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■• Teniperatun^ \v;is Ih'Iow tht> uonuMl diiriii;,' the jireator iKirt of tlkr yr-.w 

 "viT :ill iinrtbern districts of the Initc^l Stales and also over the whole of 



< "auada, except portions of British ColnniltiM. The total deficiency, however, 

 was generally less than 2°. Over the sonthern portions of llie I'liited States 

 lliei-e was a correspondiiijr excess, wliidi prevailed Ity small anionnts diirinu 

 most of the months of the year. . . . 



■• In j:eneral the precipitation for llu- year was .•iliove tlii> normal in llie 

 i-nfi-al i)ortions of flie Middle Atlantic States, portions of the Lake rejiion. tlu- 



< »lii() and middle .Mississippi valleys, the central (Jnlf States, and in the Ii<icky 

 .Miinntain and I'latean districts, and pdrlimis of westci-ii Oi-ctron .-ind norlliern 



< '.ilifornia. 



■• Over the Sonth Atlantic coast, the southern Appalachian reirion. Florida 

 Peninsula, the west (Julf States, the (Jreat Plains from Texas to the northern 

 boundary, portions of the Lake reL^ion. and alons; the north Pacific coast thfr<- 

 was a ;;eneral and well-marked deficiency in the annual itrecipitation. 



"Alony the imniediat*' Atlantic const from Chesapeake Day to Florida, aiid 

 over eastern Texas an<l the western jiortions of Louisiana and Arkansas, the 

 deficiency ranjred from about ;"i t«> more than 20 in. 



■ The general distribution of precipitation during the various seasons of the 

 year was such that excei>t over sm.-ill areas there was no important interest 

 that suffered materially from either excess or deficiency of moisture." 



Meteorological statistics for 1907. F. H. Loid (Colo. Col. I'lib., 12 [1!K)H), 

 >' (. Sri:, \it. .',, lip. lOI-I.Hi). — The e(pni»ment and methods of observation at 

 the observatory of Colorado College are describe*! and a record is given of 

 observations ou temperature, pressure, hunndity. rainfall, etc., during the year. 



Climate [of Maryland], W. H. Ci..\kk and E. B. Mathews (Mil. drol. Suirri/ 

 |/i'///. |. i; W.iorn. 1)11. li'i->.il. fiffs. 7). — This is a general di'scripfion of the 

 more imitortant climatic factors of the State. 



The meteorological service and the climate of Sao Paulo, .7. .\. l?i:r.Foi{T 

 .Mattos (Sec. Afir. Com. c Ohms Pub. H.stado Sao Paulo, Sere. Md. \l'uh.\. 

 Scr. L V". -i. i>ii. 11. mails ,i). — A brief histoi-ical note regarding the meteoro- 

 loiric.il service is given and the general clinuitic features of the State of S.ao 

 I'aulo ai'c descrilK'd. with tables showing averages of results of observations on 

 temperature, pressure. hnmi<lity. rainfall, cloudiness, and direction of wind 

 for the warmest month (January), coolest ni(aitli (.Tnly). for tlie difTerenI 

 se.isons. and for tlu' year as a whole. 



The weather of 1907 at the Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, 

 Kingston-on-Soar, Notts iMiiltand [i/r. ami DaUii Col. liiil. ID. t!)07-S, pii. 

 Ill-11'i. ilf/m. /). — The results of the usual met»H»i'ologic;U oiiservjitions are 

 ~~iMnniari/,ed in notes and :i l.able :iiid di:igrani. 



Dew measurements during 1904 to 1907, N. I'assiium (.1/// A'. Arctnl. 

 i'.ioit. Af/r. *lcoi(i. I'irnizc. .i. scr.. .1 ilDOS). \o. .J, /;/». .{7}-.J.s'7>. — Determina- 

 lions of the ;imonnt of w.afer collected on .-i surface 1 dei-imeler sipiare, the 

 \elocity of the wiiul. and the slate of the sky during the period named are 

 reported. The total amouids of w.iler .so collected wen' as follows: 1'.K)4. SI .7 

 -Ml.: 1!»0.1, HK.V, gm.; 1!KK>. 70.1 gm. : and 1!M>7, 72 gm. The aminal periods <.f 

 m.iximum and miidnnim <leposilion vari«Hl widely during the diiTerent yeais. 



Report on the work of the station of agricultural climatology of Juvisy 

 during 1907, C. Fi.a.mmakiox (Hul. Mens. Off. Rrnsdij. Ai/r. \Paris\, 7 {lt)iiS\, 

 \os. s. lip. '.ilU'i-'.nu. lifts, (i: !>. pp. tlHI-lll.t. fills. .{).- .\s usual. Ibis report con- 

 tains records of observations on atmospheric pressure, the temperatm-e of the 

 air, s<iil, .-ind nmlergronnd water. .-nKl the rel.itive hinnidity. rainf.ill, sunshine. 

 I ioudiness. radiation, wiml, inlluenee of dilTereid colored liulils ,ind of the moon 



