REMARKS. 



The weather for October presents a record that is more or less 

 interesting in several respects, owing to considerable departures 

 from normal conditions of a number of the weather elements. Alto- 

 gether they gave a month generally pleasant for the time of year. 



The most marked departures from normal conditions were in 

 atmospheric pressure and movement. The mean barometer was 

 unusually high. The changes were generally slow and small, giv- 

 ing for the month a range of only about two-thirds the usual amount. 

 The total wind movement was correspondingly small, being less 

 than two-thirds the October mean. An examination of the daily 

 movement on the previous page shows quiescent periods of consid- 

 erable duration. But one gale was recorded for the month, and that 

 of only 36 miles per hour. 



The mean temperature was over two degrees above the normal ; 

 the range large ; the maximum rather high and the minimum over 

 three degrees lower than the mean October minimum. A warm 

 period, extending from the loth to the 19th, caused the high monthly 

 mean. The mean dew point was nearly eight degrees above the nor- 

 mal. 



I'he relative humidity was high,- and the amount of sunshine 

 less than usual. About one-half the usual precipitation was re- 

 corded, nearly all of it in the last half the month. From April ist the 

 deficiency in precipitation is over four inches. Good rains are 

 needed before the ground becomes frozen. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, 

 A. C. MONAHAN, Meteorologist. 



OhsefTer. 



