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46 Greenwich Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory. From 1881-1898 inclusive, 

 pressure records are too low, on the average by the following amounts : 



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

 .011 .017 .011 .017 .017 .011 .017 .017 .011 .017 .017 .017 



Norway — general note. Authority, Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt. The 

 observation hours were altered with the beginning of the year 1920 from 

 (8 h , 14", 20 h ) to (8 h , I4 h , I9 h ) ; until 1895 they were referred to local time 

 (for telegraphic stations to Christiania time) ; later M. E. T. (Mean Euro- 

 pean Time) meridian 15 E. of Greenwich was used. 



Antananarivo, Madagascar. The Hb value of 1402 m previously quoted must 

 be corrected to 1375 m after a precise levelling by " Service Geographique de 

 Madagascar." 



United States — general note. Authority, United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Weather Bureau. The previously printed temperature means for sta- 

 tions in the United States (excepting Modena, Utah) are values reduced to 

 the mean of 24 hours and not those derived merely by the use of the formula 

 i(daily Max. -f- daily Min.). 



Curitiba — precipitation. See Notes, 1921-1930 edition. 



Quixeramobim — pressure. See Notes, 1921-1930 edition. 



Quixeramobim — precipitation. From January 1910 to June 1912, inclusive, the 

 height of the rim of the rain gage above the ground was 2.0 m. This was 

 changed to 1.5 m in July 1912, which height has been maintained to the 

 present date. 



TABLES 



Place Element Line Part Error Correct 



Bouzareah Pressure Title H b 344 m 342 m 



Bulawayo 4440 4426 



" See note, p. 5. 



Salisbury 4860 4890 



Zanzibar Precip. Means Year 60.19 60.45 



Nuwara Eliya Pressure 1913 Mar. 1.122 .... 



Dec. .943 1.043 



1914 Oct. .947 1.047 



Bombay Precip. 1893 Aug. 13.55 13-75 



" Year 67.04 67.24 



" 1917 Sept. 19.92 16.84 



" Year 99-84 99.74 



Jaipur Temp. A correction of +0.4 should be ap- 



plied to the mean temperatures from April 17, 1917, to December 31, 1920. 



Quetta Pressure Title Hi, 5502 5490 



Akmolinsk " " " 351 347 



Temp. 



" . 1909 Jan. — 12.0 — 19.0 



Alma Ata (Vemiy) Pressure Title H b 775.2 825 



Berezov Pressure data for 1897 and 1898 are not reliable. 



Pressure Title H b 39.5 46 



1887 Oct. 753.4 753.7 





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