 :8 24 18,19 7 tog 2.05 2.00 2.50 4.00 2.00 2.08 2.00 ........... .I i Qa lord.. ....... .I 3,4 ......... ...I' Hnrrisville .....I 23 ...... ......;I Nntchee. ....... .;17 to I .............. Hazelhurst ..... 17~18 13 I8 ..-.e .' ; 50. .......... ! 23,q ...... ......I Snult St. Mnry ,.I.. ..... ............I! M i . .. 3.9 .......... ...I' Lnke. .......... .i17 to 19 3.00 ............ 10.00 6.86 a.31 3.70 a.$ a.98 3.27 2.67 ...... ...... 6 .S 2 .7 5 ....., ...... ............ ............ ............ 4 .2 0 ...... ...... 1900 ..... ............ ......,...... 2.12 2. &5 a.32 2.00 2.00 a. 05 2.86 3. 9 2.45 2.13 4.28 9.84 2.86 8.20 3-94 3*4I 5.10 3.13 2.46 5.18 2-49 2.09 a.35 2.W 2.15 1.75.' a.3j 2.31 4.00 6.11 3 5 0 ...... 16 40 ...... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ...... '14.19 53 00 11.21 172 I5 ...... 16 45 1 I .q 4.18*2400 10.13 I3 55 9.97 .......... 980 ...... 9.51 ............ ...... 8.45 24 00 8.04 ...... 6.64 ............ .......... 6.53 Ia 30 6.51 ............ ............ ............ .......... ............ ............ ............ ...... 10.11 3.20 ...... ......I 2.15 ...... 8.70' AtlanticGity .... 2qa1 Bordentown .... ar Ho well ........ 21 6.2 6.000 a.80 2.00 a. IO a.05 3. a5 2.20 3.31 3.00 %go 4.00 3.00 a.m ............ 1, Imcystown.. ..I a1 ...... 7 .5 0 Lnkewood ...... 1 21 .......... 6 .8 4 Ocenntc .......... 21 .......... 6.581 Toms River ..... 1 a1 ...... 6.rdl New York. ............ Boyd's Corners ./ ao, a1 16 00 ..... .Il North Carolina. ............ i blisbury ....... jt8tnzo ........... .!I 1)o.. ........ Nq to 30 ............ Chn I Hill ..... 18toao .......... ..I/ g o .. ........ lqto3x ........... .; IIntternu ........ w,31 ...... ...... 1 Rnleighn ........ 31 ............ Weldon ......... ...... ......I Rnleighb ............... ............. Imnberton ..... 18 to ao I 30'31 i I --- - j Dnte. Btntion. I I ! I I I ! I I I i I I . - -i- S. Carolina-Con. Rlackvillr ...... ( 20 Do ........... 16 Stnteburg ....... 17,18 Plorence ....... .I18 to ao Columbia ....... ! 17,18 17 Kirkwood . . , . Allendale .... .I :I 20 I i Duration. Do .......... a6 to a6 Bntesburg.. .... .la6 to 28 Saint Matthew's./ 20 Branchvillc ...... q Brownsville ..... IO,II Weakerford ....I 8,g Austin ........... 8,g Oran o .......... I 4 ,2 7 I I I- Total imount. Rnte per hour. 5gja a .a :t :~ ............ Illinois ............. E ringfield I I&'*] Nebraskn .......... ./ dbward ............ Tern .............. Brackottville ....... 1881'*1 Knnsaa ............. I Fort Scott .......... I I 1 I I1 I *Less than twenty-four hours. DROUGHT. Indiana. ............ Vevay .............. Missouri ........... Pro Tom ............ .............. B n Antonio ........ I Illinois. ............ Swnnwick ..I.. ...... For the purpose of showing the excess or deficiency of rain- fa11 for the 6rst ten months of the p a r in the various districts of t h e country, the following table has been prepared : Frecioitation for Januuw to October-Siad Service observatione. ............ .............. Alsbamn Mobile 5 1883.. Kausan ............. Holton... ........... 1887.. Florida ............. Titusville ........... T e r n .............. Abilene ............. Table of excessive and greatest monthly precipitation for October, 1887. I Specially heavy. s3 ......... .. I 0 Normnl. ... Average 'or 1887. Districts. .. IIlChes. - 1.63 - 0.03 - 6.20 - 5.w - 6.92 - 2.05 -10.01 - 3 9 2 - 2.35 - 5.0s ; ::$ Statioii. Inchea. 38. IO 36.59 42.63 39.55 4 .62 a i . 79 y; 25.2 1i: 68 22.7i 16.61 23.15 a IO Per cent. 96 87 75 I57 I00 25 3 91 3 I10 101 10.5 10.5 79 91 I18 New Enfnnd.,. ................. Midillo tlnntic stntes .......... South Atlnnticstntea. ............ ............. ................ I Ohio Valley und Tennessee .... .I Florida Pcninauln.. East Gulf atnteB. West Gulf stntes ................ Iawer Rio Qrando valley.. ...... I Lower lake region.. Upper lnke re ion.. ............. Extrome nortkwest ............ .I iasouri Vnlley. ................ p p e r Miiisissippi valley Northern slope.. I Middloslo c Bouthern plntenu.. .............. I Middle platonu.. Northern platenu.. Middlo Pacitlc cnnat region.. douth PnciRc const region.. ............. .................... Bouthern afope. ................. I ................ .............. i North PnciAc conat region.. ..... .... ..... .1 q, a5 .I aq .... 18,1g . q 19.70 ar.62 11.13 8.61 12.71 11.76 7.68 42.41 3.66 ...... 3.921 .......... 3 121 I _- From the above table it will be seen Chat east of the Rocky Mountains the greatest percentage of deficiency in the rainfall for the first ten months of the year occurs in the upper Missis- sippi valley-the west Gulf states and upper lake region follow- ing next in ord8r. I n the lower Rio Grande valley more than double the average is shown. The very serious drought which r v a i l e d from May to September in Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, In iana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri wo8 slightl ameliorated in northern Wisconsin during October, but the con- lition of &aim at the end of the month waa still serious, aa ap earn from ex- ,racts eltjewhere. The commencement of this drought was in Xpril last dur- ng which month less than 60 per cent. of the average precipitation cell in iouthern Michigan and Wisconsin, northern Illinois, the southwestern part ,f Iowa, and the northwestern part of Missouri. Duliiig May aprecipitation slightl above theavera e fell over abelt of country Lbout sixty miles wide, extending