KANSAS METEOROLOGY FOB OCTOBER, 1877. 559 



me that the method is one which may be of value to meteorologists. From 

 extreme simplicity and lightness, the instrument may be easily carried from 

 place to place by traveling observers, and a record of the wind's velocity at 

 any station can be obtained in a few minutes. As a check upon another 

 instrument it may be used to advantage as just shown. The dimensions 

 which I have given are larger than necessary. I chose them in order to 

 have the copper ball on a level with the cups of the anemometer. — Kmisas 

 Collegiate. 



METEOROLOGICAL— ABSTRACT FOR OCTOBER, 1877. 

 BY PROP. WM. K. KEDZIE. 



Condensed from the records of the Kansas State Agricultural College. 

 Lat. 39° 12'; long. 00° 40'. Height, 1,200 feet. 



THERMOMETER. 



Mean temperature, 53°. 37, which is .24 of a degree above the mean for 

 October for 14 years. Maximum temperature on 2d, 80°. Minimum tem- 

 perature on 3d and 20th, 27°. 



BAROMETER. 



Mean height, 28.76 inches. Maximum height, 10th, 29.05, Minimum 

 height, 28th, 28.39. 



RAIN. 



Total rain-fall for the mouth 207 inches ; the greatest fall ever meas- 

 ured at this station, and 7.28 inches above the average for October for 14 

 years. Rain fell on 12 days, 



CLOUDS, 



Per cent, of cloudiness : 7 a. m., 70; 2 p. m., 71 ; 9 p. m., 58; mean, QQ. 

 Entirely cloudy days, 14; partly cloudy, 17; entirely clear, none. Heavy 

 fog on 26th. 



WINDS. 



Northwest, 10 times ; north, 2; northeast, 22 ; southwest, 27; southeast, 

 6 ; calm, 26, 



OZONE, 



Day — Maximum, 6; mean, 2,89, 

 J^ight — Maximum, 9; mean, 2.85. 



