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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mete rological observations for the month of February, 1912, at Agricultural College, East 



Lansing, Michigan. 



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... 



Mean 



Temperature. (Degrees Fahrenheit.) 



Maximum. 



29 

 16 

 10 

 4 

 15 



22 



25 



12 



7 



5 



15 

 16 

 19 

 28 

 39 



33 

 38 

 43 

 40 

 32 



21 

 19 

 36 

 46 

 36 



34 

 23 

 24 

 23 



24.5 



Minimum. 



Mean. 



2 

 1 



-18 



-8 



2 



13 



4 



2 



-18 



-25 



3 



-12 



-18 



13 



22 



25 

 26 

 29 

 29 

 21 



9 



8 



13 



35 



27 



14 



12 







-1 



7.2 



16 



8 



-4 



-2 



8 



18 



14 



7 



-6 

 -10 



9 



2 







20 



30 



29 

 32 

 36 

 34 

 26 



15 

 14 

 24 

 40 

 32 



24 

 18 

 12 

 11 



15.8 



Precipita- 

 tion. 



(In inches 



and 

 hundredths.) 



.06 

 .02 





 .01 











.02 



.01 











.14 

 

 



.01 

 





 

 .01 

 

 



1.05 



.01 



.04 







.08 



.50 

 .01 

 .06 

 .01 



Total. 

 2.04 



Character 

 of day. 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 



Clear 



Partly cloudy 

 Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 



Clear 



Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Clear 



Clear 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 

 Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 

 Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Partly cloudy 



Cloudy 



Cloudy 



Snow on 

 ground. 

 (Inches.) 



7.0 

 7.5 

 7.3 

 7.2 

 6.9 



6.5 

 6.8 

 6.5 

 6.4 

 6.2 



8.2 

 8.0 

 7.7 

 7.8 

 6.2 



5.0 

 4.5 

 4.0 

 3.0 

 2.0 



11.2 



12.5 



11.0 



7.0 



6.0 



10.0 



9.9 



10.0 



9.5 



Atmospheric Pressure.— (Reduced to sea level; inches and hundredths.) — Mean, 29.99; highest, 30.58; date, 13; lowest, 

 29.18; date, 21. 



Temper.^ture. — Highest, 46; date, 24; lowest, -25; date, 10; greatest daily range, 37; date, 13; least daily range, 8; date, 16. 



Precipit.^tion. — Total this month, 2.04; snowfall, 24.5; greatest precipitation in 24 hours, 1.05; date, 21; snow on the ground 

 at end of month, 9.5; 



Wind. — Prevailing direction, southwest; total movement, 4386 miles; average hourly velocity, 6.3; maximum velocity (for 

 five minutes), 23 miles per hour, from northeast, on 21. 



Weather. — Number of days, clear, 4; partly cloudy, 12; cloudy, 13; on which .01 inch, or more, of precipitation occurred, 16. 



MiscEiX-iNEOUS Phenomena (dates of).— Auroras, 0; halos: solar, 3, 13, 19, 20; lunar, 22; hail, 0; sleet, 26; fog, 0; thunder- 

 storms, 0. 



DEWEY A. SEELEY, 

 Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau. 



