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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Monthly Meteorological Summary, Lansing, Mich., October, 1918. 



Date. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25, 

 26. 

 27. 

 28., 

 29., 

 30., 

 31.. 



Temperature. 



Highest. 



60 

 64 

 61 

 72 

 75 

 60 

 61 

 66 

 71 

 73 

 76 

 73 

 65 

 60 

 69 

 66 

 77 

 56 

 61 

 65 

 59 

 60 

 56 

 61 

 59 

 55 

 68 

 59 

 61 

 54 

 43 



Lowest. 



29 

 44 

 38 

 34 

 60 

 44 

 40 

 31 

 47 

 47 

 51 

 57 

 40 

 35 

 35 

 43 

 46 

 37 

 31 

 40 

 34 

 37 

 42 

 50 

 48 

 44 

 53 

 45 

 43 

 38 

 32 



Mean. 



44 

 54 

 50 

 53 

 68 

 52 

 50 

 48 

 59 

 60 

 64 

 65 

 52 

 48 

 52 

 54 

 62 

 46 

 46 

 52 

 46 

 48 

 49 

 56 

 54 

 50 

 60 

 52 

 52 

 46 

 38 



Precipita- 

 tion in 

 inches. 



10 



0.04 











0.01 



T. 







05 



0.15 







0.06 



0.01 



























0.35 



0.33 











0.44 



0.69 



0.04 



T. 



0.84 



T. 



T. 







0.10 



rtiaraeter of 

 day. 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy , 

 Partly Cloudy. 



Clear 



Partly Cloudy. 



Partly cloudy . , 



Partly cloudy. . , 



Partlycloudy . . 



Clear 



Partlycloudy. . 



Clear 



C.ear 



Clear 



Partlycloudy. . 

 Partly cloudy . . 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partlycloudy. . . 

 Partlycloudy. . 

 Cloudy 



Percent- 

 age of 

 possible 

 sunshine. 



Mean highest temperature ... 

 Meanlowest temperature. . . . 

 Mean tempera ture for month . 

 Total precipitation for month . 



This month since 1863. 



83 



48 



100 



78 



59 







70 



73 



82 



99 



78 



86 



54 



96 



61 



100 



90 



100 



95 



60 



100 



76 



















5 



IS 



69 



91 







63 4 

 41-8 

 52.6 

 3.21 



13 

 II 

 14 



Weathei!. 



Number days clear 



Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



With 0. 01 or more precipitation . 



Sunshine. 



Number hours sunshine ^ 208.4 



Possible hours sunshine 341 . 9 



Percentage of possible 61 



Year. 



Mean 

 tempera- 

 ture. 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



Barometer — Mean, 30.06 inches; highest, 30.44 inches, on lst;lowest, 29.52 inches, on 28th. 



Temperature.— Highest, 77°, on 17th; lowest, 29°, on 1st; greasiest daily range, 38°, on 4th; leastdaily range, ll°,on 31st; 

 normal for month, 49.0°; excess or deficiency this month, ±3.6°; accumulated excess or deficiency since January 1st, — 333°; 

 average daily, same period, — 1.1°; highest in 33 years, 90°; lowest, 10°. 



Precipitation (in inches) — Total amount, 3.21; normal, 2.23 excess or deficiency this month, ±0.98; since January 1st, — 1.47; 

 greatest amount in any 24 hour period, 0.84, on 27th; totals nowfall, 0.0 inches. 



Wind — Prevailing direction, southwest; total movement, 4,714 miles; average hourly velccity, 6.3 miles; maximum velocity 

 6.3 miles; maximum velocity 22, from the northeast, on 18th. 



Dates of — Auroras, 0; fog, dense, 8; hail, 0; thunderstorms, 0; Halos: solar, 1-4, 10, 19, 22, 30; lunar, 15; frost: killing, 1; heavy, 

 0; light, 0. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 



Meteorologist. 



