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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 

 MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY, LANSING, MICHIGAN, APRIL, 1923 



Barometer— Mean, 29.96 inches; highest, 30.58 inches, on 1st; lowest, 29.36 inches, on 7th. 



Temperature— Highest, 80° on 20th; lowest, 8°, on 1st; greatest daily range, 39° on 19th; least daily range, 4 , on 22nd; 

 normal temperature, 45.6°; departure, —1.6°; accumulated departure since January 1, —249°; average daily departure since 

 January 1, —2.1°; highest in 38 years, 88°; lowest, 8°. 



Precipitation (in inches)— Total this month, 1.56; normal, 2.54; departure, —0.98; since January 1st, —1.65; greatest amount 

 in 24 hours, 0.53, on 2nd and 3rd; total snowfall, 3.1 inches. . 



Wind— PrevaiUng direction, northwest; total movement, 5,940 miles; average hourly velocity, 8.2 miles; Maximum velocity, 

 25 miles per hour from west on 8th. ,,„,„,,,,„,„« i. i i 



Dates OB--Auroras, 0; hail, 0; sleet, 0; fog, dense, 0; thunderstorms, 21, 27; halos, solar, 2,4,5,9,13, 14, 17, 21, 26; halos, lunar, 

 0; frost, kiUing, 8, 9; 12, 24; heavy, 25; light. 0. ^^^^^ A. SEELEY,. 



Meteorologist. 



