REMARKS 



The weather during the past month was marked by an unusually 

 large amount of rainfall and an accompanying excessive percentage 

 of cloudiness. Following a number of months showing generally a 

 considerable deficiency in precipitation, the heavy rainfall did much 

 toward replenishing rapidly failing water supplies and restoring the 

 amount of ground water to nearly a normal condition. A generally 

 high barometer, with frequent shifting of wind and a comparatively 

 small wind movement, was also a noticeable feature. 



A study of the records of the several weather elements of the 

 month shows the following as the more important features : The 

 mean barometer was considerably above the normal and the range 

 of pressure less than the average value for October. While the 

 maximum pressure was nearly normal, the minimum was consider- 

 ably greater than the average minimum value. 



The maximum temperature was nearly seven degrees lower than 

 the normal value of this record for October while the minimum 

 record was about the average value, giving an unusually small value 

 for the range at this season of the year. The mean temperature was 

 practically normal notwithstanding the general impression that the 

 month was colder than usual. 



While the mean dew point was rather low, the relative humidity 

 was about five per cent above the normal. 



The total precipitation was nearly two and one-half times the 

 normal and was fairly well distributed throughout the month. The 

 heaviest rainfall occurred during the storm of the iSth-igth when 

 more than one-half the total for the month fell. The total was the 

 largest October record ever made at this station, and the only 

 monthly records showing a larger precipitation here are those of 

 July, 1889, with a record of 10.52 inches, and July, 1897, with a 

 record of 14.51 inches. 



Combining our records with those of Professor Snell of Amherst 

 College we find that not since 1869 has the precipitation for October 

 been as large as during the month just closed, 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 



H. W. ANGIER, Acting Observer. 



