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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Meteorological observations for the month of August, 1912, at Agricultural College, East 



Lansing, Michigan. 



Temperature. (Degrees Fahrenheit.) 



Date. 



Maximum. 



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 



Mean 



Minimum. 



Moan. 



Precipita- 

 tion. 



(In inches 

 and 



hundredths.) 



68 

 65 

 63 

 70 

 70 



76 

 79 

 81 

 79 

 76 



74 

 80 

 83 

 80 

 70 



72 

 74 

 82 

 73 

 83 



78 

 76 

 68 

 86 

 88 



85 

 68 

 64 

 71 

 66 

 89 



75.4 



49 

 48 

 46 

 48 

 50 



56 

 62 

 64 

 65 

 60 



61 

 60 

 67 

 59 

 51 



48 

 53 

 65 



C4 

 64 



59 

 56 

 49 



48 

 69 



56 

 48 

 53 

 52 

 47 

 CO 



56.0 



58 

 56 

 54 

 59 

 60 



66 

 70 

 72 

 72 



68 

 70 

 75 

 70 

 60 



CO 



64 

 74 

 68 

 74 



68 



ce 



58 

 67 

 78 



70 

 58 

 58 

 62 

 56 

 74 



Co. 7 



.01 



.21 















Character of day. 



Cloudv 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 

 Partly cloudy. 



Cloudy. 

 .03 Cloudy. 



.13 

 .13 

 .18 



.32 



.01 

















 .02 

 .26 

 .50 









 .01 

 

 

 









 .37 





 .01 







Total. 

 2.19 



Cloudy. 

 (Moudy. 

 Cloudy. 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy . 



Clear 



Clear 



Clear 



Clear.. 

 Cloudy. 

 Cloudy. 

 Cloudy. 

 Cloudy . 



Partly cloudy . 

 Partly cloudy . 

 Partly cloudy. 



Clear 



Clear 



Clear 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Percentage 

 of pos-iible 

 sunshine. 



80 

 41 

 40 

 99 

 90 



48 

 42 

 38 

 19 

 73 



51 



87 

 84 

 99 

 86 



99 

 26 

 57 

 17 

 58 



79 



60 



78 



100 



84 



79 



100 



9 



65 



14 



64 



Atmospheric Prbssdre.— (Reduced to sea level; inches and hundredths.)— Mean, 29.94; highest, 30.26; date, 5; lowest, 

 29.50; date, 22. 



Tk.mi'kratuhk.— Highest, 89; date, 31; lowest, 46; date, 3; greatest daily range, 38; date, 24; least daily range, 9; date, 19. 



Wind. — Prevailing direction, northwest; total movement, 3,729 miles; average hourly velocity, 5.0; ma.\imiun velocity (for 

 five minutes) 22 miles per hoiu-, from south on 2S. 



Wkather.— Number of days, clear, 9; partly cloudy, 7; cloudy, 15; on which .01 incli, or more, of precipitation occurred, 14. 



MiscKi.L.\NEOus Phe.vomena (datcs of).— Auroras, 0; halas: solar, 22-2C; lunar, 0; hail, 0; sleet, 0; fog, 19-20; thunderstorms, 

 8-9-10-18-2.5-26-28-30. »Frost: light, 0; heavy, 0; killing, 0. 



Note. — "T" indicates trace of precipitation. 



•Frosts are not recorded after the occurrence of "killing," except in Florida and along the immediate coast of the Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



DRWEY A. SEELEY, 

 Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau. 



