REMARKS 



The weather during the month was generally seasonable and more 

 than usually pleasant. A measurable amount of precipitation was 

 recorded on only five days, and the drought which prevailed during 

 the preceding month was not broken until the i6th, when a fairly 

 heavy rainstorm occurred. A few light rains were noted later in the 

 month, but the total rainfall was less than 60 per cent of the normal 

 for October. 



The records of the several weather elements, compared with the 

 normals for this station, show the following features : The mean 

 barometer was considerably higher than the normal, and the range 

 comparatively small. The mean daily barometer fell below 30 inches 

 but once during the first half of the month— the period which was 

 without precipitation. The maximum and minimum pressures were 

 not far from the normal values for these features. The total wind 

 movement was about 90 per cent of the normal, and an unusually 

 large per cent of the total was from the southwest quadrant. The 

 pressure chart showed but a single gale, and that was a light one. 



The mean hourly temperature was more than 3 degrees above the 

 normal, and, excepting last year, was the warmest October since 

 1900. 



The maximum temperature was more than 5 degrees higher than 

 usual, while the minimum record was practically normal. The daily 

 range of more than 50 degrees, on the 3d, was exceptionally large 

 for this locality. 



The mean dew point was slightly higher than usual and the rela- 

 tive humidity was practically normal. 



The precipitation, already commented on, nearly all occurred dur- 

 ing four days near the middle of the month. Notwithstanding the 

 small precipitation the amount of cloudiness was nearly normal. The 

 mornings, however, were much more cloudy than the evenings. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist" 

 R. E. McLAIN, Observer. 



