152 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Monthly Meteorological Summary, Lansing, Mich., Fehruary, 1919. 



Barometer — Mean, 29.97; inches; highest, 30.67 inches, on 19th; lowest, 29.20 inches, on 14th. 



Temperature— Highest,45°, on 28tk; lowest, 6°, on 10th; greatest daily range, 28°, on 28th; least daily range, 6°, on 14th ; 

 normal for month, 21.6°; excess or deficiency this month, +5.1°; accumulated excess or deficiency since January Ist, +344°; 

 average daily, same period, +5.8°; highestin 34 years, 62°, lowest, —25°. 



Precipitation (in inches)— Total amount, 1 .50; normal , 2.02 ; excess or deficiency this month, —0.52; since January 1st, —2.25. 

 Greatest amount in any 24 hour period, 0.43 on 13th and 14th. Total snowfall, 2. 1 in. 



Wind — Prevailing direction, west; total movement, 5,207 miles; average hourly velocity, 7.7 miles; maximum velocity 34, from 

 the southwest, on 28th. 



Dates op— Auroras, 0; hail, 28; sleet, 25; thunderstorms, 13, 28; Halos: solar, 2, 7, 19, 20, 24; lunar, 0; Frost: killing, 0; 

 heavy 0; light, 0. 



DEWEY A, 



SEELEY, 



Metebrolog^t. 



