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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. Tenn., accompany this report, and there have been added, for the sake of comparison, similar data for Savannah, Wilmington, and Raleigh on the east, Montgomery on the south, and Memphis, Nashville, and Cincinnati on the west. The data for Asheville are not directly comparable with those of the remaining stations, since the Asheville observations were made three times daily, viz, at 7 a. m., 2 and 9 p. m., whereas observations at the remaining stations were made but twice daily, viz, at 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. The omission of an observation during the driest part of the day tends to give mean values somewhat above the true figures. Nevertheless, the observations at Asheville confirm the local belief that the relative humidity of the mountain region is less than that of lower levels. 151 Table 1.—Normal monthly mean temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit,) compiled in the Weather Bureau, United States Department of Agriculture, from observations extending over a series of years. Georgia: Feet Clayton 2,100 Diamond 2,020 North Carolina: Abshers »... Asheville 2,250 Highlands 3,817 Linville 3,800 Tennessee: Bristol 1,757 Chattanooga 762 Greeneville 1,581 Knoxville 1,004 Rogersville 1,212 Virginia: Bigstone Gap 1,906 Lynchburg 681 Wytheville 2,370 8.0 37.8 33.5 31.0 33.9 41.0 36.6 37.7 35.8 39.1 41.4 49. 8 47.6 35.8 47.2 89.8 45.7 36.6 41.6 31.0 40.5 46.7 31.5 :',:;... 45.5 40.1 42.3 33.8 in.n 33.2 56.5 57. 5 53.7 51.8 50.6 4B.8 51.1 50.5 60, 46.3 57.0 47.6 58.2 16.9 66.5 64.3 . I £ ~ I 9 66.6 65.2 65.2 62.6 57.6 57.6 64.6 67.7 64.5 66.2 73.1 74.4 74.8 09.1 72.3 74.6 73.11 69.0 45.5 53.5 62.6 45.2 55.9 66.0 48.8 52.5 63.2 73.2 69.6 64.7 62. I 71.7 75.2 72.2 73.0 71.9 70.1 74.2 69.0 72 01 70.6 67.1 65.4 66.1 64.9 73.8 77.8 74.7 76.4 74.4 72.2 7.-.. 9 74.8 78.6 66.2 77.6j 75.3 69.0 72.0 71.0 65.7 (14.9 60.2 59.7 67.7 70.7 57.2 48.2 56.7 48.4 41.2 57.5 11.9 57.1 60.9; 48.1 39.5 68.2| 45.2 88.9 51.0 42.2 36.0 47.3 41.4 34.8 55.4 60.5 56.9 69.3 57.6 68.2 55.9 57.1 54.6 50.5 48.6 45.4 49.9 46.5 46.6 46.2 36.0 54.6 43.6 59.9 m. 5 39.9 56.4 57.2 88.2 55.8 53.8 43.5 34.5 67.1 46.3 39.3 53.8 43.7 85.5 53.3 56.9 52.9 'Record for 4 years and 6 months only.
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