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-. 00(6J9 .~ , ~, ;! .:, .0 Excerpts from "Climatolo{!:ical Data for February, 1910" District No.7, Lower Mississippi Valley. (Pages 247 and 24Bl "GENERAL SUMMARY" "Precipitation was mainly in the form of snow in the northern and western, and rain in the southern portions of the district; however, snow and sleet were reoorded as far south as central Louisiana on the 17th." "TE1lPERATURE" "Abnormally low average temperatures prevailed during the month, the mean being below the normal over the entire district, except at a few scattered stations in southeastern Louisiana and the central portion of the Mississippi area." "Monthly mean temperatures and departures from the nor- mal for the various states and areas are reported as follows, Colorado area, 27.80, - 1.80; New Mexico area, 33.60,-2.10; Texas area, 27.50,-1.60; Kansas area, 31.40, 0.00; Oklahoma, 36.70,- 1.40; Missouri area, 32.00,- 2.00; Tennessee area, 36.00,- 4.40; Arkansas, 39.00,- 2.20; Mississippi area, 44.40.- 2.60; Louisiana, 49.90,- 1.60." "PRECIPITATION BY DRAINAGE AREAS" "ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. - There was less than the normal amount of precipitation throughout the Arkansas Basin, exoept at widely soattered stations. Over those stretches of the Arkansas proper that lie in ColoradO, Kansas, and Oklahoma, the precipitation from 69 stations averaged 0.84 inch, being about 0.2 inch below the normal. Less than half the normal precipitation occurred over the Cimarron valley, where the amounts from 16 stations averaged only 0.39 inch. The pre- cipitation \vas uniformly light throughout the Canadian Valley, but the deficiency was most pronounced in Oklahoma. The amounts from 59 stations av~raged 0.40 inch, being about half the nor- mal amount. There was an average of about 1.00 inch of preci- pitation over the Verdigris and Neosho valleys, and a general deficiency of about half an inch. The precipitation over that portion of the Arkansas Basin below the Oklahoma-Arkansas ltne ranged between 1 and 5 inches; the amounts from 16 stations averaged ,.09 inches, being about 0.2 inch below the normaL"