The Cane and Cotton Districts [pp. 44-46]

44 METEOROLOGY OF COTTON AND CANE FIELDS.
THE CANE AND COTTON DISTRICTS.
Mean temperatures of the cane and cotton districts of the United States, with some
foreign tropical comparisons. *
Places.,
z'
Key West......TO. 0 70.7 78.8!76.3 80.2i82.1 82.8 88.5 82.5 79.175.6 72.8 76.7 88.0 79.171.2 77.5
Cedar Keys.... 58.9 59.7 67.8$68.7 75.8178.6,80.5 80.7 78.7 78.1 64.4 59.8 70.6 80.0 72.1 57.8 70.1
St. Augustine.. 55.9 58.7 62.4'68.0 71.8178.2180.0 80.178.1 70.9 63.9 56.0 67.4 79.4 71.0 56.8 68.7
Savannah..... 52.6154.7 60.068.4 74.8i79.4181.8 80.5 76.9 67.2.58.8 52.2 67.7 80.4 67.5 53.0 67.2
Mobile......... 56.4~57.4 65.6 70.0 76.3!82.2 82.4 82.7 78.9 70.0 61.5 55.5 70.7 82.4 70.1 56.4 69.9
Pensacola......56.2157.8i64.5,68.6 76.5 80.7 84.9 88.6 78.9 71.0 61.3 57.8 69.9 88.0 70.4 57.8 70.1
New Orleans... 54.854.4!61.56 67.6 74.0 78.6 80.4 79.6 77.1 69.1 87.5.56.2 67.7 79.5 67.9 55.2 67.5
Galveston......48.li58.0163.5170.0 78.7 80.7 48.0 83.3 78.8 78.160.2 55.6 71.0 82.5 70.2 58.8 69.4
Brownsville.... 59.5166.9:69.4T74.5 78.9'80.8 88.3 84.6 80(.4 78.9 66.9 60.8 74.3 82.9 78.7 62.2 78.3
San Antonio... 52.7157.8165.569.7 76.4!80.5 82.3 83.8 79.9 72.2 62.2 52.1 70.5 82.2 71.4 54.2 69.6
Fort Jesup..... 50.552.3 59.8367.4 78.7180.8i82.8 81.8 76.1 66.2 56.7 50.3 66.8181.8 66.3 51.0 66.4
Natches.......51.2 52.9~60.570.2 74.5180. 882.280.976.9 65.9'57.1 50.268.5!81.3 66.651.466.9
Fort Washita.. 44.747.9,52.968.5 70.7 76.5 81.3 81.075.1 68.251.642.862.479.6 68.8 45.162.6
Vicksburg......47.8152.768.8363.7 78.0T77.7 78.7 78.7 74.165.4 74.550.466.778.464.750.8 65.0
Memphis.......41.7 45.9 55.8 59.0 68.9 75.8179.9 78.5 72.5 58.4 58.8 40.2 61.1 78.1 61.4 42.6 60.8
Erie...........45.451.4 58.9 62.9 78.978.280.5 80.5 75.83 64.8 58.2 47.2 65.2 79.7 64.4 51.8 65.2
Perry......... 39.855.63.2162.9 741 78.2 82. 78.8 4.867.6 53.850.966.779.865.3 48.665.1
St. John's, Ber-
keley... 49.1 58.6 57.5 62.4 70.2 74.8 78.8 77.9 78.1 64.1 55.2 52.1 68.4 77.2 64.1 51.6 64.0
Tropical dis tricts.
