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BOARD OF AGRICULTUKE. [Pub. Doc. 



Annual Summary for 1894. 



Pressure {in Inches) . 

 Actual maximum reading, 30.47, Jan. 17, 10 



P.M. 

 Actual minimum reading, 28.59, Jan. 30, 6 



A.M. 



Mean reduced to sea level, 30.085. 

 Annual range, 1.88. 



Air Temperature {in Degrees F.).* 



Highest, 97.; 98, July 20. 



Lowest, —9.; —17, Feb. 25. 



Mean, 49.7; 47.9. 



Annual range, 106.; 115. 



Highest mean daily, 82.5; 84, July 28. 



Lowest mean daily, 1.; — 1.5, Feb. 24. 



Mean maximum, 57.7; 59.6. 



Mean minimum, 38. ; 36.9. 



Mean daily range, 16.5; 22.7. 



Greatest daily range, 35, May 12; 47.5 Feb. 



17. 

 Least daily range, 2. ; 5. ; Oct. 25. 



ITamidity. 



Mean dew point, 40 5. 

 Mean force of vapor, .4416. 

 Mean relative humidity, 71.9. 



Wind, Prevailing Directions {per Cent) . 



South-west, 17. 



South, 15. 



North, 15. 



North-west, 13. 



Total movement, 36,257 miles. 



Greatest daily movement, 443 miles, April 



13. 

 Least daily movement, miles, Sept. 29. 

 Mean daily movement, 99.4 miles. 

 Mean hourly velocity, 4.1 miles. 

 Max. pressure per square foot, 225 pounds = 



67 miles per hour, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. 



Precipitation. 

 Total rainfall or melted snow, 32.64. 

 Number of days on which .01 inch of rain or 



melted snow fell, 125. 

 Total snowfall in inches, 71|. 



Weather. 



Mean cloudiness observed, 50.5 per cent. 

 Total cloudiness recorded by the sun ther- 

 mometer, 2,488 hours or 54.9 per cent. 

 Number of clear days, 107. 

 Number of fair days, 83. 

 Number of cloudy days, 175. 



Bright Sunshine. 

 Number of hours recorded, 2,051. 

 Mean ozone, 24.9 per cent. 



Dates of Frosts. 



Last, May 22. 

 First, Aug. 22. 



Dates of Snow. 



Last, April 12. 

 First, Nov. 5. 



* The first figures denote reading at top of tower, the second at base. 



Crops of the Year. 



The season opened from ten days to two weeks earlier 

 than usual ; but the dry weather of April and the first half 

 of May, and the cold storms and frosts following, made con- 

 ditions about average on June 1. Stock wintered well. 

 Promise of good crop of hay on newly seeded and moist 

 lands, and for a light to fair crop on old and dry fields. 

 Fall seeding wintered well. The apple bloom was unusually 

 heavy, the peach bloom light, and the bloom of other fruit 

 trees and small fruits a good average. Canker and cut 

 worms unusually numerous ; tent caterpillars not plenty. 

 Farm help more plenty than of late years. Wages ranged 

 from |8 to $28 per month and board, according to locality 

 and character of help ; per day the range was $1 to $2, with 



