688 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



days, 128; number of cloudy days, 107. Bright sunshine. — Number of hours recorded, 

 2,477, or 56 per cent. Wind. — Prevailing direction, west; total movement 46,442 

 miles; maximum daily movement, 475 miles, January 4; minimum daily movement, 

 1 mile, June 22; mean daily movement, 127 miles; maximum pressure per square 

 foot, 23.5 lbs., January 4, WNW. Dates of frost. — Last, May 24; first, September 15. 

 Dates of snow. — Last, May 1; first, November 9. 



Meteorological summary for 1904, C. A. Patton (Ohio Sta. Bui. 163, pp. 259- 

 272). — This summary includes notes on the weather and tabulated daily and monthly 

 records of observations at the station at Wooster, Ohio, on temperature, precipita- 

 tion, cloudiness, direction of the wind, etc., and for comparison, similar data for pre- 

 vious years and for other parts of the State. The following is a summary of results: 



Summary of meteorological observations in Ohio. 



For the experiment station. 



Temperature (° F.): 



Mean 



Highest 



Lowest 



Mean daily range 



Greatest daily range 



Clear days 



Cloudy days 



Days rain fell 



Rainfall (in.): 



Greatest monthly 



Least monthly 



Mean yearly 



Prevailing' direction of wind 



(July 17) 

 (Jan. 5) 



(Dec. 28) 



(Apr.) 



Nov.. 



47.1 



92.0 



-21. 



21.5 

 48.0 

 149.0 

 170.0 

 136.0 



.40 



sw." 



1888-1904. 



(Aug. 8, 1891) 

 (Feb. 10, 1899) 



(Oct. 6, 1895) 



(July, 1896) 

 (Sept., 1897) 



49.9 

 99.0 

 -21.0 

 20.7 

 55.0 

 132. 

 127. 

 128.0 



8.05 

 .29 



SW. 



Report of the section of climatology of the National Irrigation Congress 

 {Proc. Nat. Irrig. Cong., 13 {1905), pp. 217-247). — An account is given of the pro- 

 ceedings of this section at the congress held at Portland August 21-24, 1905, including 

 the following papers: 



The Influence of the Chinook on the Climate of Idaho and Montana, by E. L. 

 Wells; Relation of Drought to Forest Fires, by A. B. Wollaber; Rainfall and Irriga- 

 tion in Foreign Countries, by E. A. Beals; Precipitation Cycles on the Pacific Slope — 

 Their Relation to Droughts and Water Supply for Irrigation Purposes, by G. N 

 Salisbury; Distribution of Rainfall of the State of Washington, by L. C. Cover; A 

 Drop of Rain, by A. G. McAdie; Influence of Elevation upon Rainfall in California, 

 by G. H. Wilson; and Climatology of the Coast Desert of Peru, by A. F. Sears, sr. 



Report of the Eighth International Geographic Congress held in the 

 United States, 1904 ( U. S. House Representatives, 58th Cong., 3. Session, Doc. 460, 

 pp. 1064, pis. 12, figs. 58, maps 6). — This report, delayed in publication, contains a 