Havana...... 70.071.9 75.7 79.0 82.5 88.1 88.3S83.8 82.0 79.5175.5 71.7 79.188.4 79.0 71.2 78.2
Kingston......75.776.0176.0 78.180.2180.681.6 81.0 80.7 79.8178.7 76.4 78.1 81.1 79.7 76.1 78.7
Barbadoes..... 78.0178.0 79.1|78.2 79.6,78.1 79.0 78.5 82.1 82.2|81.8 79.8 79.2 78.5 82.1 78.5 79.5
Madeira...... 60.2|61.163.4 65.4 67.9|69.4 71.7 72.8 72.1 69.5 65.4 64.2 65.6|71.8 69.0 65.8 67.9
Catania...... 49.8 54.856. 061. 0171.6'78'.9 86.5 88.2 78.6 69.9 59.7 54.9 52.8 62.8 84.6 69.4 67.5
Alexandria.... 57.8!57.862.li66.9i70.2176.2 78.5i80.8 78.174.8 68.4 60.4 66.4 78.8 78.8 58.5 69.8
Calcutta...... 69.4174.2 82.3'87.1 ST.2l85.1 84.2'88.6 84.0 82.0 75.7 69.2 85.5 84.3 80.6 70.9 80.3
* Baird upon observations varying from 2 to 18 years.
.Mean monthly and annual fall of rain in the sugar and cotton districts of the United
States, (inches and tenths vertical depth.)
r
Places-.> X a -.3 l a
Savannah.... 14 2.62.64.2 1.9 5.7 4.7 9.4 9.8 4.9 8.1 1.7 8.211.828.5 9.7 8.458.4
St. Augastine. 8 2.11.6 2.8 1.1 2.5 8.0 8.6 5.7 2.5 8.0 0.5 2.1 6.4 12.8 6.0 5.8 80.5
CedarKeys.. 2X2.61.82.7 1.2 1.1 5.810.6 5.511.7 8.6 2.9 2.4 5.021.918.2 6.3851.4
FortBrooke.. 18 1.82.88.5 1.7 8.2 6.711.210.4 7.2 2.5 2.0 2.8 8.428.411.7 6.955.5
Mobile......[phone].8 6.8 2.8 8.1 6.8 5.812.619.412.216.961.0
New Orleans. 18 6.54.42.7 4.1 8.4 5.4 6.5 5.5 4.0 2.6 8.5 4.710.217.410.1 15.658.4
Fort Brown.. 8 1.91.911.0 0.6 2.4 2.7 1.8 1.9 4.8 4.9 2.5 4.1 4.0 6.412.2 7.980.5
San Antonio. 8 0.84.692.9 2.8 8.2 6.3 2.6 0.5 1.9 1.8 2.8 2.9 8.9 9.4 6.0 8.83 82.7
Fort Croghan 83~1.84.0 5.8 4.4 2.8 8.5 2.8 1.8 2.2 2.1 8.9 8.112.5 7.7 8.2 8.486.7
Fort Towson. 14 8.48.14.4 5.6 5.5 6.2 5.4 4.0 8.2 4.6 4.6 2.815.515.612.4 9.3 58.0
Fort Jesup... 9 4.42.74.6 4.7 8.8 4.6 8.8 2.8 2.9 5.1 8.1 4.1 18.111.1 11.111.246.5
Natches...... 8 6.8 4.814.7 4.6 5.5 4.9 5.4 8.8 5.2 8.6 4.5 5.814.813.618.816.458.2
Jackson..... 3X15.56.112.4 5.8 8.2 4.6 6.2 8.4 0.9 2.4 6.2 6.810.914.2 9.518.458.0
Vicksburg.... 8 9.94.283.9 8.1 8.0 8.7 2.2 4.8 8.8 8.5 8.9 2.210.0 9.511.216.848.4
Memphis..... 38.3 6.6'4.2 8.4 8.4 8.1 1.8 2.9 1.5 2.9 8.5 5.111.0 7.8 7.915.041.8
Monroeville.. 4 38.67.7'4.8 6.5 7.9 5.2 7.7 8.6 1.5 1.6 5.6 4.919.221.4 8.716.265.6
Perry....... 2,91.42.92.5 8.5 4.8 8.8 5.1 8.2 1.8 1.5 9.2j 8.510.816.512.0 7.846.7
Charleston.. 10 2.82.24.5 1.8 4.8 4.8 6.4 7.8 5.7 2.5 1.51 8.110.618.0 9.7 7645.9