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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY, LANSING, M ICHIGAN, FEBRUARY, 1923. 



Date 



1. 



2. 



3 



4. 



5 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9 



10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 



Temperature. 



Highest. 



38 

 32 

 27 

 11 

 18 

 16 

 28 

 38 

 20 

 28 

 25 

 33 

 30 

 .15 

 12 

 14 

 12 

 18 

 26 

 29 

 29 

 26 

 16 

 37 

 40 

 39 

 34 

 36 



Lowest. 



24 



18 



-3 



-3 



-1 



11 



12 



15 



13 



9 



8 



10 



15 



2 







2 



-2 



4 



9 



5 



4 



13 







2 



17 



30 



26 



24 



Mean. 



Precipita- 

 tion in 

 inches. 



31 



25 



12 



4 



8 



14 



20 



26 



16 



18 



16 



22 



22 



8 



6 



S 



5 



11 



18 



17 



16 



20 



8 



20 



28 



34 



30 



30 



06 



03 



04 



01 







07 



06 







03 



01 



01 



24 



12 



08 



T. 



01 



01 



01 



06 



06 



02 



01 







06 















01 



Cliaracter of 

 day. 



Cloudy 



Cloudy ...... 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy. 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy. 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy. 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy . 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy. 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Perc-ant- 



age of 



possible 



sunshine. 











22 



48 



100 





 10 

 60 

 29 

 72 

 81 



8 





 52 

 100 

 39 

 87 

 21 

 61 

 94 



7 



66 



100 



4 

 76 



5 

 47 

 31 



Mean highest temperature 26 0° 



Mean lowest temperature 9 4° 



Mean temperature for month 17 7° 



Total precipitation for month 101 



Weather 



Nimiber days clear 5 



Partly cloudy 6 



Cloudy 17 



With 0.01 inch or more of precipitation 21 



Sunshine 



Number hoxu-s sunshine 129 



Possible hours sunshine , 295 2 



Percentage of possible 44 



This month since 1863. 



Year. 



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 

 1889 

 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 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 

 1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 Normal 



Mean 

 tempera- 

 ture. 



27 

 27 

 22 

 30 

 18 

 26 

 24 

 25 

 21 

 19 

 25 

 8 

 27 4 

 32 

 28 

 20 

 29 

 21 

 35 

 19 

 23 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



27 



1 76 



2 28 



3 23 



1 28 



1 73 

 46 



77 



1 55 



2 20 



3 04 



00 



2 74 



1 43 



1 62 



3 77 



2 28 

 50 



4 



3 69 

 73 



35 

 71 



1 70 

 1 17 



1 79 



2 20 

 1 93 

 1.83 



53 

 0.12 



1 51 



67 

 1.82 



1 51 



3 44 

 1 83 

 0.44 

 1 58 

 3 30 

 1 25 



1 12 



25 

 3 19 



2 36 



2 65 



1 77 

 2.04 

 1 65 

 79 

 2.10 

 69 

 62 



3 04 

 1.50 



81 



1 25 



97 



1 01 

 2.02 



B.4R0METER— Mean, 30.14 inches; highest, 30.59 inches, on 23rd; lowest, 29.61 inches, on 12th. 



Temperature— Highest, 40°, on 25th; lowest, —3°, on 3rd; greatest daily range, 35°, on 24th; least daily range, 5°, on 6th; 

 normal temperature, 21.6°; departure, — 3.9°; acciunulated departure since January 1, — 82°; average daily departure since 

 January 1,-1.4°; highest in 38 years, 62°; lowest. —25°. 



Precipitation (in inches) — Total this month, 1.01 ; normal, 2.02; departure, —1.01 ; since January 1st, — 1.45; greatest amount 

 in 24 hours, 0.24, on 12th; total snowfall, 11.0 inches. 



Wind — Prevailing direction, northwest; total movement, 4,803 miles; average hourly velocity, 7.1 miles; maximum velocity, 

 29 miles per hour from northwest, on 14th. 



Dates of— .Auroras, 0; hail, 0; sleet, 2, 12, 28; fog, dense, 26; thunderstorms, 0; halos, solar, 14, 19, 27; halos, lunar, 1, 25, 27; 

 frost, kiUing, 0; heavy, 0; light, 0. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY. 



Meteorologist. 



