MONTHLY SUMMARY 



October, 1944 



Normal 



Barometer, in inches 



(Readings reduced to sea level) 



Maximum 30.66, 31st 



Minimum 29.50, 14th 



Mean semi-daily 30.064 



Range 1-16 



Air Temperature, in degrees F. 



Highest * 85, 7th 



Lowest 24, 31st 



Mean 50.0 



Range 61 



Highest mean daily 72, 7th 



Lowest mean daily : 40, 15th 



Mean maximum 62.2 



Mean minimum 37.8 



Greatest daily range 38, 4th 



Least daily range 5, 21st 



Precipitation, in inches 



Precipitation 1 .74 



Snow — ■- — 



Maximum precipitation in 24 hrs. 



108, 20th, 21st 



Number of days with .01 or more 5 



Wind, in miles 



Total movement 4396 



Greatest daily movement 431, 29th 



Least daily movement ■_, 38, 9th 



Mean hourly velocity 5.9 



Maximum velocity 32, 29th 



Wind, direction 



Prevailing direction SW 



North, days .-..- ^ 



Northeast, days 



East . days 2 



Southeast, days — - 8 



South, days 2 



Southwest, days 4 



West, days -_ 7 



Northwest, days 8 



Weather 



Mean relative humidity, percent ___71.6 



Mean cloudiness, percent 53 



Number of clear days _ 16 



Number of fair days 9 



Number of cloudy days ^ 6 



Number hours bright sunshine 225 



Percent of possible hours of bright 



sunshine 66 



Thunder and lightning 7th, 8th, 9th 



First frost ...Oct. '4 



30.53 



29.42 



30.06 



1.11 



79.4 

 23.4 

 50.5 

 56.0 



3.29 



9 



4074 



5.4 

 29.5 



W 



Extremes 



69.0 

 48 

 10 

 10 

 11 

 175.0 



51.3 



Sept. 21 



30.68, 1929 

 29.00, 1926 



1.47, 1926; .76, 1899 



90.5, 1908 



17, 1936 



56.4, 1920; 43.2, 1890 



8.81, 1911; .01, 1924 



15, 1913; 1, 1897, 1924 



5,467, 1910; 2,540, 1894 



42, 1937 



67. 1932; 18, 1924 



21, 1938; 1, 1911 



17, 1924; 3. 1938 



19, 1896; 3, 1924 



232, '23, '38; 91, 1913 



Aug.22,'94, •95;Oct. 15,'39 



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

 the month. The ^cond column gives the averages based on observations made 

 from 1889 to 1938, except that humidity records are based on observations made 

 from 1929 to 1938. The third column gives extremes observed from 1889 to 1943. 



