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summary for the year 

 follows: 



The principal data in this summary are as 



Pressure^ (inches). — Maximum, 30.75, Februar}'28; minimum, 28.86, February 25; 

 mean, 29.985. Air temperature''' (degrees F. ). — Maximum, 96, August 6; minimum, 

 — 8, Februarys; mean, 48.3; mean sensible (wet bulb), 45; niaxinuun daily range, 

 47.5, May 27; minimum daily range, 2.5, May 19; mean daily range, 21.8. Humid- 

 it;/. — ]\Iean dewi^oint, 39.2; mean relative humidity, 72.3. Precipitation. — Total 

 rainfall or melted snow, 51.67 in., number of days on which 0.01 in. or more rain or 

 melted snow fell, 131; total snowfall, 37 in. Weather. — Total cloudiness recorded by 

 sun thermometer, 2,238 hours, or 50 per cent; number of clear days, 83; number of 

 fair days, 144; number of cloudy days, 138. Briglit inmshine. — Number of hours 

 recorded, 2,216, or 50 per cent. Wind. — Prevailing direction, W. ; total movement, 

 50,503 miles; maximum daily movement, 435 miles, February 26; mininnim daily 

 movement, 1 mile, November 29; mean daily movement, 138.4 miles; maxinuun pres- 

 sure persquare foot, 30.5 lbs., February 25, W. N. W. Dates of froMs. — Last, May 29; 

 tirst, September 15. Dales of mov. — Last, April 9; first, November 9. 



Meteorological summary for 1899, C. A. Patton ( OJdo Sta. Bui. 

 120^2^2*- ''^^9-'201). — This summary includes notes on the weather and 

 tabulated daily and monthly records of observations at the station at 

 Wooster, Ohio, on temperature, precipitation, cloudiness, direction of 

 the wind, etc., and for comparison simihir data for previous years and 

 for other parts of the State. The following is a summar}' of results: 



Summary of meteorological observations in Ohio. 



For the experiment station. 



1899. 



Average for 12 years. 



For the State. 



1899. 



Average for 17 years. 



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 



49.5 

 (Aug. 20) 95 

 (Feb. 10) —21 



22.9 

 (Oct. 24) 52 

 126 

 125 

 116 



(Sept.) 5.56 



(Aug.) 0.53 



32. 93 



49.1 

 (Aug. 8, 1891) 99 

 (Feb. 10, 1899) —21 



20.5 

 (Oct. 6, 1895) 55 

 120 

 118 

 125 



51.5 

 (Sept. 6) 105 

 (Feb. 10) —39 



60.7 

 (July 4, 1897) 113 

 (Feb. 10, 1899) —39 



(July, 1896) 

 (Sept., 1897) 



8.05 

 0.29 

 39.18 



37,88 



SW. 



sw. 



Report of the meteorologist, N. Helme {RJiode Island Sta. Rpt. 

 190LK pp. ■iJi!7-o6Jf). — This includes general notes on the weather during 

 the year ended June 30, 1900, and a tabulated record of observations 

 at Kingston on temperature, precipitation, cloudiness, and prevailing 

 winds during each month from July, 1899, to June, 1900, inclusive, 

 with a summary for the year eiuh^d fJune 80, 1900. The latter sum- 

 mary is as follows: 



Temperature (degrees F. ). — Maximum, 90, May 15, 1900; minimum, — 5, February 27, 

 1900; mean, 48.3; highest monthly mean, 69.5, July, 1899; lowest monthly mean, 



' Reduced to freezing and sea level. 



'^ In ground shelter, 51 ft. below level of other instruments. 



