Monthly Summary 



August. 1936 



Normal 



Extremes 



Barometer 



(Readings reduced to sea level) 



Maximum . 30.33, 1st 



Minimum 29.68, 30th 



Mean semi-daily 30.005 



Range 0.65 



Air Temperature 



Highest 93, 16th 



Lowest 49, 18th, 28th 



Mean 69.7 



Monthly range 44 



Highest mean daily 82.5, 16th 



Lowest mean daily 58.5, 22nd 



Mean maximum 81.4 



Mean minimum 58.0 



Greatest daily range 35, 1st, 2nd 



Least daily range 5, 29th 



Precipitation 



Precipitation. In inches 4.85 



Snow, in inches 



Maximum precipitation in 24 hrs. 



1.80, 29th, 30th 

 Number of days on which .01 or more 



inches of rain fell 15 



Wind (miles) 



Total movement 3362 



Greatest daily movement 197, 24th 



Least daily movement 47, 7th 



Mean hourly velocity 4.5 



Maximum velocity for 5 min., . . 28, 4th 



M'ind (direction) 



Prevailing direction sw 



North, days 3 



Northeast, days 4 



East, days 



Southeast, days 4 



South, days 6 



Southwest, days 7 



West, days 5 



Northwest, days 2 



Weather 



Mean relative humidity, per cent. . 67.9 



Mean cloudiness, per cent 51 



Number of clear days 17 



Number of fair days 5 



Number of cloudy days 9 



Number of hours bright sunshine . 266 

 Percent of possible hours of bright 



sunshine 62.0 



Thunder and Lightning 4th, 10th, 15th, 

 21st 



30.32 



29.63 



30.00 



.69 



91.3 

 42.9 

 68.4 

 48.4 



4.24 



10 

 3,099 



4.2 

 21 



69.8 

 49.4 



9 

 13 



9 

 237.0 



55.2 



30.48, 1918 

 28.87, 1930 



1.49, 1930; 0.44, 1894 



100.0, 1918 

 37.0, 1894, 1908 



8.40, 1928; 0.31, 1894 



16, 1892, 1933; 4, 1889 

 4,271, 1910; 1,920, 1894 



35, 1915 



67, 1901; 27, 1923 

 17, 1921; 0, 1915 

 25,1912;5, 1893, 1933 

 18, '01, '28; 2, '10, '23 

 317, 1921; 1^2,1915,1929 



Note— The first column in the above summary gives observations made durinyr the 

 month. The second column gives the averages based on observations made from 1889 

 to 1928. except that humidity records are based on observations made from 1929 to 1935. 

 The tliird column gives extremes observed from 1889 to 198.'). 



