KANSAS METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1879. 687 



daily velocity of 414.87 miles, and a mean hourly velocity of 17.28 mrles. The 

 highest velocity was 55 miles an hour, at 1 p. m., on the 21st. 



Mean height of barometer, 29.094 inches; at 7 a. m., 29.115 inches; at 2 

 p. m., 26.067 inches; at 9 p. m., 29.100 inches. Maximum, 29.631 inches, at 

 9 p. m. on the 12th; minimum, 28.604, at 9 P- m - on the 10th; monthly range, 

 1.027 inches. 



Relative humidity — mean for the month, 73.8; at 7 a. m., 84.3; at 2 p. m., 

 57.3; at 9 p. m., 79.9; greatest, 100, on 12 occasions; least, 29.2, at 2 p. m. 

 on the 14th. There were 9 fogs, all in the first quarter of the month. 



The following table furnishes a comparison with former years : 



JANUARY. 



1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



1873 

 1874 



1875 

 1876 



1877 

 1878 



1879 

 1880 



Mean of 13 Januaries. 



Mean 

 temperature 



23.67 

 3°-5° 



2 9-43 

 28.86 



24-35 

 18.61 

 28.01 

 15.60 



34-7° 

 25.60 



33-97 

 23-49 

 41-23 



27-54 



Maximum 

 temperature. 



64.O 

 56.O 

 56.5 

 67-5 

 5°-5 

 46.5 

 6l.O 

 44.O 



65-5 

 62.5 



55-° 

 53-° 

 67.0 



57-6 



Minimum Rainfall, 

 temperature, in inches. 



*~7.o 



6.0 



— 1.0 



-5-o 



-7-5 

 -26.0 



-2-5 



-18.5 



-2.0 



-9.0 



7.5 



-16.0 



20.5 



-4.6 



0.36 



2.90 

 0.67 

 I. II 

 0.17 

 .2.66 

 2-35 



O. 12 



o-57 

 1. 17 



3-°5 

 o.37 

 1.80 



!-33 



Mean 



Mean 



Cloudiness. 



Humidity. 



37.OO 





43-97 



83.7 



49-25 



74.2 



64.00 



75-7 



42.69 



68.3 



47.10 



75-5 



53-65 



73-° 



54-84 



S3-* 



42.17 



68.4 



48.82 



75-5 



46.77 



73-4 



43-98 



76.0 



48.49 



73-8 



47.90 



75-° 



*The minus sign indicates temperature below zero. 



KANSAS METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1879. 



BY PROF. F. H. SNOW, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. 



The chief characteristics of the weather of 1879 were the high average tem- 

 perature of the spring and autumn months, the long period of immunity from 

 severe frosts, the deficient rainfall of March, May and August, the extraordinary 

 rainfall of November, and the low percentage of cloudiness. It is worthy of note 

 that, notwithstanding the deficiency of rain in the months above named, the crops 

 have been abundant in all the agricultural sections of the State. 



TEMPERATURE. 



Mean temperature of the year, 54.67 degrees, which is 1.51 degrees above 

 the mean of the eleven preceding years The highest temperature was 99. 5 de- 

 grees, on August 4; the lowest was 16 degrees below zero, on the 4th of January, 



