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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Meteorological observations, Moscow, Idaho, 1901, .1. K. r.oxEHUKiiiT (/c/r/7/o 

 S(((. Jljit. I90J, ]). a^i). — A tabular smmnary of (il)st'rvati(iiis on IciniHTatui'e, pressure, 

 prt'i'ii)itatioii, cloudiness, and late and i-arly frosts. The mean temperature for the 

 year was 47.4(5°, the precipitation 22.5(5 in., the barometric pressure 27.25 in., num- 

 ber of cloudy days 121. The last killinji frost in the sprinji; occurred May 19, the 

 lirst ill (he fall September HI. 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostiiandkk, S. C. Bacdn, and F. F. IIkn- 

 siiAW {MaxmchuHetln Hta. Mel. Buh. 172, 173, 174, pj)- 4 I'ocJi). — Summaries of oljser- 

 vations on jiressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sun.shine, cloudiness, 

 and casual phenomena during April, May, and June, 1903. The data are briefly 

 discusst'd in jfeneral nott'S on the weather of each month. 



Summaries of temperature, rainfall, and sunshine, V.. F. Laijd {Xarlli ])aJ:ota 

 St(t. apt. I'.iOS, pj). 13-19). — 01)servations at Fargo and at several other places in 

 North Dakota during 1902 and previous years are sunniiarized. The mean tempera- 

 ture at Fargo during 1902 was 39.4° F,, the rainfall 23.16 in. The average rainfall at 

 Fargo for 11 years ending with 1902 w-as 20.62 in., for the State (17 places) <luring 

 10 years 18.5 in. The hours of recorded sunshine at Fargo during 1902 were 2,034.8 

 or 45.2 j)er cent of the possible. 



Meteorology, C. W. Nokris {Pennsylrwiia Std. lipt. 1902, pp. 172-186, 431-479).— 

 The observations here recorded are of the same character as those reported in iire- 

 vious years (E. S. R., 14, p. 638). Monthly summaries of oliservations are given in 

 the boily of the report and tlie detailed record in an ajtpendi.v. The sunniiarv for 

 1901 is as follows: 



SmniiKtrii of inrteorohK/ira/ (>h.^{'rralinii.'<, 1901. 



Barometer (inches): 



Mean 



Highest 



Lowest 



Temperature C^ V.): 



Mean 



Highest 



Lowest 



Mean daily range 



(Jreatest daily range 



Least daily range 



Mean daily relative humidity ( i)er ceiit ) 



Rainfall (inches): 



Total ■ 



Greatest tnoiitlily 



tTPeatest daily 



Number of days on which 0.01 iii. or more of rain fell 



Mean percentage of cloudiness 



Numberof dayson which cloudiness averaged 80 percent 

 or more. 



Average hours of sunshine per day ." 



Maximum velocity of wind per hour (miles i 



Last frost in spring 



First frost in fall 



29.993 



:W.709 (Jan. -A) 

 29.280 (.Ian. 27) 



■J8.1 



94 (Julv 1) 



—2 (Dec. 22) 



17.1 



■?,' (Mar. ]8-Dec. !•=>) 



3 (Jan. 10-11) 



SI. 7 



43.45 



,s.97 (Aug.) ... 

 3.19 (Aug. 18) 



141 



48.9 



109 



30 (Dec. 14). 



fjt rowing season 

 (Apr.-Sept.). 



G3.f). 



94 (July 1). 



25 (Apr. 1). 



18.8. 



35 (Apr. 28-29). 



78.8. 



28.14. 



3.19 (Aug. IS). 



72. 



4S.1. 



7 h. :?9ni. 



June 9. 

 Sept. 30. 



Report of the meteorologist, X. IIei.me [Wiodr Ixhutd Sta. Jijit. 1902, ]>p. 379- 

 39.5). — This includes general notes on the weather during the year ended June 30, 

 1902, and a tabulated record of observations at King.ston on temperature, precipita- 

 tion, cloudiness, and prevailing wind.? during each month from July, 1901, to June, 

 1902, inclusive, with a summary for the year ended June 30, 1902. The latter sum- 

 mary is as follows: 



Tempnriturr (degrees F. ). — Maximum, 9;5, July], 1901; minimum, — 1, January 4, 

 1902; mean, 4S; highest monthly mean, 72, July, 1901; lowest monthly mean, 24.8, 

 January, 1902; highest daily mean, 80, July 1, 1901; lowest daily mean, <S, January 

 4, 1902. Precipitation (inches). — Total (rain and melted snow), 53.14; greatest 



