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Mean Temperature. 



Authorities: 1883 to 1889. Weather Record for Honolulu and 

 the Hawaiian Islands, 1903, p. 41. 

 1890 to 1920 manuscript data supplied by the United States 

 Weather Bureau, Washington. 



Site: Previous to 1904 September, temperature observations 

 were made at the corner of Dole and Alexander 

 Streets, about 2 miles from the location of the 

 Weather Bureau Station on the Alexander Young 

 Building, occupied September i, 1904. Elevation 

 in first location about 50 ft. and the latter 11 1 ft. 



Observations: The standard adopted is the mean of the mean 

 daily maximum and mean daily minimum tempera- 

 tures. From 1883 to 1889 the observations at 6^, 

 14'^ and 21^^ only were available, and these values 

 have been corrected to ^(M + ni) by applying a 

 correction based on data for the years 1899 to 1903, 

 as follows : 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. .Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

 °F. 

 j(6h + i4h + 2lh) 

 to 4(M + m) 1-0.21 +0.27 +0.39 +0.49 +0..'55 +0.,'57 +0.57 +0..'')7 +0.53 +0.45 +0.33 +-0.23 



Precipitation. 



AutJwrities: 1874 to 1920 manuscript data supplied by the Ignited 



States Weather Bureau, Washington. 

 Site: Records made by different observers but all within short 



distances of the present Weather Bureau location. 



Elevations range from 50 ft. to iii ft. above the 



ground. No corrections have been applied. 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



APARRI 

 Authority. 



Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture and Natural Re- 

 sources, Manila, r'hilipi)ine Islands. 

 Pressure. 



Site: The height of the l)arometer above Mean Sea Level was: 



1903 to 1906 July lo 3.50 m. 



1906 July 1 1 to 1920 August ly 5.64 m. 



1920 August 18 to 192 1 8.05 m. 



1922 505 "1- 



