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ATLAS OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE

ADVANCE SHEET 1

JAN. 1917

PRECIPITATION

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU, Charles F. Marvin, Chief

AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION IN INCHES

Based on Records of about 1600 Stations for the 20-Year Period 1895-1914, and 2000 Additional Records, from

5 to 19 Years in Length. Uniformly Adjusted to the Same Period.

WASHINGTON. D. C.

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Jefferson

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A th e1 i s

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MTS.

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UNDER 10 INCHES

|20]K>\

30 15 5

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10 TO 15 INCHES

Te.xarkama

15 TO 20 INCHES

• alias

Mesilla

Monroe ^VieU^

Shreveport

20 TO 30 INCHES

-J brt Worth.

30 TO 40 INCHES

40 TO 50 INCHES

Alexandra

50 TO 60 INCHES

* Tall air

Jackson-

Mobile

OCCURRING BETWEEN APR. 1 AND SEPT. 30

College Station)

Tavlor-

OVER 60 INCHES

Caine'

i-w Orleans

Hous I)

Orlando

itonio

Galveston

Tamp a

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60__

(Jupiter

PERIOD WITHIN WHICH 50% OF THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION OCCURS

gt.Mver

REGIONS

MAR.

MAY JUNE

NEW YORK LAKE REGION.

CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

NORTHERN FLORIDA.

OHIO.

MISSOURI-.

GULF COAST--.

NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS.
SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS.

SNAKE RIVER REGION_

ARIZONA....

WILLAMETTE VALLEY_

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA_

fVi)isville

.777777/.

Compiled from the 'fe
records of about 1,60Cr
stations 1895-1914 j

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103

129

125

109

107

10-1

Pt ltr

125 120 115 no 105 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65

. / PERCENTAGE OF ANNUAL PRECIPITATION \ \ . " '

o Regular Weather Bureau. Stations —

• Cooperative Weather Bureau, Stations \
x Agricultural Colleges \

» Regular Weather Bureau, Stations and Agric. Colleges
X Cooperative Weather .Bureau, Stations ancLAgric.Cblleges
ti Capitals, Regular Weather Bureau, Stations
if Capitals, Reg. Weather Bureau. Sta. andAgric. Colleges
A Capitals, Cooperative Weather Burma Stations

SCALE OF SHADES-30

45 TSpgJy bo PREPARED BY JOSEPH BURTON KINCER, 1916

P0LYC0N1C PROJECTION TOPOGRAPHY COMPILED AND DRAWN FROM DATA FURNISHED

- BY S GE0L - SURVEY ev F J - HARSCHNER. office of farm management, isis

\ Seal e 1:8.000.0 O 0

KeyWest ^ 1 100 o _ ^KUometers ^ \

UNDER 20%
20 - 40 %

40 - 60 %

60 - 80 %
OVER 80 %

Statute Miles
10 o

300

107

105

99 Longitude West 97 of Greenwich. 95

109

103

ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY THE U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY