576 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



METEOROLOGY. 



METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1882. 



PREPARED BY PROF. F. H. SNOW, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 



The weather of 1882 abounded in superlatives. It had the highest mean 

 temperature, the highest maximum barometer, the smallest and best distributed 

 rain fall, the coolest summer, the warmest autumn, and, with one exception (1877) 

 the warmest winter months upon our fifteen years record. Notwithstanding the 

 extremely small rain-fall, crops of all kinds were abundant, in most cases surpassing 

 all previous yields. This furnishes further confirmation of the statement of our 

 reports of 1871 and 1875, that a comparatively small amount of rain, well dis- 

 tributed, is more desirable than a larger amount unfavorably distributed. 



Temperature. — Mean temperature of the year, 54.94° which is 1.51° above 

 the mean of the fourteen preceding years. The highest temperature was 105° on 

 September 12th; the lowest was 65° below zero on the 7th day of December, 

 giving a range for the year of 1 11.5°. Mean at 7 A. M., 49.21°; at 2 P. M., 

 63.95°; at 9 P. M., 53.30°. 



Mean temperature of the winter months, 35.19°, which is 5 18° above the 

 average winter temperature; of the spring, 54.67°, which is 0.72° above the aver- 

 age ; of the summer, 72.92°, which is 3.61° below the average; of the autumn, 

 56.97°, which is 3.81° above the average. 



The coldest month of the year was December, with mean temperature 31.25°, 

 the coldest week was January i6th to 22d, mean temperature 25.01° ; the cold- 

 est day was December 7th, mean temperature 3. 2°. The mercury fell below 

 zero only once, on December 7th, not having previously touched zero since Feb- 

 ruary 19, 1881. 



The warmest month was June, with mean temperature 74.14°; the warmest 

 week was June 27th to July 3rd, mean 82.83°; ^^^ warmest day was June 28th, 

 mean 84.2°; the warmest hour was 2:30 to 3:30 P. M., September 12th, mean 

 105°. The mercury exceeded 100° on two days, September 12th and 13th, and 

 reached or exceeded 90 on forty days, viz : i in May, 12 in June, 9 in July, 11 

 in August, and 7 in September. 



The last hoar frost of spring was on May 22d, the first hoar frost of autumn 

 was on October 19th, giving an interval of 150 days, or nearly five months en- 

 tirely without frost. The last severe frost of spring was on March 24th, the first 

 severe frost of autumn was on the nth day of November, giving an interval of 

 232 days, or nearly eight month=, without severe frost. This is the longest period 



