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forecasts in Oregon, meteorological observations in the Klondike, 

 Weather Bureau service in Alaska, notes from the June reports of the 

 climate and crop sections, a high rainbow, lightning on the kite wire, 

 currents induced by distant lightning, new use for kites — the telephone 

 kite, safety fuse for lightning on the anemometer, which trees attract 

 lightning, tin roofs as lightning conductors, rain gushes and thunder- 

 storms, the origin of atmospheric electricity, anomalous and sporadic 

 auroras, moonshine and frost, waterspouts, periodic fluctuation of the 

 Great Lakes, historic droughts in the United States, international bal- 

 loon ascensions, June 8, 1898, the Smithsonian weather predictions, 

 Broun's law of winds and currents, seasonal forecasts in India and 

 America, earthquakes in New Brunswick, recent earthquakes, mathe- 

 matics and meteorology, and meteorology by correspondence. 



Climate of Cuba; also a note on the -weather of Manila, W. F. E. 

 Phillips ( U. S. Depi. Agr., Weather Bureau Bui. 22, pp. 23). — This is a 

 brief compilation of all available data on temperature, rainfall, and 

 other climatic features of the island of Cuba, with a brief note on 

 weather conditions at Manila, in the Philippine Islands. For purposes 

 of comparison the temperature, rainfall, and number of rainy days at 

 Washington, I). C, and New Orleans, Louisiana, have been introduced 

 in several of the tables. 



"The average summer temperature (June, July, and August) of Habana is 82° F., 

 that of New Orleans 81.6° F., and that of Washington 75 ' F. Tbe highest temper- 

 ature recorded in 10 years at Habana was 100.6° F., while at Washington the highest 

 temperature has been 104° F. The average annual rainfall at Habana is 51.73 in., 

 and is less than that at New Orleans, Avhich is 60.52 in. ; the rainfall at Washington 

 is 44.70 in. . . . During [30 years] 5 occasions have happeued when as much, or 

 more, rain fell in the usual dry season as in the rainy season. The average amount 

 of rain falling in the rainy season, which extends from May to October, is 32.37 in. 

 In the same months the average rainfall for New Orleans is 27 in., and for Wash- 

 ington 24.10 in. 



" [At Manila] the average temperature of the year is 80° F. The months of 

 April, May, and June are the hottest part of the year. May, with an average tem- 

 perature of 84° F., is the hottest of the three. December and January are the cool- 

 est months, each Avith an average temperature of 77° F. The highest thermometer 

 reading recorded is 100° F. ; this was observed in May. The lowest reading recorded 

 is 74°, and was observed in January. 



"The average relative humidity is 78 per cent. That of the most humid month, 

 which is September, is 85 per cent, and that of the least humid month, which is 

 April, is 70 per cent. The average absolute humidity is 8.75 grains in a cubic foot. 

 It is greatest in August and least in February. 



"The average annual rainfall is 75.43 in., of which 43.69 in., more than 57 per 

 cent, fall during the months of July, August, and September, and 50.74 in., more 

 than 80 per cent, fall from June to October, inclusive. September has the largest 

 average fall, 15.01 in., and February the smallest average fall, 0.47 in. The heaviest 

 rainfall in any one month was 61.43 in., in September, and sometimes no rain at all 

 has fallen in February, March, April, and May. 



"Departures from the average rainfall are in some instances remarkable. For 

 example, as much as 120.98 in. have fallen in one year and as little as 35.65 in. in 

 another. Still more remarkable was the fall of 61.43 in. in one September, and that 

 of only 2 in. in another September." 



