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frost. No frost or cold weather during the year caused any damage to fruit or fruit 

 buds. 



RAIN. 



The entire amount of rain, including melted snow, was 41.09 iuches, which is 

 6.71 inches above the average annual amount for the nine preceding years. Either 

 rain or snow fell on 136 days, which is the largest number of rainy days in any 

 year of our record. The longest interval without rain during the growing season 

 (March 1st to Sei)tember 15th), was ten days, July 27th to August 6th. The num- 

 ber of thunder showers was thirty-nine, of which two occurred in December. 



SNOW. 



The entire depth of snow was 15^^ inches, of which 8 inches fell in January, 2 

 inches in February, 5 inches in March, and half an inch in December. The last 

 snow of spring was on April 3d ; the first snow of autumn was on November 8th. 



FACE OF THE SKY. 



The average cloudiness of the j^ear was 47.13 per cent., which is 2.16 per cent, 

 above the average. The number of clear days (less than one-third cloudy) was 163 ; 

 half-clear days (from one-third to two-thirds cloudy), 93 ; cloudy (more than two- 

 thirds), 111. There were 51 entirely clear and 50 entirely cloudy days. The clear- 

 est month was August, with an average cloudiness of 29.57 per cent. ; the cloudiest 

 month was May, with an average of 63.93 per cent. The mean cloudiness at 7 A. M. 

 was 51.14 per cent.; at 3 p. m., 50.74 per cent. ; at 9 p. m., 39.48 per cent. 



DIRECTION OP WIND. 



During the year, three observations daily, the wind was from the N.W. 278 times; 

 S.W., 359 times; S. E., 184 times; N. E., 148 times; S., 80 times; N., 59 times; E., 

 38 times; W., 18 times ; calm, 31 times. The south winds (including southwest, 

 south and southeast), outnumbered the north winds (including northwest, north 

 antl northeast), in the ratio of 523 to 485. 



VELOCITY OP THE WIND. 



The number of miles traveled by the wind during the year was 113,967, which is 

 33,485 miles less than the average annual distance for the past five years. This gives 

 a mean daily velocity of 312.34 miles, and an average hourly velocity of 13.01 miles. 

 The highest hourly velocity was 55 miles, on March 16th and November 5th; the 

 highest daily velocity was 969''miles on March 8th ; the highest monthly velocity 

 was 13,981 miles, in March. The three windiest months were March, April and 

 May; the three calmest months were August, September and October. The average 

 hourly velocity of the wind at 7 a. m. was 11.66 miles; at 2 p. m., 15.55 miles; at 9 

 p. M., 12.54 miles. 



BAROMETER. 



Mean height of the barometer, 29.117 inches; mean at 7 A. m., 29.140 inches; at 2 

 p. M., 29.093 inches; at 9 p. m., 29.120 inches. Maximum, 29,751 inches, on January 

 22d; minimum, 38.364 inches, on April 18th; j^early range, 1.387 inches. The high- 

 est monthly mean was 29.301 inches, in February; the lowest was 28.995 inches, in 

 April. The barometer observations are corrected for temperature and instrumental 

 error. 



RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 



The average atmospheric humidity for the year was 72.6; at 7 a.m., 83.12; at 3 

 p. M. , 56.76 ; at 9 p. m., 79.09. The dampest month was October, with mean humidity, 



