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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Meteorological observations for the month of August, 1911, at Agricultural College, East 



Lansing, Michigan. 



Date. 



Temperature. (Degrees Fahrenheit.) 



Maximum. Minimum 



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 



80 

 81 

 84 

 86 

 91 



93 

 89 

 83 

 92 

 92 



72 

 76 

 75 

 86 

 86 



87 

 84 

 77 

 73 

 77 



81 

 80 

 72 

 60 

 72 



79 

 82 

 74 

 68 

 73 

 78 



80.1 



66 

 61 

 58 

 62 

 63 



61 

 66 

 60 

 54 

 60 



60 

 58 

 61 

 64 

 66 



64 

 62 

 54 

 48 

 46 



51 

 56 

 52 

 53 

 50 



46 

 60 

 48 

 42 

 40 

 49 



56.2 



Mean. 



73 

 71 



71 

 74 



77 



77 

 78 

 72 

 73 

 76 



66 

 67 

 68 

 75 

 76 



76 

 73 

 66 

 60 

 62 



66 

 68 

 62 

 56 

 61 



62 

 71 

 61 

 55 

 56 

 64 



68.2 



Precipita- 

 tion. 

 (In inches 



and 

 hundredths.) 



.30 



.04 

















 

 

 

 



.14 

 

 .01 

 .04 

 .47 



.18 

 

 

 





 .20 





 .10 









 

 

 

 

 



Total. 

 1.48 



Character 

 of day. 



Partly cloudy . 

 Partly cloudy. 

 Partly cloudy. 

 Partly cloudy. 

 Partly cloudy. 



Clear 



Partly cloudy. 



Clear 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Clear . 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy. 



Partly cloudy 



Clear 



Clear 



Clear. 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 



Clear 



Partly cloudy 

 Partly cloudy 



Clear 



Clear 



Partly cloudy 



Percent 



of 

 sunshine. 



75 

 79 

 76 

 87 

 79 



100 



97 



100 



100 



57 



35 



38 



6 



64 

 79 



08 

 88 

 79 

 96 

 99 



99 



38 



78 



8 



84 



100 



79 



55 



100 



100 



85 



75 



.\tmospheric Pressure. — (Reduced to sea level; inches and hundredths). — Mean, 30.02; highest, 30.23; date, 30; lowest, 

 29.77; date. 7. 



Temper.\ture. — Highest, 93; date, 6; lowest, 40; date, 30; greatest daily ranje, 38; date, 9; least daily range, 7; date, 24. 



Precipit.mion — Total this month, 1.48; snowfall, 0; greatest precipitation in 24 hours, .51; date. Hand 15; snow on the ground 

 at end of month, 0. 



Wind. — PrevailinT direction, south; total movement, 3188 miles; average hourly velocity, 4.3; maximum velocity (for five 

 minutes), 21 miles per hour, from north, on 10. 



We.\ther. — Number of days, clear, 11; partly cloudy, 13; cloudy. 7; on which .01 inch, or more, of precipitation occurred, 9. 



Miscellaneous Phenomen.\ (dates of). — .\uroras, 0; halos: solar, 0; lunar, 0; hail, 0; sleet, 0; fog, 17; thunderstorms, 10, 11, 

 14, 15 and 16. *frost: light, 30; heavy, 0; killing, 0. 



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

 Mexico. 



DEWEY \. SEELEY, 

 Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau. 



