The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-01-14
OUR WEATHER THE BEST
Records Kept At The Expert
mental Farm Show Even Temp
eratures In 1913

best in the world is indicated by the
weather records kept at the govern
ment experimental farm, which show
that this section enjoyed the amaz
during the year 1913, 81 partl,
cloudy days, while but SS out of the
365 were made melancholy by cloud:
During the year the total precipita'
tion was but sos inches, which was
distributed fairly evenly throughout
the year.
The weather record shows the fol.
lowing for the various months ol
the year just closed:
January maximum temperature
Ga, minimum, 10; mem 2S.2, pre-
cipitation .25 of an inch; evapora.
tion, 257 inches; wind velocity All
miles; days clear, 16; partly cloudy
z, cloudy, 8.
February: maximum temperature
61; minimum, 3 mean, 32.6; total
precipitation, .26 inches; evapora.
tion, III inches; wind velocity, 3.21
miles; days clear. IT; partly cloudy
7 cloudy, 4.
March: maximum temperature,
10; minimum, 10; mean, 40.7; total
precipitation, .21 inches; evapora-
tion. 3.71 inches. average wind ve-
locity, 4.66; days clear, Is, a..ly
cloudy, 10; cloudy,
April: maximum temperature,
81; minimum, II; mean, 49.2; total
precipitation, rs inches, evaporation
6.7s inches, average wind velocity,
5.99; days clear, Is; partly cloudy,
5; cloudy, Q.
May: maximum temperature, 81
minimum temperature, 21, total
precipitation, 2.15 inches; evapora-
ton, sos inches; average wind ve-
locity. 4.45 miles; days clear. 12;
partly cloudy, 16; cloudy, 8.
June: maximum temperature,
8s; minimum temperature 80; mean
GA; precipitation SO inches; evap-
oration. 1886 inches: average wind
velocity, 3.5e miles; days clear. 15;
partly cloudy. Z; cloudy, 8.
July; maximum temperature, SO;
minimum temperature, Az; mean,
10; total precipitation, 1.52 inches;
evaporation, 9.05 inches; average
wind velocity. 3.42 miles, days clear,
IA; partly cloudy, Z; cloudy, 10.
August, maximum temperature,
90; minimum temperature, AZ; evap
oration, 797 inches; average wind
velocity, 2.29 miles; days clear, 15;
partly cloudy. Il; cloudy. s.
september: maximum tempera-
cure, 95, minimum temperature, 27;
mean, cas-; precipitation, .03 inch;
evaporation, TO inches; average
wind velocity, 2.54 miles; days clear
23; partly cloudy. 6; cloudy, l.
October: maximum temperature,
81: minimum temperature 81; mean
504; total precipitation, .04 inch;
evaporation, 401 inches; average
wind velocity, 248 miles; days
clear. 21; partly cloudy, 4; cloudy, 6
November: maximum tempera-
ture. 73; minimum temperature, 15;
mean, 42.1 total precipitation, LA
inches; evaporation, 1.6 inches; av-
erage wind velocity, 2.64 miles; days
clear, 10. partly cloudy, 6; cloudy,
IA
December: maximum temperature
|62; minimum temperature 13;
precipitation, 80 inch; evaporation,
"a inch; average wind velocity, 277
miles; days clear, IL; partly cloudy,
5; cloudy, IA.
The record of the year shows an
unusual amount of rainfall, viz:
sos inches, the greatest amounts
coming in May, June and July,
supplementing irrigation the amount
for the months being 2.15 inches,
so inch and 1.52 inches respective
ly, while "a of an inch fell in Aug
ust. The combined amounts for
the four months about equals the av-
erage annual precipitation here. In
asmuch as irrigation water was
81 ort Iast season, 1t would seem that
the unusual dispensations were pro-
vidential
The weather records of the ex-
pertinent farm show the last killing
frost to have occurred on May 18th
and the first killing frost of fall on