THE KANSAS WEA THER SER VICE. 



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The foregoing tables give the mean temperature, the extremes of tempera- 

 ture, the velocity of wind, the percentage of cloudiness, the relative humidity, 

 the rainfall (including melted snow), and depth of snow, for each month of the 

 year 1882, and a comparison with each of the fourteen preceding years. 



REPORT FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT CENTRAL STATION, 

 WASHBURN COLLEGE, TOPEKA, KANSAS. 



BY PROF. J. T. LOVEWELL, DIRECTOR. 



The usual summary by decades is given below. 



Temperature of the Air. 

 MiN. AND Max. Averages. 



Mill 



Max 



Min. and Max 



Range 



Tri-Daily Observations. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m. . . 



9 P- m 



Mean 



Relative Humidity. 



7. a m. . . . ...... 



2 p. m. . . 



9 P- m 



Mean 



Pressure AS Cbserved. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Mean 



Miles per Hour of Wind. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m , 



9 P- m- ; 



Total miles 



Clouding by Tenths. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9P-in- • • •• • : • 



Rain. 



Inches 



Nov. 20th 

 to 30th. 



21.3 

 45-9 

 33-6 

 23.6 



28.2 

 41.4 

 30 6 

 31-7 



2,2 

 S-i 

 4-5 



.12 



Dec. 1st 

 to lo^h. 



14-5 

 46.1 



303 

 31-5 



23-5 

 35-7 

 26.3 

 29 6 



63 



6.8 



5.0 



Dec. loth 

 to 20th. 



16.4 

 45-4 

 309 

 29 o 



25.8 

 40.7 

 32.4 

 33-0 



28.78 

 28,75 

 28.80 

 28.79 



2852 



.70 



Mean. 



17.4 

 45-8 

 31.6 

 28 o 



25-8 



39 3 

 29.8 



31.6 



28.99 

 28 96 

 29.00 

 2898 



9839 



.82 



The Sun was not visible for a moment at this station, December 6th, so no 

 one saw the transit of Venus. The morning of December 7th the minimum ther- 

 mometer recorded 11°. At sunrise the standard thermometer was at 6.5°. 



Snow fell on the 6th and 19th, and ice on the river has been about four 

 inches thick. There have been during the month more meteors than usual visible, 

 thus verifying the predictions of astronomers. 



