144 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Nonthly Meteorological Summary, Lansing, Michigan, August, 1919. 



Date. 



Temperature. 



Highest. 



Lowest. 



Mean. 



Precipita- 

 tion in 

 inches. 



Character of 

 day. 



. Pereent- 

 ft age of 



i possible 

 sunshine. 



This month Snce 1863. 



Year. 



Mean 

 tempera- 

 ture. 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



U 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25, 



26. 



27. 



28. 



29. 



30. 



31. 



77 

 77 

 82 

 83 

 76 

 86 

 85 

 69 

 74 

 78 

 81 

 82 

 78 

 86 

 87 

 77 

 77 

 76 

 81 

 85 

 79 

 85 

 87 

 79 

 74 

 75 

 70 

 76 

 81 

 78 

 74 



52 

 49 

 52 

 61 

 68 

 68 

 60 

 51 

 48 

 49 

 53 

 60 

 60 

 62 

 59 

 62 

 59 

 58 

 58 

 55 

 '58 

 56 

 60 

 56 

 49 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 45 

 56 

 50 



C4 

 63 



67 

 72 

 72 

 77 

 72 

 60 

 61 

 64 

 67 

 71 

 69 

 74 

 73 

 70 

 68 

 67 

 70 

 70 

 68 

 70 

 74 

 68 

 62 

 62 

 59 

 62 

 63 

 07 

 62 











T. 



2 19 



35 































T. 



T. 



T. 



66 



01 



07 







02 



08 



















04 











58 







03 



Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 



Clear 



Clear 



Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloud\ 

 Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Partly Clouily 



( 'leur 



Clear 



Clear 



Partly Cloudy 



( 'lear 



Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Cloudy 

 Partly Clo\idv 

 Partly Cloudy 



67 

 96 

 74 

 48 

 15 

 73 



100 

 63 



100 

 93 

 79 

 78 

 28 

 SO 

 61 

 45 

 52 

 36 

 91 

 72 

 79 



100 

 86 

 71 

 95 

 81 

 54 

 73 

 84 

 89 

 59 



Mean highest temperature 79.2 



Mean lowest temperature 55 . 4 



Mean temperature for month 67.3 



Total precipitation for month 4 .03 



Weathkr. 



Number days clear 7 



Partly cloudy 20 



Cloudy 4 



With 0.01 or more of precipitation 10 



Sunshine. 



Number hours sunshine 309 . 1 



Possible hours sunshine 430.7 



Percentage of possible 72 



1803 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1S82 

 188:i 

 1884 

 1885 

 1880 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 I9r> 

 HJIC) 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 



70.7 



65.8 



62.6 



69.8 



70.3 



70.6 



70 1 



71 



71 



69 



69 



65 



71 



08 



70 2 



70 



08 6 



72.7 



69 5 



64 9 

 06 9 



63 6 

 69 3 

 68 

 67.6 

 68 6 



65 4 

 67.9 

 68,3 

 68.1 



68 8 

 71.2 

 70.0 

 65.9 



69 

 71.4 

 73 3 

 68,4 



64 2 

 64,3 

 65.9 

 69 6 

 73 5 



05 



68 



71 

 08 2 



68 2 

 05 7 



69 4 

 08 !) 

 63 4 



71 

 67 



72 2 

 07 3 



3 00 

 39 



3 38 

 3.44 

 1.74 



2 42 

 4.85 

 4.53 

 1.42 



4 18 



80 



1 28 

 1 47 

 1 28 

 6 .57 

 1 85 

 1 61 

 6 02 

 1 03 



5 72 

 0.18 

 1 30 



6 75 

 4 69 



89 



1 87 

 0.68 



3 60 



4 82 

 5.12 

 56 

 00 

 4.64 

 4.73 

 1.69 

 2.73 

 70 



2 98 



2 49 



68 

 6.73 

 3.26 

 3.92 



4 35 

 2.87 



3 99 



1 61 

 1 76 



1 48 



2 19 



5 60 



3 33 



4 63 

 1 .58 

 1 47 

 1 44 

 4 03 



Barometer— Mean, 29.94 inches; highest, 30.28 inches, on 1 1th; lowest, 29.69 inches, on 21st. 



Temperature— Highest, 87°, on 23d; lowest, 4.5°, on 29th; greatest daily range, 36°, on 29th; Ica.st daily range, 8°, on .5th. 

 Normal for month, 68.4°; excess of deficiency this month, — 1.1". .\ccuniulatcd excess or deficiency since .lanuary l.st, -f 432°; 

 average daily, same period, +1.8°; highest in 34 years, 102°; lowest, 32°. 



Precipitation (in inches) ^Total amount. 4.03; normal, 2.63; excess or deficiency this month, +1.40; since January 1st, 

 +0.92. Greatest amount in any 24 hour period, 2.22, on 4th and 5th. Total snowfall, inches. 



Wind — Preyailing direction, southwest. Total movement, 3,301 miles; average hourly vclo-ity, 4.4 miles. Maximum 

 velocity, 18, from the northwest on 25th. 



Dates of— Auroras, 18, 19; fog, dense, 5, 13, IS; hail, 0; thunderstorms, 4, 5, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 29; halos: solar, 2, 6, 11, 29; 

 lunar, 0; frost: killing, 0; heavy, 0; light, 0. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 



Meteorologist. 



