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Summary of meteorological observations, 1903. 



L903. 



Growing 



A | •! - 



Barometer inches):a 



Mean 30.051 



HiRhesI 80.768 1N.-v.2n 



U iwesl 29.2::: \ | 



Temperature I 



Mean 48.4 



Bighesl 89 (July 3, 10) 89 (July 3,10). 



Lowest 6(Feb.l9) 18 \: 



Mean daily range L7.6 19.2 



Greatest daily range !6(Apr.4).. 15 Vpr. 4). 



Least daily range 3 (Mar. 7, Aug. 28, Oct. 5, 



Dec. 9). 



Mean daily relative humidity I per cent i T'.t.ti 79.2. 



Rainfall (inches): 



Total W.09 



Greatest monthly 7.25 (June I 



Greatest daily... 3.12 (Aug. 28) 3.12 A.ug 



Number of days on which 0.01 in. or more of rain LSI 69 



fell. 



Mean percentage of cloudiness 56.56 57. 1. 



Number of days on which cloudiness averaged B0 in 67. 



per cent or more. 



\* erage hours of sunshine per day 



Lasl frost in spring 



First frost in fall 



6 h. 18 in. 

 May 9. 

 Sept. L9. 



" Januurv ami February not included. 



bJanuary not inelucU-i 



Weather of 1904, s. Blore i Year Book Col. Agr. and Hort. Holmes Chapel, 1904, 

 pp. 28-28, charts ?). — Weekly averages of barometer readings, temperature, and pre- 

 cipitation at the College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, 

 England, are recorded in tallies and diagrams, and the general weather conditions 

 of th«' year arc discussed. 



"The total rainfall for the year, 24.03 in., is the lowesl since L887, when 20.42 in. 

 was registered. .Inly and August were the wettest months with 2.83 and 3.73 in., 

 respectively. March and June were the driest with 1.17 and 0.94 in. There were 

 only 174 days (in which a recordable amount of rain fell as compared with last year's 

 l'04. . . . The chart of the weekly barometric reading . . . shows clearly the steadi- 

 ness of the barometer during the periods when little or no rain fell and also the 

 great fluctuations from drought to rain and vice versa. . . . The chart of weekly 

 average temperatures, maximum and minimum, shows a gradual rise from the 

 beginning of the year t<» the middle of .Inly, ami then a similar fall to the end of the 

 year, with some few variations. The highest temperature of 86° F. was reached on 

 August 3, and the lowest was 22 degrees of frost registered during . . . November." 



Climatological data for the year 1904 ( Rpt. Bur. Agr., Labor and I win*. .!/.,„/., 

 9 I 1904), />/>■ 888, 889). — A compilation of observations al 4"> places in the State on 



temperature, precipitation, don. linens, and direct* f \\ Lnd, with data for elevation 



and the number of years records have been kept. 



Results of meteorological observations in the year 1902 i Ber. Met. <'<>ni. 

 Naturf. Ver. Briinn, 22 (1902), pp. XIV 170, charts 6). -This is the twelfth report 

 of the meteorological commission of the Society of Naturalists of Briinn, Austria, 

 giving detailed tabular summaries of observations at a large Dumber of stations under 

 the direction of the central office of Briinn. 



Meteorology, P. Boname (Rap. An. Sfo. Agron. Mauri/ins. 1904, />/>■ 1-9). — A 

 record is given of observations during 1904 at the agricultural experiment station of 

 Mauritius on atmospheric pre— nre. temperature, precipitation, humidity, and evap- 

 oration. 



The weather 1904-5, F. J. Plymeh (Jour. Southeast. Agr. Col. Wye, 1906, No. l }. 

 /v. 262, 268). — The general weather conditions at the Southeastern Agricultural Col- 

 lege at Wye during the 17 months ended May 31, L905, are described. 



