METEOROLOGICAL TABLES 



141 



MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY, LANSING, MICHIGAN, MARCH, 1923. 



Date. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 IS 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



Temperature. 



Highest 



35 

 56 

 53 

 48 

 33 

 32 

 30 

 30 

 42 

 39 

 45 

 43 

 27 

 27 

 44 

 47 

 42 

 41 

 16 

 39 

 49 

 53 

 39 

 33 

 40 

 32 

 39 

 18 

 44 

 30 

 21 



Lowest 



32 



34 



36 



26 



19 



26 



21 



14 



22 



28 



28 



24 



15 



14 



24 



18 



18 



7 



-1 



7 



34 



39 



28 



22 



11 



9 



17 



7 



9 



6 



4 



Mean 



34 

 45 

 44 

 37 

 26 

 29 

 26 

 22 

 32 

 34 

 36 

 34 

 21 

 20 

 34 

 32 

 30 

 24 

 8 

 23 

 42 

 46 

 34 

 28 

 26 

 20 

 28 

 12 

 26 

 18 

 12 



Precipita- 

 tion in 

 inches. 











25 



18 



T. 



09 



02 



T. 



26 



01 



03 



95 



05 



03 



55 



20 







17 



01 



T. 







19 



T. 







03 







T. 



T. 



T. 



02 







Character of 

 day 



Cloudy 



(];igar 



Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Clear 



Partly Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly Cloudy 



Percent- 

 age of 

 possible 

 sunshine 



Mean highest temperature. . . . 



Mean lowest temperature 



Mean temperature for month . 

 Total precipitation for month . 



25 



98 

 76 

 

 94 

 

 48 

 70 

 58 



100 

 72 

 1 

 40 

 67 

 25 

 47 



100 

 48 



100 



53 



93 



11 







100 

 22 



100 

 86 

 79 

 38 

 57 

 97 



37.6° 



19 3° 



28 4° 



3 04 



7 



7 



17 



17 



Weather 



Number days clear 



Partly cloudy '. 



Cloudy 



With 0.01 inch or more of precipitation. 



SuNSHI>fE 



Number hours sunshine 216 .4 



Possible hours sunshine 370 5 



Percentage of possible 58 



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. 



31 7 

 37 

 29 1 



29 7 



37 8 



27 6 



30 3 



38 2 

 24 8 



28 3 



32 3 



26 2 

 30 6 

 24 5 

 40 9 



33 2 



35 5 



30 3 



36 

 24 9 



29 9 



21 3 



31 3 



28 3 



27 



37 6 



28 2 



29 3 



29 9 



28 2 



40 1 



27 2 

 28-7 



33 



37 

 26 3 

 23 6 

 31 1 



38 



41 



30 2 

 35 4 

 26 2 

 38.6 



34 8 



29 9 

 44 

 32.7 



22 4 



31 

 31.1 



30 1 

 26 2 

 34 6 

 37.1 

 33.8 

 35.2 

 40 4 

 35.4 



28 4 

 32.3 



Total 

 precipita- 

 tion. 



2 26 



2 79 



3 39 

 68 



65 

 65 

 01 

 91 

 04 



1 73 

 1 79 

 1 02 



4 84 



5 60 

 3 12 

 1 57 



1 70 



2 66 



3 58 

 71 

 3 67 



58 

 2 63 



1 78 

 1 88 

 1 22 



1 54 



2 41 



27 



31 

 08 

 59 

 30 



1 88 



3 45 

 3 15 



1 86 

 2.84 



2 19 

 90 



40 



1 21 

 1 92 

 3.76 



1 52 

 0.78 



3 09 



2 88 



3 58 

 3 48 

 3 57 

 3 34 

 3.69 

 3 04 

 2 26 



Barometer— Mean, 29.99 inches; highest, 30.57 inches, on 31st; lowest, 28.96 inches, on 12th. 



Temperature— Highest, 56°, on 2nd; lowest, —1°, on 19th; greatest daily range, 35°, on 29th; least daily range, 3°, on 1st; 

 normal temperature, 32.3°; departure, — 3.9°; accumulated departure since January 1, —200°; average daily departure since 

 January 1, —2.2°; highest in 38 years, 82°; lowest, —12°. 



Precipitation (in inches)— Total this month, 3.04; normal, 2.26; departure, +0.78; since January 1st, —0.67; greatest amount 

 in 24 hours, 0.98, on 11th and 12th; total snowfall, 12.7 inches. 



Wind — Prevaihng direction, northwest; total movement, 6,899 miles; average hourly velocity, 9.3 miles; maximum velocity, 

 34 miles per hour from southwest on 12th. 



Dates of— Auroras, 0; hail, 0; sleet, 12; fog, dense, 0; thunderstorms, 9, 16; halos, solar, 2, 3, 9, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, 24, 25, 29; 

 halos, lunar, 0; frost, killing, 0; heavy, 0; hght, 0. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 



Meteorologist. 



