1904.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



EEPOKT OF THE METEOROLOGIST. 



J. E. OSTUANDEK. 



The close of the present year conipletcs a period of fifteen 

 years of nietooroloii:ic'al observations at this station. From 

 the records obtained durino- this time the mean values of the 

 several weather elements for each month have been com- 

 puted, and the results will be used as the normals of this 

 station for the jiurpose of comparison. Charts showing the 

 more important meteorological data are being prepared for 

 the exhibit of this division at the St. Louis Exposition. 



Last year, Avhen this station arrano-ed to furnish the United 

 States AYeather Bureau with the usual voluntary observer's 

 records, the advisability of changing our times of observa- 

 tion from 7 A.M., 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., to 

 conform to the times of observation at other stations, w^as 

 considered, and it was thought best not to make the change 

 at that time. Our printed forms for permanent record being 

 all used, it was thought best to provide for the above change 

 in preparing new record books. This has accordingly been 

 done, and the change from tri-daily to semi-daily observa- 

 tions will be made at the close of a five-year period, on Jan. 

 1, 1904. The records being largely controlled by our self- 

 registering instruments, the change should not appreciably 

 affect our results for comparison with the normals already 

 deduced. 



The usual 4-page bulletins, giving the more important 

 daily records, with the monthly means and summary of the 

 weather, have been issued the first of each month. An 

 annual summary Avill be prepared and published as a part of 

 the December bulletin. 



The local forecasts sent out by the New England section 

 of the United States Weather Bureau have been received 



