632 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
giving a yearly range of 113 deg. Mean at 7 A. M., 48.10 deg.; at 2 P. M., 
63.55 deg.; at 9 P. M., 52.20 degrees. 
Mean temperature of the winter months, 34.88 deg., which is 5.17 deg. 
above the average winter temperature; of the spring, 56.63 deg., which is 0.33 
below the average; of the summer, 74.92 deg., which is 1.60 deg. below the 
average ; of the autumn, 49.56 deg., which is 3.58 deg. below the average. 
The coldest month of the year was December, with mean temperature, 25.84 
deg.; the coldest week was December 25th to 31st, with mean temperature, 9.41 
deg.; the coldest day was December 28th, with mean temperature 2.7 degrees 
below zero. The mercury fell below zero only twice during the year, on Decem- 
ber 28th and 2oth. 
The warmest month was July, with mean temperature 75.75 deg.; the 
warmest week was August 13th to 19th, with mean temperature 82.61 deg.; the 
warmest day was August 18th, with mean temperature 86 deg. The mercury 
reached or exceeded go deg. on 41 days, viz.: 1 in April; 7 in May; 8 in June; 
13 in July; and 12 in August. 
The last light frost of spring was on April 30th; the first light frost of autumn 
was on September 13th, giving an interval of 136 days (nearly 5 months), entirely 
without frost. The last severe frost of spring was on March 2oth; the first 
severe frost of autumn was on October 17th, giving an interval of 211 days 
(nearly 7 months), without severe frost. No frost or cold weather during the 
year did any damage to fruit buds or trees. Both large and small fruits were 
produced abundantly. 
The entire amount of rain, including melted snow, was 32.65 inches, which 
is 3.34 inches below the average annual amount for the twelve preceding years. 
Hither rain or snow fell on 89 days—12 less than the average. On 11 of these 
days the quantity was too small for measurement. The longest interval without 
rain during the growing season (March 1st to October 1st) was 18 days—from 
August 2d to rg9th. The number of thunder showers was 29. ‘There were 4 
light hail storms, all of which occurred in March, April and May. 
The entire depth of snow was 7 inches, which is about one-third of the aver- 
age. Of this amount 3 inches fell in March, 214 inches in November, and 114 
inchesin December. The last snow of spring was on March 15th; the first snow 
of autumn was on November 16th. 
The average cloudiness of the year was 40.15 per cent., which is 4.18 per 
cent. below the average. The number of clear days (less than one-third cloudy) 
was 196; half clear days (from one-third to two-thirds cloudy), 87; cloudy 
(more than two-thirds), 83. There were 65 days on which the cloudiness aver- 
aged .8 or more. There were 51 entirely clear and 33 entirely cloudy days. 
The clearest month was February, with an average cloudiness of 24.94 per cent. 
The cloudiest month was December, with an average of 54.08 percent. The 
mean cloudiness at 7 A. M. was 44.79 per cent.; at 2 P. M., 44.20 per cent.; at 9 
Pa M53 1j40) per cent: 
