36 NORTHERN SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



OCTOBEK, 1883. 

 [Station, Washington, D. C] 



X)ati6. 



Daily mean ba- 

 rometer. 



Daily mean. 



Temperature. 

 Maximum. 



Minimum. 



Daily rainiaU. 



1883. 



Inches. 



°F. 



°F. 



^F. 



Inches. 



Oct. 1 



29. 959 



58.7 



66. 



53. 6 





2 



29. 729 



63.0 



73. 2 



56. 5 



"0.77 



3 



80. 124 



59.4 



69. 4 



50. 7 





4 



30. 350 



51.9 



60. 



45. 





5 



30. 370 

 30. 289 



51.1 



57. 1 



45.4 



• ! 



6 



54.1 



56.1 



50. 1 



. U 



t 





54. 4 



56 7 



52 1 



. UO 



8 



30. 331 



55! 6 



65! 1 



49. 6 







9 



30. 293 



57.3 



72.5 



44. 2 





10 



30. 176 



60.4 



77.4 



47. 1 





11 



30. 131 



66.5 



80. 



49. 5 





12 



30. 116 



68.4 



71. 3 



64. 4 



. 16 1 



13 



29. 989 



73.3 



81. 



66. 3 



. 10 



14 



30. 023 



74.3 



84. 



66. 5 



.02 



15 



30. 414 



50.9 



68.0 



42. 7 





16 



30. 602 



44.4 



53. 



37. 5 





17 



30. 599 



48 4 



55. 7 



36. 2 





18 



30. 475 



52 7 



69. 5 



41. 



1 



19 



30. 286 



62.3 



70.8 



54.3 





20 



30. 184 



61. 8 



71. 9 



52. 4 



. 20 ; 



21 



30. 313 



45.5 



53.2 



41.8 



.37 



22 



30. 315 



49.2 



51.2 



45.0 



.01 



23 



30. 257 



45.6 



49.7 



43.2 



.50 



24 



30. 173 



50.8 



60.1 



42.8 





25 



30. 083 



52.8 



61.9 



41.8 





26 



30. 045 



53.4 



60.6 



48.1 



i 



27 



30. 137 



54.0 



61.3 



46.6 





28 



30. 108 



59.2 



66.3 



50.6 



.01 



29 



29. 681 



65.5 



73.0 



58.5 



.35 



30 



29. 892 



61.5 



71.2 



55.5 





31 



29.954 



58.8 



73.7 



48.9 





Means .... 



30. 184 



56.9 



65. 5 



49.3 



.085 



GENERAL ITEMS. 



Mean barometer, 30.184; highest temperature, 84°, date, 14th ; lowest tenperature, 36.2°, date 17th; 

 greatest daily range of temperature, 30.5°, dateUth; least daily range of temperature, 4.6°, 7th; 

 mean daily range of temperature, 16.2° ; mean daily dew-point, 49° ; mean daily relative humidity. Ti° ; 

 prevailing direction of wind, north; total movement of 3,088 miles; highestvelocity of wind and direc- 

 tion, 27,'N.W. 



Number of foggy days 1 Number of cloudy days 15 



Number of clear days 4 Number of days on which rain fell 16 



is umber of fair days 12 1 



COMPAKATIVE MEAN TEMPEKATURE. 



Deg. Fahr. 



1871 58.1 



1872 65.5 



1873 54.9 



1874 55.9 



1875 53.6 



1876 50.7 



1877 58.6 



Deg. Fahr. 



1878 57.0 



1879 62.0 



1880 54.9 



1881 62.9 



1882 60.9 



1883 56. 9 



COMPAEATIVE PRECIPITATIONS. 



Inches. I Inches. 



1871 1. 50 I 1878 5. 86 



1872'"" 4.83 1879 0.79 



1873 5. 62 ! 1880 2. 31 



i874 0. 29 i 1881 3. 29 



1875 1.86 ! 1882 0.53 



1876 2.99 1883 ...2.63 



1877 6.50 



