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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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



Date. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 



6. 

 7. 

 8. 

 9. 

 10. 



Temperature. 



Highest. ' Lowest. 



81 

 87 

 90 

 92 

 89 



94 

 93 

 83 



82 

 85 



11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 



IG. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 



21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 



26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 



55 

 49 

 G2 

 64 

 70 



72 

 70 

 66 

 59 

 59 



87 

 90 

 88 

 96 

 98 



96 



88 

 78 

 86 

 79 



65 

 71 

 75 

 80 



81 

 83 



62 

 60 

 65 

 70 



68 



68 

 61 

 52 

 54 

 52 



54 

 45 

 41 

 49 

 54 

 54 



Mean. 



PVecipila- 

 tion, in 

 inches. 



Character of 

 day. 



Clear 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy . 

 Clear 



Clear 



Partly cloudy. 

 Partly cloudy . 



Clear 



Partly cloudy . 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 



Partly cloudy . 

 Partly cloudy. 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 

 Clear 



Percent- 

 age of 

 possible 

 sunshine. 



This month since 1863. 



Clear. 

 Clear . 

 Clear. 

 Clear. 

 Clear. 



Cloudy. 

 Clear.. 

 Clear.. 

 Clear. . 

 Clear. . 



[ Partly cloudy. 



96 

 100 

 44 

 73 

 76 



94 

 52 

 54 

 100 

 68 



38 

 82 

 100 

 66 

 75 



76 



87 



43 



100 



100 



100 



100 



98 



83 



94 





 93 

 92 

 98 

 98 

 72 



Year. 



Mean highest temperature . . . . 



Mean lowest temperature 



Mean temperature for month. 

 Total precipitation for month . 



Weather 



Number days clear 



Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



With 0.01 or more of precipitation . 



Sunshine 



Number hours sunshine . 

 Possible hours sunshine. 

 Percentage of possible . . 



84.2 

 57.9 

 71.0 

 1.58 



16 



10 



5 



8 



340.2 



430.7 



79 



1863 



1864 



1865 



1866 



1867 



1868 



1869 



1870 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



18S9 



1890 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



Mean 

 tempera- 

 ture. 



70.7 

 65.8 

 62.6 

 69.8 

 70.3 

 70.6 

 70.1 

 71.2 

 71.2 

 69.5 

 69.4 

 65.5 

 71.6 

 68.5 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



3.00 



0.39 



3.38 



3.44 



1.74 



2.42 



4.85 



4.53 



1.42 



4.18 



0.80 



1.28 



1.47 



1.28 



6.57 



1.85 



1.61 



6 02 



1.63 



5.72 



0.18 



1.30 



6.75 



4.69 



0.89 



1.87 



0.68 



3.60 



4.82 



5.12 



0.56 



0.00 



4.64 



4.73 



1 69 



2.73 



0.70 



2.98 



2.49 



0.68 



6.73 



3.26 



3 92 



4 35 

 2.87 



99 

 61 



1.76 



.48 

 2.19 

 5.60 

 3.33 

 3.63 

 1.58 



Barometer — Mean, 30.01 inches; highest, 30.29 inches, on 1st; lowest, 29.68 inches, on 24th. 



Temperature— Highest, 98°, on 20th; lowest, 41°, on 28th; greatest daily range, 38°, on 2nd; least daily range, 11°, on 26th; 

 normal for month, 68.4°; excess or deficiency this month, +2.6°; accumulated excess or deficiency since January 1st, —52°; 

 average daily, same period, —0.2°; highest in 31 years, 99°; lowest, 32°. 



Precipitation (in inches) — Total amount, 1.58; normal, 2.63; excess or deficiency this month, — 1.05; since January 1st, —0.82. 

 Greatest amount in any 24 hour period, 0.63, on 7th; total snowfall, 0.0 ia. 



Wind — PrevaiUng direction, southwest; total movement, 2,859 miles; average hourly velocity, 3.8 miles; maximum velocity, 

 19, from the west on 3rd. 



Dates of— .4uroras, 26; dense fog, 0; hail, 0; thunderstorms, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 16, 18; halos: solar, 4, 17, 18, 19, 27, 31; lunar, 0; 

 frost: killing, 0; heavy, 0; light, 28. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 



Local Forecaster. 



