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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
of over sixty miles per hour. The rains of the past ten days have brought the 
ground into fine condition for starting the grass and crops provided the weather 
shall be warm and without too much rain. 
The usual summary by decades is given below. 
Temperature of the Air. 
MiN. AND Max. Averages. 
Min 
Max 
Min. and Max .... 
Range 
Tri-Daily Observations. 
7 a. HI 
2 p. m 
9 P- m 
Mean 
Relative Humidity. 
7 a. m 
2 p. m 
9 P- m 
Mean 
Pressure as Observed. 
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 
9 P- m 
Rain. 
Inches. 
Feb. 2oth 
to 29th. 
—I. 
76. 
68. 
22 6 
43-3 
31-3 
32.4 
29.020 
29.080 
29.070 
29 060 
25 
19 
9 
2890 
60 
4-5 
4.4 
.00 
Mar. 1st 
to loth. 
10. 
60. 
50- 
19.8 
37-0 
26.9 
29.9 
.82 
.76 
.89 
.82 
29.019 
29.987 
29.032 
29013 
16.7 
21.6 
18.4 
4867 
7-3 
5-7 
.19 
Mar. loth 
to 20th. 
20. 
61. 
39- 
31-7 
50.4 
386 
40.2 
93 
.89 
•95 
.76 
29.014 
29-033 
29 067 
29-035 
23.7 
293 
20.3 
5914 
6.4 
6.9 
5-4 
x-65 
Mean. 
10.3 
62.6 
52.3 
24.70 
43-83 
32.27 
34-17 
.87 
•58 
.92 
•79 
29.018 
29-033 
29.056 
29,030 
21.8 
233 
159 
7.1 
6.2 
5-2 
THE WEATHER OF THE PAST SEVENTEEN WINTERS. 
PROF. F. H. SNOW, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 
The following table gives the chief characteristics of the past seventeen 
winters. During this period five winters have had a lower mean temperature 
and a larger number of zero days than the winter just closed, six winters have 
had a larger number of winter days, but only one has had a lower minimum tem- 
perature. The rainfall (including melted snow) of the past winter has been 
three-fourths the average amount ; the fall of snow has been slightly above the 
average depth ; the cloudiness has been more than two per cent above the mean ; 
the wind has exceeded its average by more than 5,000 miles; there has been a 
single thunder-shower (the average number); there has been one more fog than 
usual ; and the barometer has exceeded its average height. 
