METEOROLOGY. 



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The niean temperature was slightly lower tlian for tlie past 3 years. 

 The hottest days were Jiiue 20 and July 2G, the difference in tem- 

 perature between the two beino- very slight. The coldest day was 

 January 17. The rainfall for the year 's slightly below the average, 

 the greatest deticiency occurring in Jut^j. Damaging storms occuired 

 August 23 and 24 and October 13 and 14. The lirst killing fiost occur- 

 red October 17. 



Meteorological summary {Mississippi Sta. Rpt. 1893, p. 62). — The 

 results of observations during 5 years (1889-'93) on temperature and 

 rainfall are tabulated. The following summary is taken from the tables 

 reported: 



Meteorological summary for Mississipin, 1889-93. 



1889. 



Tempera turo (°r.) : 



iMiixininm 97.00 



Miuinium 15.00 



Mrnu 62. 90 



EainfiiU (inches) 44. 96 



Number of rainy clays 78 



1890. 



96.00 

 19.00 

 64.90 

 55.05 

 94 



1891. 



97.00 

 19.00 

 63.60 

 61.17 

 84 



1892. 



96.00 

 !.■). 00 

 62. .'>0 

 59.78 

 101 



' 99. 00 

 2 9. 00 

 62. 90 

 40.17 



iJulv. 



^ January. 



The average yearly rainfall for the 5 years was 52.23 in., the highest 

 aveiage monthly rainfall being 7.11 in. in July, the lowest 1.03 in. in 

 October. 



Protection from night frosts, S. Lemstr(')m {U. S. Patent No. 525989, Sept. 11, 

 1894). — An accoimfc of the method of ])rotectioii for which this jiatent is i.ssued has 

 already been noted (E. S. R., 5, p. 660). 



Meteorology {Arkavsas Sta. Ilpi. 1894, pp- 51, 52). — A reprint from Bulletin 26 of 

 the station (E. S. R., 5, p. 1070). 



Meterological observations at Newport and Camden, Arkansas, G. B. Irby 

 and V. H. Clarke (Arkansas Sta. Bpt. 1834, pp. 86, 114). — Daily summaries, April to 

 October, 1893, of temperature and rainfall observations at Newport and summaries 

 of siuiilar ob.servatious for each month of 1893 at Camden. 



Monthly Weather Review (U. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau, Monthly Weather 

 li'eview, 22 {1894), Nos. 7 and 8, pp. 273-350; charts 8). — These numbers are devoted 

 to the usual topics. 



Periods in tempera "lure, H. A. Hazex (Amer. Met. Jour., 11 {1895), No. 11, pp. 

 416-418, dgm. 1). — .Sumiuatious of temperature fluctuations over the whole United 

 States duriug 27-day periods in the 9 colder uiouths of the year are projected in a 

 diiigram. "There is absolutely no period established in these cases." 



The occurrence of cold days {Nature, 51 {1895), No. 1322, pp. 416, 417).— The 

 uiiixiuia for 50 winters at Greenwich are tabulated and discussed and maxima not 

 over 32<- F. are charted. 



Nsw relations bet^w^een the movements of the barometer on the northern 

 hemisphere and the movement in declination of the sun and moon, P. Garrigon- 

 Laguange {Compt. Rend., 120 {1895), No. 6, pp. 342, 343). 



Variations in the rainfall in European Russia, E. A. Heinz {Bui. Acad. Imp. Sci., 

 St. Petersburg, ser. 5, vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 49-54, pis. 2). 



Harrington's rainfall charts— a review {Scknce, n. ser., 1 {1895), No. 12, p. 319). 



Anew form of barometer, J. N. Collie {Jour. Chem. Soc. London, 1895, Feb.,p)p. 

 128-132, pj. 1). 



