Monthly Summary 



October. 1932 



Normal 



Extremes 



Daromeier 



(Readings reduced to sea level) 



Maximum 30.53, 25th 



Minimum 29.53, 21st 



Mean semi-daily 30.033 



Range 1.00 



Air Temperature 



Highest 79, 4th 



Lowest 21, 14th 



Mean 52.4 



Monthly range 58 



Highest mean daily 71, 5th 



Lowest mean daily 37.5, 13th 



Mean maximum 62.1 



Mean minimum 42.8 



Greatest daily range .... 35,8th, 9th, 15th 

 Least daily range 3, 18th 



Precipitation 



Precipitation. In inches 3.69 



Snow, in inches 



Maximum precipitation 24 hrs. 1.60, 



17th, 18th 

 Number of days on which .01 or more 



inches of rain fell 11 



Wind (miles) 



Total movement 4,487 



Greatest daily movement 312, 6th 



Least daily movement 48, 25th 



Mean hourly velocity 6.0 



Maximum velocity for 5 min 32,18th 



(coireoted to conform to ^ cup anemometer) 

 Wind (direction) 



Prevailing direction sw 



North, days 1 



Northeast, days 



East, days 2 



Southeast, days 10 



South, days 3 



Southwest, days 2 



West, days 5 



Northwest, days 8 



Weather 



Mean relative humidity, per cent . . 70.0 



Mean cloudiness, per cent 67.1 



Number of clear days 12 



Number of fair days 7 



Number of cloudy days 12 



Number of hours bright sunshine 166.8 

 Percent of possible hours of bright 



sunshine 48.9 



Thunder and Lightning 



Frosts .... 13th, 14th, 15th, 24th, 25th, 



28th, 31st 



30.53 



29.42 



30.059 



1.11 



79.7 

 23.4 

 50.4 

 56.3 



3.35 



4,023 



5.4 

 27 



76.9 

 47.6 

 8 

 11 



12 

 171.0 



50.1 



30.68, 1929 

 29.00, 1926 



1.47, 1926; 0.76, 1899 



90.5, 1908 

 18.0, 1904 



8.81, 1911; 0.01, 1924 



15, 1913; 1, 1897, 1924 

 5,467, 1910; 2,540, 1894 



35, 1906, 1916, 1925 



86.7, 1920; 64, 1929 



64, 1890, 1900; 18, 1924 



15, 1931; 1, 1911 



17,'24;5,'94,'96,'98, '03,'17 



19, 1896; 3, 1924 



232, 1923; 91, 1913 



Note— The first column in the above summar.v gives observations made during- the 

 month. The second coluiun gives averages based on observations made from 1S89 to 

 1928. The third column gives extremes observed from 1889 to 1931. 



