MONTHLY Summary 



March. 1932 



Baroinefer 



(Readings reduced to sea level) 



Maximum 30.32, 25th 



Minimum 28.64, 6th, 7th 



Mean semi-daily 29.744 



Range 1.68 



Air Temperature 



Highest 55, 26th, 31st 



Lowest 9, 9th 



Mean 31.9 



Monthly range 46 



Highest mean daily 48, 31st 



Lowest mean daily 16.5, 15th 



Mean maximum 39.8 



Mean minimum 24.0 



Greatest daily range 26, 30th 



Least daily range 4, 7th 



Precipitation 



Precipitation. In inches 4.24 



Snow, in inches 8.75 



Maximum precipitation 24 hrs. 1.74, 



28th 

 Number of days on which .01 or more 



inches of rain fell 10 



Wind (miles) 



Total movement 7,628 



Greatest daily movement 519, 8th 



Least daily movement 90, 21st 



Mean hourly velocity 10.0 



Maximum velocity for 5 min. ... 48, 8th 



(eoireeted to confoiui to :-i cuij anemoiuetei) 

 Wind (direction) 



Prevailing direction wnw 



North, days 4 



Northeast, days 



East, days 



Southeast, days 2 



South, days 3 



Southwest, days 3 



West, days 5 



Northwest, days 14 



M' e a t li e r 



Mean relative humidity, per cent . . 59.5 



Mean cloudiness, per cent 55.5 



Number of clear days 12 



Number of fair days 7 



.Number of cloudy days 12 



Number of hours bright sunshine 178.0 

 Percent of possible hours of bright 



sunshine 48 



Normal 



Extremes 



30.60 



29.26 



30.02 



1.35 



63.9 



5.7 

 34.2 

 58.2 



3.68 

 8.11 



11 



5,738 



7.7 



29 



75.0 

 51.0 

 11 

 9 

 11 

 201 



54.2 



30.96, 1904 

 28.47, 1914 



2.10, 1914; 0.85, 1915 



79.5, 1907, 1921 

 -7.5, 1906 



7.13, 1899; 0.12, 1915 

 27, 1899 ;0, 1921 



17, 1890, 1913; 3, 1915 



7,485, 1911; 3,006, 1905 



39, 1913 



86.8, 1916; 61.6, 1930 



68, 1901 ; 27, 1915 



22, 1924; 3, 1901 



17, 1900; 4, 1895 



21, 1901; 1, 1915 



292, 1924; 93, 1901 



Ndi'K— Tlie first column in the above summary gives observations made diuinir the 

 month. The second column (fives averages based on observations made from l!S,s',t to 

 1928. The third column gives extremes observed from 1889 to I'.tai. 



