420 EXPERIMENT STAllON liECORD. 



fall, .".l in. Wcnilicr. — Total cIoikIIiu'ss i-ccordcd liy sun llici-nionictcr, 1,044 

 hours, or 44 per ('cnl ; niinihci- of chai- days, 11'.;. lirUjIit siin.shinr. — Nnnihor 

 of liours rocordod, 2.r)l<», or ~>(> per cent. Wind. -rrovaiUnj; diroctioii, north- 

 west; total niovcnicnt, G:{,r»i;{ miles; inaxiniuni daily movement, 7o.'"» miles, Aj)ril 

 S; minimuiii daily movement, 1!) miles, November 2.S ; maximum pressure per 

 square foot, 27.5 ll)s., .\pril S. north-nortliwest. Dates of frost. — Last, May 12; 

 first, Oetober i;>. /talis of siioiv. — Last, Ai)ril 21); hrst, October 17. 



Meteorolog'ical summary for 1908, ('. A. Patton (Ohio 8ta. Bui. 205, pp. 

 27H-297). — This summary inchules as usual notes on the weather of each month 

 and tabulated daily and monthly records of observations at the station at 

 Wooster, Ohio, on temi)erature, precipitation, cloudiness, direction of the wind, 

 etc., and for comparison, similar data for 21 previous years (ISSS-IOOS) at the 

 station and for 2('. years (1.S83-190S) in other parts of the State. 



The mean tenipcMature for the year at the station was 51° F., for the State 

 52.1°; the hishest temperature at the station 95°, August 3 and September 24 

 and 25, for the State 104°, August 3; the lowest temperature at the station —3°, 

 February 9, for the State —22°, February 9. The annual rainfall at the station 

 was 33.94 in., for the State 34.00 in. The number of rainy days at the station 

 was 117, for the State 111. The prevailing direction of the wind was soutli- 

 west at the station and for the State. 



Meteorolog'ical conditions of the year 1908 (Ann. I'Jjir. Prov. Affr. Bologna, 

 J5 (1908), pp. 2 'i-'i-^ '/!>). — In general the weather conditions during the year at 

 Bologna were favorable, esi^ecially for wheat and grapes. The summer drought 

 was unfavorable for forage crops, corn, and potatoes. Tables are given showing 

 for each month in the year the maximum, minimum, and average temperature 

 and barometric pressure, the precipitation, state of the sky, and miscellaneous 

 items, including number of days with rain or snow, fog, frost, wind, and liail. 



Meteorolog'ical observations, M. Boulatovitch (GhocUclmuii Otchet Ploty. 

 Srisk. KIioz. OpuUn. titun.zlJ, /'/ (190S), pp. 1-51, /6*.'^-i76').— Observations on 

 precipitation (including snowfall), evaporation, humidity of the air, temi)era- 

 ture of the air and soil, sunshine and cloudiness, wind movement and barometric 

 pressure at the Ploty Experiment Station are reported as in previous years. 



The distribution of rainfall in the southeastern European peninsula, F. 

 Trzebitzky (Mitt. Justus Perthes' Gcogr. Anst., 55 (1909), No. 8, pp. 180-188, 

 ehart 1). — The distribution of rainfall in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Roumania, 

 and adjacent countries is charted and discussed with reference to variation 

 as dependent upon topography and sea winds. 



[Temperature and rainfall. Cape of Good Hope] (Statis. Reg. Cape Good 

 Hope, 1908, pp. -'i5, .'/6'). — The available data on temperature and rainfall are 

 summarized. 



Meteorology, C. H. Knowles (Rpt. Agr. Fiji, 1908, pp. 15-19). — Observations 

 on temperature, rainfall, humidity, sunshine, and wind movement at various 

 points in Fiji for the year 190S are sunmiarized and briefly discussed with refer- 

 ence to the growth of crops during the year. 



Climate of Argentina, O. G. Davis (In Vcn.^o Agropeeuario Nacional la Gana- 

 deria y la AgricuUura en 1908. Buenos Aires: Govt., 1909, vol. 3, pp. 611-721, 

 charts f/lf). — This is an exhaustive summary of the climatic features of the 

 country. 



Climatology of the Colombian Plateau, J. de Dios Carrasquilla (Rev. Min. 

 Obras Pub. [ColoniMa], // (1909), No. 10, pp. 750-756., dgm. i).— The principal 

 climatologicar characteristics of this region are described. 



The climate of India according to the latest data, A. Woeikow (Met. 

 Ztschr., 26. (1909), No. 11, pp. JiSI-^96). — The main climatic characteristics of 

 India are described on the basis of data contained in the Indian Meteorological 



