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temperatures of — 25 or more occurred at Havro, — 33 ; Lauder, — 31 ; Northfield, — 30; 

 Moorhead, — 28; Williston and Idaho Falls, —26; Sault Ste. Marie, Dulutli, Miles 

 City, —25. 



"The regions of largo annual ranges of temperature were as usual the north, mid- 

 dle, and south Pacific slopes and the Missouri Valley. The stations of small annual 

 range were: Hatteras, 76; Key West, 3S ; Tatoosh Island, 48; Eureka, 45; Point 

 Reyes Light, 51. 



"The accumulated departures of average monthly temperatures from the normal 

 values show that there was a steady diminution in the deficit with which the year 

 began in the Atlantic and Gulf States, generally turning into a surplus before the 

 end of the year. In other sections of the country the year began with an excess of 

 temperature which generally increased steadily until the close. The greatest deficit 

 for the year was : — 0.77, Florida Peninsula. The greatest excesses for the year were : 

 The middle slope, +2.07; Abilene, +2.19. . . . 



"The greatest precipitation was: Tatoosh Island, 100.8; Astoria, 94.8; FortCanby, 

 78.fi; East Clallam, 78.1. The least was: Yuma, 2.6; San Diego, 8.7; El Paso, 9.3; 

 Pueldo, 10. s. 



"An annual rainfall above 60 inches occurred on small portions of the coast of 

 Florida and Alabama, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, as nlso aloug the entire coast 

 of Oregon and Washington. An annual rainfall of less than 10 inches occurred in 

 southern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, western New Mexico, and northern 

 Arizona. 



"The accumulated departures of total monthly precipitation from the normal 

 values show that a steadily increasing deficit lias prevailed over the Atlantic States, 

 Ohio Valley, and lake region; but elsewhere a slight excess has accumulated. The 

 large total annual deficits were the west Gulf States, 12.50; South Atlantic States, 

 10.70. The largest accumulated excess was north Pacific, 10.10. . . . 



"The greatest frequencies [of thunder storms] per statiou per year were: Florida, 

 L'7.11; North Carolina, 25.3; .Missouri. 22.it; Tennessee, 20.5. The smallest frequencies 

 were: California, 3.3; Montana, 5.0; Oregon, 2.7; Washington, 2.1'." 



Monthly Weather Review (JJ. S. Bept. Agr., Weather Bureau, 

 Monthly Weather Review, 25 (1897), ¥os.l,pp. 1-42, charts 7; 2, pp. 43- 

 84, charts 7 ; 3, pp. 85-121, charts 6). — Besides the usual meteorological 

 summaries, No. 1 contains special articles on cloud observations and 

 measurements at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Milton, 

 Massachusetts, by A. L. Botch; excessive precipitation in the United 

 States, by A. J. Benry; memorable snowstorms in South Dakota, by 

 S. W. Glenn; and international cloud observations at Atlanta, by F. L. 

 Blake; and notes by the editor on an early history of the thermometer 

 and barometer, Mexican climatological data, meteorology in the public 

 schools, and the value of the meter and yard. 



No." contains a special contribution on wind nomenclature, by F. W. 

 Proctor, and the following notes by the editor: Suggestions to observ- 

 ers, fall of an aerolite in Arizona, cycles in meteorology, the develop- 

 ment of the kite by European scientists, Mexican climatological data, 

 chemical composition of the upper air, meteorological notes by ('apt. 

 William Scoresby, jr., and opening of navigation in Canada. 



No. ."> contains notes by the editor on ice in Kennebec River; lire at 

 Huron, South Dakota; the stereoscopic study of clouds; Mexican clima- 

 tological data: a monument to Buys : Ballotj and suggestions to 

 observers. 



