REMARKS 



The outstanding, feature of the weather during the month 

 of August was the large amount of clear, dry weather. The rain- 

 fall during the month was only 1.82 inches while the normal 

 rainfall for August is 4.24 inches. It may be recalled that last 

 year we had only 1.54 inches in August. Conditions are not as 

 dry as last year due to heavier rainfall in June and July. The 

 mean temperature for the month was 67.8 degrees which is 

 slightly lower than usual, the normal being 68.4 degrees. The 

 highest temperature observed was 93 degrees on the 3rd which is 

 higher than usually observed in August. The lowest tempera- 

 ture was 43 degrees on the 13th. The number of houi's of bright 

 sunshine was 281.3 as compared with a normal of 236 hours. 

 The relative humidity was 71.6 per cent. The state of weather 

 was recorded as follows: 16 clear days, 10 fair days and 5 cloudy 

 days. The wind movement was 3297 miles which is slightly 

 higher than normal. The highest wind veloi-ity was observed on 

 the 23rd when it reached a velocity of 32 miles per hour. There 

 was thunder and lightning on the 8th, 9tli, 16th, 18th and 29th. 



C. I. GUNNESvS, 

 F. R. SHAW, Meteorologist 



Observer 



