METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA 



As time goes on it becomes more and more obvious that climatic 

 records are essential to the development of the country. Agriculture 

 and Power developments are industries particularly dependent on 

 temperature and rainfall and the Meteorological Service is being 

 continually pressed to increase the number of observing stations. 

 At the present time there are 646 observing stations, an increase of 

 12 from last year. At 293 of these stations the observer is paid a 

 salary for the duties performed, but it is only at Toronto, Victoria, 

 Edmonton, Moose Jaw, Winnipeg, Quebec and St. John, that the 

 observers are paid for whole time work. In the majority of instances 

 the stipend is very small. At 353 stations the observing is performed 

 voluntarily by men who take an interest in Meteorological records. 



For purposes of administration the work of the Central Office is 

 divided into divisions as follow: 



Forecasts.- — Synoptical charts of the North American Continent, 

 Western Europe, and the North Atlantic Ocean, have been compiled 

 twice daily from reports received by telegraph, cable and wireless, 

 and from study of the atmospheric movements shown by these 

 charts, forecasts of the probable weather for the next 36 hours in 

 Canada and Newfoundland and adjacent waters have been issued, 

 and when deemed necessary storm warnings have been issued to 

 ports on the Great Lakes, and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and on the 

 Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 



Climatology. — This Division prepares monthly and annual bulle- 

 tins and detailed reports with maps, diagrams, etc., on current 

 weather in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland and Bermuda, sup- 

 plies weather data to railwa^^s and litigants to decide disputes and 

 claims founded on damage through effects of weather. Upon re- 

 quest it furnishes special studies of extremes and averages of temp- 

 erature, precipitation, wind movement, etc., in specified districts to 

 water-power and construction engineers, settlers, physicians and 

 others. 



It prepares and issues comprehensive reports and atlases on the 

 climate of the various provinces embodying results of weather observa- 

 tions during the period since Confederation, and also prepares shorter 

 articles on related subjects for inclusion in bulletins of other govern- 

 mental departments and of provincial governments, boards of trade, etc. 

 The study of Canadian crops in relation to weather changes has 

 also been continued. A method of studying graphically the yields of 



