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Summary of mctcoroJogical obscrrations. 



Temi)erature (° F.) : 



Mean 



Hifihest 



Lowest 



Kango 



Mean daily rang.'. 



Gri-atest ibiily ranj 



Least daily range. 



Clear days , 



Fair days 



Clondy days 



Days rain fell 



Rainfall (inehes) : 



Total 



Greatest monthly. 



Least monthly ... 



Mean daily 



Direction of wind 



For the experiment station. 



1893. 



49.3 

 '95 



-9 (Jan. 11) 

 104 



20.2 



45 (Aug. 9) 



23 



96 

 1C4 

 105 

 129 



40. 58 

 (J. 33 (Feb.) 

 1,38 (July) 



For 6 years. 



49.7 



99 (Aug. 8, 91) 

 -20 (Jan. 20, '92) 

 119 



19.0 



46 (July 7, '92) 

 2 (Jan. 6, '89) 

 112 

 124 

 120 

 127 



41. 09 

 7. 89 (June, '92) 

 0. 37 (Oct., '92) 



SW. 



For the State. 



1893. 



50.1 

 102 (June 19) 

 -24 

 126 



21.7 



54.6 



1 

 122 

 123 

 120 

 113 



39.63 



0.11 

 SW. 



For 11 years. 



50. 

 108 

 -34 

 142 



20. 



38. 

 0. 

 113 

 123 

 130 

 130 



(July 18, '87) 

 (Jan. 25, '84) 



(Jan. 30, '85) 

 (Dec. 23, '83) 



SW. 



' July 7. 25; Sept. 7, 



2 Jan. 24, Feb. 11, May 26. 



Meteorological observations for 1893, D. P>. Brace [N'ehrasTca 

 Sta. Bui. 33, pp. 115-128, 142). — Tabulated daily and moiitlily summaries 

 of observations on temperature, pressure, liumidity, precipitation, wind 

 movement, etc., are re^^orted. The summary for the year is as follows: 

 PresHure (in.).— Highest, 31.09; lowest, 29.05; mean, 30.05; range, 2.04; 

 greatest daily range, 0.91. Air iemperature (° F.). — Maximum, 98.7; 

 minimum, — 17; mean, 49.84; range, 115.7; greatest daily range, 4G.8. 

 Humidity. — Mean relative, 68.7. Precipitation (in.). — Total precipita- 

 tion, 20.08; total snowfall, 15.7; number of days on which .0.01 of rain or 

 melted snow fell, 58. Weather. — Number of clear days, 1G5 ; number of 

 fair days, 123; number of cloudy days, 77. Wind. — Total movement 

 (miles), 117,195; maximum velocity, 85; average velocity, 13.38. 



A colonial weather service, A. McAdik {Pop. Sci. Monthly, 1S94, July, piy. 331-337, 

 figs. 2). — The history of ^veather forecasting- is reviewed, and it is suggested that by 

 means of tlie telautograph it may be possible to keep siiiniltaneojrs records and draw 

 weather maps at the same time in all the countries of the world. 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts State Station (Massachusetts 

 State Sta. Bui. 52, j). 1). — Notes ou the weather and a tabulated summary of observa- 

 tions on temperature, precipitation, and direction of wind for the 5 months ending 

 May 31, 1894. 



Meteorological observations at the Massachusetts Hatch Station (Massachu- 

 setts Hatch Sta. Met. Buls. 61-60, pp. 4 each). — Daily and monthly summaries of obser- 

 vations at tlie meteorological observatory of the station during January, February, 

 March, April, May, and June, 1894. 



Meteorological summary for North Carolina for April and May, 1894, H. B. 

 Battle, C. F. Von Hekkmann, and R. Nunn (North Carolina Sta. Met. Buls. ,17 and 

 56, pp. 55-6S, 7 1-S4).— Notes ou the weather, and daily records and a monthly sum- 

 mary of observations liy the State weather service cooperating with the Weather 

 Bureau of this Department. 



Monthly "Weather Review ([T. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau, Weather Itevieiv, 

 22 (1894), 1, pp. 45, charts 6 ; 2, pp. 51, charts 6; 3, pp. 49, charts 7).— These numbers 

 are devoted exclusively to the usual topics. 



