No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 681 



ceeded but once io the history of the station, the highest point ever 

 touched by the niercuiy being 101 degrees on July 3, 18i)8. The 

 lowest temperature registered during 11)00 was 3 degrees on Feb- 

 ruary 25; this record has been exceeded a number of times in former 

 years, the lowest point ever touched being 13 degrees below zero 

 on February 10, 18D9. 



The total precipitation for the year 11)00, L'8.!)4 inches, is with one 

 exception, (he least annual amount ever recorded at the station and 

 is 9.50 inches below The average for 12 j-ears. The least amount 

 measured during any year was 2G.02 inches in 1895 and the greatest, 

 57.07 inches in 1889. The average amount for the twelve years the 

 static u has been in operation is 38.44 inches. The year 1900 goes on 

 record as the warmest and, with one exception, the dryest since the 

 beginning of regular observations at Harrisburg. 



