METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



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



Barometer — Mean, 29.90 inches; highest, 30.36 inches, on 13th; lowest, 29.38 inches, on 10th. 



Temperature— Highest, 83°, on 27th; lowest, 35°, on 20th; greatest daily range, 30°, on 24th; least daily range, 6°, on 17th; 

 normal for month, 57.1°; excess or deficiency this month, —0.5°; accumulated excess or deficiency since January 1st, —125°; 

 average daily, same period, —0.8°; highest in 31 years, 95°; lowest, 17°. 



Precipitation (in inches) — Total amount, 5.13; normal, 3.58; excess or deficiency this month, 4-1.55; since January 1st, 

 -1-1.37; greatest amount in any 24 hour period, 1.80, on 14th and 1.5th; total snowfall, 0.0 inches. 



Wind— Prevailing direction, southwest; total movement, 5,132 miles; average hourly velocity, 6.9 miles; maximum velocity, 

 28, from the northwest, on 11th. 



Dates of— Auroras, 0; dense fog, 0; sleet, 0; thunderstorms, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 27, 29; halos: solar, 12, 13, 14, 21, 24, 25, 28; 

 lunar. 9, 15; frost: killing. 0; heavy. 0; light. 4. 19. 20. ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^ 



Local Forecaster. 



