212 , EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



G. Reeder; Observations of Halos and Coi'onas in England, by M. E. T. 

 Gheury ; The Relation of the Movements of the High Clouds to Cyclones in 

 the West Indies (illus.), by J. T. Qnin ; Hailstorm at Corpus Christi, Texas, 

 by J. L. Cline ; Special Temperature Observations ilade on Low (iround in the 

 Vicinity of Vicksburg. Miss, (illus.). by W. S. Belden ; The Philippine Weather 

 Bureau ; May Weather at Bangor, Maine ; May — Past and Present, by E. D. 

 Larned ; Memorandum on the Gulf Stream and the Weather ; Climate and Agri- 

 culture (outline of a course of lectures by T. L. Lyon, of Cornell University) ; 

 Weather Bureau Men as Educators ; The Cold Spring of 1907, by A. J. Henry ; 

 Barne's " Ice Formation with Special Reference to Anchor Ice and Frazil " 

 (illus.), by W. W. Coblentz ; Halos and Rain or Snow, by M. L. Dobler; 

 Electric Storm in Southern California ; Value of Weather Forecasts to Natural 

 Gas Companies ; and Meteorology in Australia. 



No, 6. — Tornado at Wills Point. Texas, May 25, 1907 (illus.) ; Relations of 

 the U. S. Weather Bureau to the Railroad Man ; Legal Decisions as to Cyclones; 

 Thunderstorms and S(iualls : Climatology of Springfield, Mo., by N. R. Taylor; 

 Hythers and the Comiiarison of Climates, by W. F. Tyler; An Old Indian Rule 

 for Predicting Winter Temperatures ; Hygiene and Climatology ; Pale Green 

 Sky Tints ; Aerial Exploration Above the Ocean ; Foehn in New South Wales ; 

 The Heaviest Local Rainfalls in California; Educational Notes (instruction 

 in meteorology at Harvard) ; Dissemination of Useful Knowledge (through 

 American research publications) : ^leteorological Terms Used in the Philippines; 

 Weather Bureau Men as Educators; Confounding Cause and Effect (in case 

 of temperature accompanying thunderstorms) ; The St. Swithin's Day Fallacy, 

 by J. H. Morrison ; The " Santa Ana " of California ; Standard Time ; Penalty 

 for Counterfeiting Forecasts : Equinoctial Storms, by E. B. Garriott ; Special 

 Cloud Observation (illus.) ; Lenticular-Cumulus Clouds in Colorado (illus.), 

 by J. B. Willsea : and Distihguished Cooperative Observers. 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostkander and T. A. Barry (Masfiachu- 

 setts Sta. 2Iet. Bills. 223, 22Jf, pp. .'/ each). — Siuumaries of observations at Am- 

 herst, Mass., on pressure, temperature, humidity, precii^itation, wind, sunshine, 

 cloiidiness, and casual phenomena during .July and August, 1907. The data 

 are briefly discussed in general notes on the weather of each month. 



Meteorological report for the year ending December 31, 1905, F. Smith 

 {Wyoming fit a. Rpt. 1906, pp. 57-62). — The character of the meteoi-ological 

 equipment and of the observations made at the Wyoming Station is briefly ex- 

 plained and summaries are given of the temperature, pressure, precipitation, 

 and wind movement during each month of 1905. and of the temperature and 

 precipitation at Laramie for each year from 1891 to 190.5. The maxinmm tem- 

 perature recorded was 91° F.. July 1?>, the mininmm —42°. February 12, the 

 mean 40.1°. The average barometric pressure was 23.0G9 in., the annual pre- 

 cipitation 9.7G in. 



Swedish meteorological observations, 1906, H. E. Hambero (Met. laJcttag. 

 Sverigc [Ohserv. Met. ^Sued.] K. SvemJca Tetcnsk. Alcad., J/S (1906), pp. 

 X+157). — This report is divided into 3 parts: (1) Daily observations at 18 

 stations of the second order. (2) monthly and annual summaries of all the 

 meteorological elements furnished by 89 stations of the second order, and (3) 

 5-day means of temperature at the .39 stations included in part 2. 



Rainfall observations (XedtHiridf/ttageiser i \orge., 12 {190S), pp. XX + 219, 

 figs. 6, charts 2; ahs. in Nature [London], ~6 (1907), No. 196S, pp. 278, 279).— 

 This repoi't summarizes observations at about 4.30 places during 190G, and 

 includes means from 77 additional stations which have been discontinued. 

 Daily observations on rainfall at 200 places and on snowfall at 50 places are 

 recorded. Some of the yearly and monthly summaries go back as far as 18G7. 



