312 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Moutlily Weather Review {Mo. Weather Rev., U (WIS), Nos. 7, pp. 967- 

 1130, pis. 11; 8, pp. 1131-1284, pis. 9).— In addition to the usual climatological 

 summaries, lake levels, weather forecasts and warnings for July and August, 

 1913, river and flood observations, notes on the rivers of the Sacramento and 

 Lower San Joaquin watersheds during July and August, 1913, by N. R. Taylor, 

 lists of additions to the Weather Bureau libraiy and of recent papers on meteor- 

 ology, a condensed climatological summary, and climatological tables and charts, 

 these numbers contain the following special papers : 



jS'o. 7.— Thunderstorm of July 30, 1913, at Washington, D. C, by P. C. Day ; 

 Local Storms of July 19, 1913, in Virginia, by J. H. Kimball ; Destructive Storms 

 of July 13-14 in Ohio, by J. M. Kirk; The Development of Water Power in 

 Wisconsin, and the Relation of Precipitation to Stream Flow (illus.), by W. R. 

 Bormann ; Dry Periods in Louisiana, by E. D. Coberly ; Mock Suns, by H. H. 

 Martin; Note on the Weather at Point Reyes, by J. Jones; Forecasting the 

 Water Supply in California, by A. G. McAdie ; The Annual Rise of the Colum- 

 bia River, by T. R. Reed; Flood at Boise, Idaho, by E. L. Wells; and Wind- 

 storm at Seattle, Wash., by G. N. Salisbury. 



]S[o. 8.— Drought of 1913 in New York, by W. M. Wilson; Severe Thunder- 

 storm at Macon, Ga., by W. A. Mitchell ; Stevens Creek Power Development on 

 the Savannah River, by E. D. Emigh ; Severe Storm at Dubuque. Iowa, by J. H. 

 Spencer; The Drought in the Meramec, Arkansas, and Red River Drainage 

 Basins, Summer of 1913, by I. M. Cline; Midsummer Showers at Galveston, 

 Tex., by W. P. Stewart ; and Notes on Streams and Weather of the Upper San 

 Joaquin Watershed, by W. E. Bonnett. 



Report of the Iowa weather and crop service for 1911, G. M. Chappel 

 {loiva Yearbook Agr. 1911, pp. 1-37, fig. 1). — Monthly reports " from 118 cooper- 

 ative meteorological stations, and from the U. S. Weather Bureau stations at 

 Des Moines, Davenport, Dubuque, Charles City, Keokuk, and Sioux City, Iowa, 

 and Omaha, Nebr.," are summarized. 



Meteorological observations at the Massachusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, J. E. Osteander and E. K. Dextee (Massaclnisctts 8ta. Met. Buls. 

 297, 298, pp. k eacli). — Summaries of observations at Amherst, Mass., on pres- 

 sure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, cloudiness, and 

 casual phenomena during September and October, 1913, are given. The data 

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



Meteorological records for 1912 {Neiv York State Sta. Rpt. 1912, pp. 875- 

 886). — Tables are given showing tridaily readings at Geneva, N. Y., of standard 

 air thermometers for each month of the year ; daily readings of maximum and 

 minimum thermometers at 5 p. m. for each mouth of the year ; a monthly sum- 

 ma ry of maximum, minimum, and standard thermometer readings; monthly and 

 yearly maximum and minimum temperatures from 1SS3 to 1912, inclusive ; aver- 

 age monthly and yearly temperatures since 1882; and rainfall by months since 

 1882. 



Meteorology for twenty years, H. G. Knight and J. C. Fitteree {Wyoming 

 8ta. Bui. 100, pp. 27-88, pi. 1, figs. 36). — Observations on temperature, precipita- 

 tion, and humidity are summarized in detail for Laramie at an approximate ele- 

 vation of 7,190 ft. above sea level. Observations on temperature, precipitation, 

 sunshine, and wind for other places in Wyoming are also summarized. 



The mean annual temperature at Laramie, 1891-1910, was 40.6° F., the 

 highest 92°, the lowest — 42°. The mean annual precipitation was 10.21 in., 

 the mean humidity 61.4 per cent. 



The mean annual temperature for the State was 42.2° F. ; the mean annual 

 precipitation 13.71 in. ; the mean annual sunshine 66 per cent ; the prevailing 



