114 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



October is singularly blest with bright, sunny days, the clear 

 periods having outnumbered the cloudy periods every year obser- 

 vations were taken, and in the sum total of our records exceeding 

 the cloudy periods by nearly 50 per cent. 



Winds: — It is also a month of calm, the number of calm pe- 

 riods generally exceeding that of any other month. October is 

 made up largely of pleasant hazy Indian summer days. When the 

 calms are broken it is usually by pleasant southeast or southerly 

 winds, winds from the north, northeast, west and northwest being 

 the least frequent. 



Storms: — Storms are not frequent, and such rains as fall are 

 usually gentle drizzles such as weight down the loosened leaves and 

 bring them to earth. Fogs are common in low places, especially 

 in the morning. There are few records of frost, probably on ac- 

 count of the fogs. 



The following table gives the general weather features : 



Temperatures: — The total number of temperature records for 

 October is 507, as follows: 88 in 1899, 93 in 1900, 27 in 1902, 

 24 in 1903, 42 in 1904, 45 in 1906, 93 in 1907, 1 in 1908, 1 in 

 1912, and 93 in 1913. 



The lowest temperature recorded was 28.5° on October 11, 

 1906; the highest was 84° on October 5, 1900. 



The extremes for each year were as follows : 



on October 1 and 82° on October 15; range 46°. ♦ 

 ° on October 17 and 85° on October 5; range 51.3°. 

 on October 29 and 93° on October 26; range 60°. 

 on October 10 and 80° on October 3; range 34°. 

 on October 28 and 72° on October 18 and 19; range 



° on October 11 and 68° on October 17; range 39.5°. 

 on October 19 and 78° on October 2; range 45°. 

 on October 21 and 31 and 83° on October 10; range 



'Records for only 11 days. 

 ^ Records for only 8 days. 

 ' Records for only 14 days. 



