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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Barometer — ^Meau, 30.05 inches; highest, 30.50 inches, on 16th; lowest, 29.56 inches, on 31st. 



Temperature — Highest, 76°, on 3rd; lowest, 28°, on 10th; greatest daily range, 31°, on 30th; least daily range, 5" on 1st; 

 normal for month, 49.0°; excess or deficiency this month, +2.1°; accumulated excess or deficiency since January 1st, —236°; 

 average daily, same period, —0.8°; highest in 30 years, 90°; lowest, 10°. 



Precipitation (in inches) — Total amount, 0.70; normal, 2.23; excess or deficiency this month, —1.53; since January 1st, 

 -f 2.58; greatest amount in any 24 hour period, 0.30, on 17th and 18th; total snowfall, 0.0 inches. 



Wind — Prevailing direction, southwest; total movement, 4,539 miles; average hourly velocity, 6.1 miles; maximum velocity, 

 24, from the southwest, on 20th. 



Dates OP — Auroras, 0; den.se fog, 0; hail, 0; sleet, 0; thunderstorms, 0; halos: solar 11, 12, 17, 28, 31; lunar, 24; frost: killing, 10; 

 heavy, 0; light, 0. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 



Local Forecaster. 



