MONTHLY SUMMARY 



NOVEMBER 1952 



Barometer, in inches 



(Readings reduced to sea level) 



Maximum 30.46 



Minimum 29.43 



Mean semi-daily 30. 10 



Range 1.03 



Air Temperature, in Degrees F. 



Highest 69, 1st 



Lowest 18, 9th 



Mean 40.4 



Range 51.0 



Highest mean daily 55.0, 1st 



Lowest mean daily 25.0, 9th 



Mean maximum 49.0 



Mean minimum 31.8 



Greatest daily range 35, 2nd 



Least daily range 5, 22nd 



Degree-days of heating load for month 737 

 Degree-days cumulative for season. . . . 1294 



Precipitation, in inclies 



Precipitation 0.89 



Snow 1.00 



Maximum precip. in 24 hrs 0.54 



Number of days with .01 or more 7 



Wind, in miles 



Total movement 2409 



Greatest daily movement 195, 22nd 



Least daily movement 3, 9th 



Mean hourly velocity 3.3 



Maximum velocity 32, 12th 



Wind, direction 



Prevailing direction NW 



North, days - 



Northeast, days 4 



East, days 2 



Southeast, days - 



South, days 3 



Southwest, days - 



West, days 5 



Northwest, days I'l 



Weather 



Mean relative humidity, percent 77.0 



Mean cloudiness, percent 56.7 



Number of clear days 2 



Number of fair days 16 



Number of cloudy days 12 



Number of hours bright sunshine. . . 108.2 

 Percent of possible hours of 



bright sunshine 36.9 



Thunder and lightning 



First Snow 8th 



Normal 



30.59 



29.30 



30.05 



1.29 



66.0 

 12.9 

 38.9 

 53.0 



783 



3.41 



2.34 



4531 



6.3 

 30.3 



WNW 



Extremes 



70.6 

 55.1 



6 



9 

 15 

 121 



41.3 



Nov. 6 



30.87, 1932 

 28.73, 1904 



1.84, 1904; 0.89, 1943 



82, 1950 



-4, 1938 



44.1, 1931; 33.6, 1901 



8.64, 1927; 0.63, 1917 

 13.50, 1938 



22, 1921; 2, 1904 



5,978, 1906; 2,589, 1889 



48, 1948, 1950 



78. 1947; 34, 1917 



15, 1903; 0, 1948 



16, 1912; 4, 1889. 1930, '32, '35 



24, 1927; 9, 1905, 1917, 1949 



182, 1903; 44, 1948 



Oct. 10, 1925; Nov. 27, 1931 



Note — The first column in the above summary lists observations made during the month. 

 The second column lists the averages based on observations made from 1889 to 1938, 

 except that humidity lecords are based on observations made from 1929 to 1938. The 

 third co'iimn lists extremes observed from 18S9 to 1951. 



