92 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



TEMPERATURE. 



Mean temperature of the year, 54.67°, whieli is 1.51° above the mean of 

 the eleven preceding years. The highest temperature was 99.5°, on August 

 4th; the lowest was 16° below zero, on the 4th of January — giving a yearly 

 range of 115.5°. Mean temperature at 7 a. m., 48.61°; at 2 p. m., 63.71°; at 

 9 P.M., 53.18°. 



Mean temperature of the winter months, 27.93°, which is 1.94° below the 

 average winter temperature; of the spring, 58.04°, which is 4.83° above the 

 average; of the summer, 76.05°, which is .47° below the average; of the au- 

 tumn, 56.71°, which is 3.90° above the average. 



The coldest month of the year was January, with mean temperature, 23.49°; 

 the coldest week was January 2d to 8th, with mean temperature, 3.90°; the 

 coldest day was January 3d, with mean temperature, 9.3° below zero. The 

 mercury fell below zero 13 times, of which 10 were in January and 3 in De- 

 cember. 



The warmest month was July, with mean temperature 79.14°; the warmest 

 week was July 5th to 11th, with mean temperature 83.54°; the warmest day 

 was July 22d, with mean temperature 86.9°. The mercury reached or ex- 

 ceeded 90° on 48 days, viz. : 4 in May, 12 in June, 16 in July, 14 in August, 

 and 2 in September. 



The last light frost of spring was on April 18th ; the first light frost of 

 autumn was on October 19th — giving an interval of 184 days entirely with- 

 out frost. The last severe frost of spring was on April 4th ; the first severe 

 frost of autumn was on October 24th — giving an interval of nearly seven 

 months, (203 days,) without severe frost. The severe cold weather of Janu- 

 ary and the frost of April 3d were very destructive to the buds of peaches, 

 pears and early apples in many localities, but there was generally a fair crop 

 of small fruits and winter apples. 



RAIN. 



The entire amount of rain, including melted snow, was 32.68 inches, which 

 is 2.70 inches below the average annual amount for the eleven preceding 

 years. Either rain or snow fell on 90 days, 12 less than the average. The 

 longest interval without rain, during the growing season, (March 1st to Oc- 

 tober 1st,) was 19 days, from April 30th to May 19th. The number of 

 thunder showers was 36, of which 9 were in June and 1 in December. There 

 were 5 light hail storms. 



SNOW. 



The entire depth of snow was 10.35 inches, of which .85 inch fell in Jan- 

 uary, 4.50 inches in February, 2 inches in November, and 3 inches in De- 

 cember. The last snow of spring was on February 23d; the first snow of 

 autumn was on November 28th. 



