|
440 |
|
TABLE 2.-ANNUAL RAINFALL. 1850-1875
|
Years
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Years
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Years
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
| 1850 |
20.76
|
24.79
|
1859. |
10.11
|
16.05
|
1868 |
17.02
|
24.97
|
| 1851 |
21.70
|
28.50
|
1860. |
8.28
|
15.24
|
1869. |
19.34
|
80.28
|
| 1852 |
14.63
|
21.60
|
1881. |
12.31
|
21.60
|
1870 |
11.01
|
20.71
|
| 1853 |
28.8€
|
31.15
|
186t |
12.78
|
21.28
|
1871 |
17.41
|
24.98
|
| 1854 |
17.44
|
26.80
|
1863. |
9.28
|
14.95
|
1872 |
15.62
|
22.15
|
| 1855 |
16.88
|
24.89
|
1864. |
6.71
|
13.78
|
1873 |
16.28
|
20.57
|
| 1856 |
18.48
|
27.78
|
1865. |
14.98
|
26.09
|
1874 |
12.10
|
21.70
|
| 1857 |
14.89
|
24.38
|
1866. |
11.36
|
20.17
|
1875 |
22.38
|
30.56
|
| 1858 |
23.35
|
35.87
|
1867. |
14.79
|
22.55
|
|
|
TABLE 4.-SNOWFALL
|
Snowfall (Inches)
|
. |
Snowfall (Inches)
|
|
| 1889-90 |
19.1
|
1910-11 |
24.7
|
| 1890-91 |
39.8
|
1911-12 |
54.8
|
| 1891-92 |
39.8
|
1912-13 |
33.5
|
| 1892-93 |
24.4
|
1913-14. |
16.5
|
| 1893-94 |
23.4
|
1914-15 |
55.3
|
| 1894-95 |
13.5
|
1915-16 |
25.5
|
| 1895-96 |
26.1
|
1916-17 |
41.4
|
| 1896-97 |
26.5
|
1917-18 |
81.6
|
| 1897-98 |
34.6
|
1918-19 |
32.4
|
| 1898-99 |
28.5
|
1919-20 |
46.7
|
| 1899-00 |
16.5
|
1920-21 |
26.9
|
| 1900-01 |
27.1
|
1921-22 |
20.6
|
| 1901-02 |
19.6
|
1922-23 |
25.0
|
| 1902-03 |
83.9
|
1923-24 |
85.2
|
| 1903-04 |
10.0
|
1924-25 |
27.5
|
| 1904-05 |
30.1
|
1925-26 |
31.5
|
| 1905-06 |
29.8
|
1926-27 |
36.3
|
| 1906-07 |
31.2
|
1927-28 |
15.6
|
| 1907-08 |
17.5
|
1928-29 |
34.8
|
| 1908-09 |
28.3
|
1929-30 |
25.3
|
| 1909-10 |
86.8
|
|
TABLE 5.-HUMIDITY, WIND, AND WEATHER
(Averages for the entire periods of record)
|
Stations
|
Relative Humidity Per cent
|
Hourly Wind Velocity Miles per hour
|
Prevailing Wind Direction
|
Percentage of Sunshine
|
Cloudiness in tenths of clouded sky
|
Number of Rainy Days
|
| Lincoln |
72
|
10.6
|
S.
|
63
|
4.8
|
97
|
| North Plate |
68
|
9.0
|
S.E.
|
68
|
4.4
|
82
|
| Omaha |
70
|
8.5
|
N.W.
|
62
|
5.1
|
99
|
| Valentine |
68
|
10.3
|
N.W.
