ANNUAL SUMMARY 



Annual, 1948 



Barometer, in inches ' 



(Readings reduced to sea level) 



Maximum 30.98, Feb. 24 



Minimum 28.92, Dec. 31 



Mean semi-daily 30.012 



Range 2.06 



Air Temperature, in degrees F. i 



Highest 100, Aug. 26 



Lowest -16, Jan. 24'- 



Mean 48.4 



Range 116.0 



Highest mean daily 84.5, Aug. 26 



Lowest mean daily 4, Jan. 24 



Mean maximum 59.0 



Mean minimum 37. 7 j 



Greatest daily range 54, Mar. 6' 



Least daily range ....3, Jan. 13 & Dec. 18 



Precipitation, in inches 



Precipitation 40.01 



Snow 52.25 



Maximum precip. in 24 hrs. ..1.84, Aug. 12 

 Number of days with .01 or more 119 



43.70 



47.78 



124 



Wind, in miles 



Total movement 40,278 52,223 



Greatest daily movement 403, Feb. 15 



Least daily movement 12, Oct. 20 



Mean hourly velocity 4.8 5.8 



Maximum velocity ' 



48, Feb. 14. Nov. 13. Dec. 30 39.5 



59.00, 1938; 30.6S, 1908 

 89.00, 1893; 24.50, 1919 



146, 1945: 96. 1924 



63,571, 190S; 36,257, 1894 



80. 1938 



Wind, direction 



Prevailing direction W 



North, days 58 



Northeast, days 26 



East, days 20 



Southeast, days 53 



South, days 63 



Southwest, days 20 



West, days 42 



Northwest, days 79 



W 



Weather 



Mean relative humidity, percent 67.8 67.6 



Mean cloudiness, percent 58.8 51.7 



Number of clear days 85 116 



Number of fair days 127 123 



Number of cloudy days 154 126 



Number of hours bright sunshine ....18861 2,353 

 Percent of possible hours of j 



bright sunshine 40.1 52.8 



Last Snow Apr. 3 April 15 



First Snow Nov. 29 Nov. 6 



Last Frost Apr. 22, Mav 14 



First Frost Oct. 16 Sept. 21 



60, '98, '01. '02: 41, "08, '24 

 217, 1941: 59. 1927 

 182, 1912; 64, 1936 



179, '01, '02; 71,1910,1941 

 3038. 1941; 1864. 1902 



M,ar.l4/10; May 11,'07,'45 



Oct. 10, '25; Dec. 13, '41 



Apr. 14, '43: June 8, '32 



Aug. 22,'94,'95; Oct. 13,'09 



