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KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



KELATIVE HUMIDITY. 



The average atmospheric humidity for the year was 66.5; at 7 a. m., 76.9; at 2 

 p. M., 50; at 9 p. m., 72.5. The dampest month was January, with mean humidity, 

 83; the driest month was July, mean humidity, 58.4. There were only 5 fogs during 

 the year. The lowest humidity for any single observation was 16 per cent., on No- 

 vember 2d and 22d. 



The following tables give the mean temperature, the extremes of temperature, 

 the number of inches of rain and snow, the number of rainy days, the number of 

 thunder showers, the mean cloudiness, the relative humidity, the number of fogs, 

 the velocity of the wind, the mean and extreme barometer heights, for each month 

 of the year 1886, and a comparison with each of the 18 preceding years. 



YEAR 1886. 



1SS6. 



January 



February .. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . 



October 



Xovember.. 

 December.. 



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14.32 

 31.64 

 40.40 

 54.80 

 68.50 

 71.85 

 79.54 

 79.02 

 71.19 

 60.23 

 40.08 

 24.03 



41.5 

 62.0 

 79.0 

 85.0 

 91.0 

 92.0 

 100.0 

 105.0 

 97.0 

 86.0 

 76.0 

 58.0 



s s 



-18.0 

 -7.0 

 11.0 

 19.0 

 44.0 

 49.0 

 57.0 

 51.5 

 42.0 

 27.0 

 15.0 

 -6.0 



2.28 

 0.56 

 1.63 

 1.38 

 5.72 

 3.71 

 0.11 

 2.49 

 2.. 34 

 1.59 

 1.61 

 0.83 



Mean 52.96 81.0 23.7 2.02 2.0 9 3 39.64 66.5 .04 10,647 



12.0 

 1.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 0.5 

 2.0 



61.93 

 42.38 

 55.05 

 52.66 

 34.52 

 38.00 

 31.83 

 28.60 

 32.00 

 25.91 

 35.11 

 37.77 



83.0 

 73.6 

 67.7 

 65.1 

 67.9 

 68.4 

 58.4 

 60.1 

 60.7 

 59.1 

 63.6 

 73.4 



13,090 

 11,170 

 13,900 

 13,040 

 7,920 

 6,372 

 6,857 

 8,840 

 10,315 

 10,865 

 13,230 

 12,170 



29.200 

 29.166 

 29.069 

 29.053 

 29.024 

 29.052 

 29.037 

 29.048 

 29.090 

 29.219 

 20.121 

 29.254 



29.111 



29.721 

 29.725 

 29.510 

 29.427 

 29.322 

 29.437 

 29.183 

 29.214 

 29.377 

 29.416 

 29.551 

 29.788 



29.473 



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28.627 

 28.482 

 28.589 

 28.640 

 28.620 

 28.804 

 28.853 

 28.861 

 28.731 

 28.795 

 28.523 

 28.825 



28.696 