|
|
4.0
|
96
|
|
CLIMATE |
441 |
TABLE 3.-ANNUAL RAINFALL l876-1929
| Years |
State
|
N. E. Section
|
S. E. Section
|
Central Section
|
S. W. Section
|
W. Section
|
N. W. Section
|
|||||||
|
Annual
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Crop Season
|
Annual
|
Crop Season
|
|
| 1876 |
22.64
|
13.14
|
30.66
|
20.47
|
35.87
|
21.04
|
25.34
|
14.26
|
9.89
|
7.18
|
10.69
|
6.87
|
16.25
|
9.03
|
| 1877 |
25.34
|
15.63
|
34.18
|
23.66
|
39.82
|
35.56
|
25.99
|
16.47
|
19.38
|
10.02
|
20.11
|
10.98
|
12.46
|
7.08
|
| 1878 |
35.07
|
19.00
|
31.37
|
25.11
|
28.99
|
21.45
|
21.91
|
15.30
|
25.54
|
19.83
|
13.76
|
9.71
|
28.92
|
22.63
|
| 1879 |
24.39
|
17.76
|
25.12
|
16.16
|
29.47
|
17.42
|
24.27
|
19.22
|
27.03
|
21.98
|
24.05
|
18.88
|
16.32
|
12.90
|
| 1880 |
21.23
|
14.48
|
25.99
|
18.28
|
25,93
|
17.28
|
23.40
|
16.87
|
21.07
|
12.70
|
17.64
|
12.31
|
13.18
|
9.49
|
| 1881 |
30.91
|
17.91
|
19.67
|
22.35
|
31.17
|
17.40
|
33-06
|
20.74
|
35.48
|
20.59
|
22.93
|
15.67
|
18.15
|
10.71
|
| 1882 |
23.51
|
17.56
|
25.54
|
18.68
|
30.23
|
21.88
|
24.23
|
17.72
|
25.94
|
20.97
|
17.95
|
15.09
|
17.54
|
11.04
|
| 1883 |
30.74
|
21.38
|
34.90
|
23.94
|
38.30
|
27.71
|
25.19
|
17.63
|
31.17
|
21.18
|
30.01
|
20.56
|
24.36
|
17.24
|
| 1884. |
24.00
|
16.46
|
32.76
|
19.76
|
30.95
|
21.14
|
26.02
|
17.20
|
26.94
|
21.29
|
13.53
|
10.25
|
13.81
|
9.12
|
| 1885 |
25.98
|
18.50
|
28.16
|
19.53
|
28.67
|
20.07
|
25.05
|
17.92
|
33.28
|
24.01
|
22.03
|
16.68
|
18.81
|
12.76
|
| 1886 |
23.71
|
14.05
|
25.74
|
13.75
|
28.98
|
16.54
|
25.80
|
14.97
|
30.43
|
18.86
|
16.84
|
10.94
|
14.43
|
9.25
|
| 1887 |
22.99
|
15.03
|
23.94
|
14.29
|
25.66
|
15.17
|
25.97
|
17.17
|
24.60
|
17.25
|
18.98
|
12.00
|
21.64
|
14.30
|
| 1888 |
22.86
|
17.54
|
26.37
|
19.86
|
28.29
|
19.91
|
27.18
|
21.12
|
21.17
|
16.05
|
13.80
|
11.14
|
20.31
|
17.16
|
| 1889 |
22.64
|
16.74
|
21.04
|
15.60
|
29.93
|
22.42
|
21.15
|
16.16
|
28.11
|
20.90
|
16.46
|
11.79
|
18.75
|
13.48
|
| 1890 |
17.18
|
12.28
|
23.36
|
16.03
|
21.81
|
14.93
|
16.69
|
10.99
|
13.43
|
10.80
|
12.00
|
9.24
|
15.81
|
11.71
|
| 1891 |
30.62
|
21.52
|
32.83
|
22.95
|
38.57
|
25.75
|
30.54
|
22.29
|
33.32
|
24.29
|
23.75
|
16.36
|
24.73
|
17.49
|
| 1892 |
24.12
|
17.57
|
21.80
|
18.82
|
28.46
|
20.88
|
22.42
|
15.53
|
22.43
|
15.57
|
19.72
|
13.58
|
27.89
|
21.06
|
| 1898 |
16.80
|
11.96
|
20.55
|
14.14
|
22.54
|
16.27
|
17.36
|
11.93
|
15.67
|
11.95
|
10.28
|
7.45
|
14.38
|
10.03
|
| 1894 |
13.30
|
8.26
|
14.36
|
8.40
|
18.44
|
10.50
|
12.94
|
7.85
|
10.33
|
6.59
|
11.30
|
8.15
