REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 



103 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



April 



May , 



June 



July 



August 



September . 

 October 

 November. 

 December. 



January . . 

 February 

 March . . , 



Months. 



1912. 



1913. 



Totals. 



Highest 

 Temperature. 



Date. 



8 



15 

 26 

 31 

 23 

 18 



1 

 24 



4 



28 

 16 



8 



Degrees. 



71 

 82 

 94 

 86 

 88 

 76 

 72 

 57 

 50 







•8 

 8 

 6 



7 

 7 



■2 

 4 

 1 



47 © 

 578 



599 



Lowest 

 Temperature. 



Date. 



6 

 1 

 6 



14 

 30 

 28 

 30 

 11 

 2 



20 



4 



26 



Degrees. 



17 

 23 

 28 

 36 

 34 

 23 

 14 

 10 

 — 



4 



6 

 •3 

 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 •9 



—300 

 —22 

 —230 



Total 

 Precipita- 

 tion. 



Inches. 



•20 



•66 



•73 



•78 



41 



■61 



07 



99 



•23 



80 

 30 



042 



13 20 



Bright 

 Sunshine- 



Hours. 



209 

 280 

 322 

 250 

 240 

 169 

 172 

 129 

 102 



S 



4 



■7 



•6 



1 



3 



9 



3 



•3 



919 

 102 1 

 157 3 



2228-8 



In the above, ten inches of snow is computed as one inch of precipitation. 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Agassiz, B.C. 



Since climatic conditions affect farming operations, there is given below a record 

 of weather data taken at the Agassiz Farm during the year. In two respects the past 

 year was phenomenal, there being a very wet, cloudy summer and a very steady 

 winter, during which there were forty-eight consecutive days with snow on the 

 ground. The month of April was somewhat wet but reasonably warm; May was a 

 fine month, and gave an opportunity to finish seeding and planting operations. The 

 first half of June was excellent weather, but, from that time on, with the exception of 

 a short period in September, the weather was unusually dark and rainy. 



The grain harvest suffered most of all the operations of the year. The winter 

 was not as severe as in some previous years, the lowest temperature being four 

 degrees above zero, on the 19th of January; 6 feet, 11-7 inches of snow fell, and 

 most of it remained throughout the winter. 



