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APPENDIX. 



KITCHIN ON GROWTH OF SEEDLINGS. 



Table I. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, 

 Charles F. Marvin, Chief. 



MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY. 



Lansing, Michigan, June, 1916. 



Q 



Temp. 





c 



4-1 



U O 



SUMMARY. 



I. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 II. 

 12. 

 13. 

 1.4. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 



73 43 



74 ' 55 



68 49 



73 49 

 71 48 



69 50 

 58 51 

 61 52 

 63 53 

 67 49 



74 50 

 76 50 

 81 52 

 69 57 

 76 55 



69 54 



66 54 



70 52 



67 44 



68 41 

 63 49 



74 49 



78 53 



75 61 



76 54 

 80 53 

 68 51 



77 ' 48 



79 56 



78 58 



58 

 64 

 58 



61 

 60 



60 

 54 

 56 

 58 

 58 

 62 

 63 

 66 I 

 63 

 66 , 



62 0. 



60 



61 ! 

 56 

 54 

 56 

 62 



66 I 

 68 

 65 



Pt. Cloudy 



13 Pt. Cloudy 



Clear 

 .01 Pt. Cloudy 



Pt. Cloudy 

 .14 Cloudy 

 .61 Cloudy 

 .29 Cloudy 

 .20 I Cloudy 



' Cloudy 



Pt. Cloudy 



Pt. Cloudy 



Clear 

 .38 Cloudy 

 .25 i Pt. Cloudy 

 .50 Cloudy 



66 

 60 

 62 

 68 

 68 







30 



12 







01 



13 







43 



06 







25 



0"^ 







43 



15 



Pt. Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 

 Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 

 Clear 

 Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 

 Clear 

 Cloudy 

 Pt. Cloudy 



80 

 69 

 84 

 61 

 96 

 57 

 3 

 18 

 29 

 53 

 73 



100 

 89 

 24 

 77 

 66 

 68 

 63 

 60 

 83 

 61 

 88 

 62 

 73 



100 

 61 

 50 



100 

 82 

 60 



Mean highest temp 



Mean lowest temp 



Mean temp, for month , 

 Total precip. for month 



.71.4 

 .51.3 

 .61.4 

 .5.39 



Weather. 



Number days clear 4 



Partly cloudy 16 



Cloudy 10 



With 0.01 or more of precipitation 18 



Sunshine. 



Number hours sunshine 304.6 



Possible hours sunshine 459.4 



Percentage of possible 66 



BARO.^rKTF.R. 



Mean 29.87 inches 



Highest 30.34 inches, on 22nd 



Lowest 29.39 inches, on 7th 



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 



Temperature. 



Highest. 81°, on 13th. 



Lowest, 41°, on 20th. 



Greatest daily range, 30°, 

 on 1st. 



Least daih' range, 7°, on 

 7th. 



Normal for montli, 61.4'. 



Excess or deficiency this 

 month, —5.8°. 



.Accumulated excess or de- 

 ficiency since Jan. 1st, 

 — 299°; average daily, 

 same period, — 1.1°. 



Highest in 31 years, 99°; 

 lowest, 34°. 



Precipitation. 

 (in inches). 



Total amount, 5.39 ; nor- ' 

 mal. 3.40; excess or de- 

 ficiency this month, +1.99; 

 since Jan. 1st, +3.36. 



Greatest amount in any 24 

 hour period, 1.58, on 29th 

 and 30tli. 



Total snowfall, 0.0 in. 



Wind. 



Prevailing Dir., SW. 



Total movement, 3,818 



miles; average hourly 



velocity, 5.3 miles. 

 Maximum velocity, 21, 



from the E, on 6th. 



Dates of — 



Auroras 



Dense fog 



Hail 



Sleet 



Thunderstorms, 2, 4, 8, 14, 



15, 16, 17, 23, 26, 29. 

 Halos; solar, 6, 15, 29. 



lunar 14 



F'rost: killing 



heavy 



light 



