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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Monthly Meteorological Summary, Lansing, Michigan, August, 1916. 



Barometer — Mean, 29.97 inches; highest, 30.34 inches, on 18th; lowe.st, 29.58 inches, on 21st. 



Temperature— Highest, 86°, on 1st; lowest, 38°, on 27th; greatest daily range, 31°, on 18th; least daily range, 5°, on 21,st; 

 normal for month, 68.4°, excess or deficiency this month, —5.0°; accumulated excess or deficiency since January 1, —347°; 

 average daily, same period, —1.4°, highest in 30 years, 99°, lowest, 32°. 



Precipitation (in inches)— Total amount. 4.63; normal. 2.03; excess or deficiency this month, +2.00; since January 1, +0.18. 

 greatest amount in any 24 hour period, 1.63, on 16th; total snowfall, 0.0 in. 



Wind— Prevailing direction, northeast; total movement, 3,290 miles; average hourly velocity, 4.4 miles; maximum velocity, 

 20, from the northwest, on 16th. 



Dates of— Auroras, 0; dense fog, 29; hail, 16; sieet, 0; thunderstorms 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 24; halos: solar 14, 20, 26; lunar, 0; 

 frost: killing, 0; heavy, 0; light, 18, 27, 31. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 



Local Forccastfr. 