|
12.54
|
8.10
|
| 1895 |
18.70
|
14.18
|
23.10
|
17.32
|
21.90
|
17.47
|
21.04
|
15.70
|
20.14
|
15.74
|
11.18
|
8.38
|
15.28
|
10.45
|
| 1896 |
26.17
|
18.55
|
32.55
|
23.22
|
36,38
|
25.62
|
26.95
|
19.76
|
24.35
|
18.59
|
17.31
|
12.04
|
19.48
|
12.08
|
| 1897 |
23.54
|
14.26
|
24.77
|
14.69
|
27.94
|
17.48
|
25.00
|
14.00
|
24.94
|
15.10
|
19.52
|
12.84
|
19.10
|
11.05
|
| 1898 |
20.70
|
14.91
|
23.74
|
10.91
|
26.73
|
17.26
|
19.28
|
14.08
|
22.23
|
15.54
|
16.65
|
12.97
|
15.57
|
12.70
|
| 1890 |
19.51
|
14.66
|
23.70
|
18.18
|
27.39
|
19.53
|
20.19
|
15.85
|
16.76
|
12.30
|
13.42
|
10.16
|
16.25
|
31.94
|
| 1900 |
24.46
|
17.50
|
32.31
|
20.26
|
34.71
|
24.49
|
26.66
|
18.80
|
18.56
|
18.23
|
14.90
|
12.46
|
19.61
|
15.71
|
| 1901 |
22.76
|
12.57
|
26.86
|
13.65
|
23.68
|
12.62
|
26.47
|
13.12
|
20.34
|
11.25
|
16.70
|
10.68
|
22.53
|
14.11
|
| 1902 |
29.09
|
19.52
|
31.70
|
21.67
|
41.35
|
28.86
|
33.01
|
22.68
|
28.05
|
18.73
|
21.27
|
13.39
|
19.17
|
11.76
|
| 1903 |
27.27
|
21.28
|
35.98
|
27.92
|
37.21
|
28.42
|
30.71
|
25.28
|
25.50
|
20.12
|
14.36
|
11.24
|
19.88
|
14.68
|
| 1904 |
23.37
|
17.63
|
25,67
|
19.31
|
29.43
|
21.78
|
28.19
|
20,89
|
22.89
|
17.12
|
15.92
|
12.24
|
18.19
|
14.44
|
| 1905 |
31.65
|
21.93
|
34.20
|
20.21
|
35,92
|
22.11
|
36.17
|
25.99
|
33.30
|
24.76
|
24.81
|
19.04
|
25.52
|
19.47
|
| 1906 |
26.98
|
16.15
|
31.96
|
18.49
|
29.85
|
17.47
|
29.30
|
18.44
|
23,51
|
14.40
|
28.81
|
14.15
|
23.48
|
13.97
|
| 1907 |
20.52
|
14.77
|
24.09
|
17.81
|
29.07
|
18.55
|
18.90
|
14.10
|
16.90
|
12.56
|
15.60
|
11.85
|
18.58
|
13.74
|
| 1908 |
26.94
|
20.86
|
30.44
|
22.95
|
38.30
|
31.10
|
26.27
|
20.86
|
24.55
|
18.52
|
19.96
|
14.25
|
23.14
|
17.45
|
| 1909 |
25.55
|
14.47
|
32.57
|
18.56
|
35.27
|
16.95
|
21.94
|
13.72
|
21.93
|
11.77
|
19.56
|
12.58
|
22.01
|
13.25
|
| 1910 |
17.16
|
12.15
|
18.19
|
12.79
|
23.45
|
16.15
|
19.89
|
13.77
|
14.78
|
10.95
|
12.02
|
I 8.90
|
14.56
|
10.35
|
| 1911 |
21.68
|
13.09
|
28.16
|
12.87
|
26.98
|
14.20
|
23.61
|
14.53
|
21.15
|
14.79
|
15.16
|
10.24
|
20.00
|
11.92
|
| 1912 |
21.81
|
12.77
|
24.30
|
13,30
|
24.99
|
12.95
|
18.75
|
9.88
|
21.96
|
13.60
|
21.37
|
13.29
|
19.48
|
13,62
|
| 1913 |
21.97
|
12.77
|
25.37
|
16.56
|
27.35
|
13.55
|
24.78
|
14.85
|
19.40
|
9.54
|
17.76
|
10.71
|
17.03
|
11.34
|
| 1914 |
20.78
|
14.31
|
25.61
|
16.48
|
28.33
|
16.18
|
22.26
|
16.55
|
18.36
|
14.48
|
14.28
|
11.18
|
15.83
|
10.98
|
| 1915 |
35.60
|
24.31
|
38.83
|
24.67
|
41.55
|
27.15
|
35.62
|
24.28
|
36.02
|
28.47
|
29.26
|
20.92
|
32.80
|
20.48
|
