136 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY, LANSING, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER, 1922 



Barometer — Mean, 30.01 inches; highest, 30'.41 inches, on 13th; lowest, 29.56 inches, on 11th. 



Temperature — Highest, 87°, on 5th; lowest, 25°, on 20th; greatest daily range, 35°, on 21st; least daily range, 6° on 8th; 

 normal temperature. 49.0°; departure, +2.8°; accumulated departure since January 1, +535°; average daily departure since 

 January 1, +1.8°; highest in 37 years, 90°; lowest, 10°. 



Precipitation (in inches) — Total this month, 2.48; normal, 2.23; departure, +0.25; since January 1, — 1.33; greatest amount 

 in 24 hours, 1.38, on 6th and 7th; total snowfall, T. in. 



Wind — Prevaihng direction, southwest; total movement, 3,827 miles; average hourly velocity, 5.1 miles; maximum velocity, 

 23 miles per hour, from northwest on 23rd. 



Dates of — Auroras, 0; hail, 0; sleet, 0; fog, dense, 31; thunderstorms, 1; halos, solar, 3, 5, 13, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31; hales, lunar, 

 3, 28, 31: frost, killing, 13.; heavy, 0; light, 0. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 



Meteorologist. 



