1902.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. ?,?,. 89 



REPOKT OF THE METEOROLOGIST. 



J. E. OSTRANDER. 



The work of the meteorological division during the })ast 

 year has been confined almost entirely to the observation 

 of the various Aveather phenomena, the tabulation of the 

 data obtained and the computation of the daily and monthly 

 means of the several weather elements. The records of 

 each month are compared with the normals of the ten-year 

 period, 1889-99, and the more important departures from 

 mean conditions obtained. 



At the beginning of each month a sunnnary of the weather 

 of the preceding month has been prepared and published as a 

 four-page bulletin. On the inside pages are given a number 

 of the daily means, some of the more important maxima and 

 minima daily records, together with data of the winds and 

 amount of precipitation. On the outside pages a summary 

 of the various weather elements with the monthly means is 

 given, as well as general remarks on the weather for the 

 month. The usual animal sunnnary will be prepared and 

 published with the December bulletin. 



The local forecasts for the weather for the following day 

 have been fiu'nished daily, except Sunday, b}^ the New 

 England section of the United States Weather Bureau. In 

 accordance with these predictions, the proper weather flags 

 have been displayed from the flag staff" on the tower. At 

 the request of the section director, the weekly snow reports 

 are being sent to the Boston office this season, as heretofore. 



Owing to the failure during the past few jears to get 

 satisfactory results with our electrical apparatus for the 

 determination of soil moisture, these observations were dis- 

 continued this year. This work will be resumed whenever 

 more improved apparatus can be obtained. 



