SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



151 



Tenn. , accompany this report, and there have been added, 

 for the sake of comparison, similar data for Savannah, 

 Wilmington, and Raleigh on the east, Montgomery on 

 the south, and Memphis, Nashville, and Cincinnati on the 

 west. The data for Asheville are not directly comparable 

 with those of the remaining stations, since the Asheville 

 observations were made three times daily, viz, at 7 a. m., 

 2 and 9 p. m., whereas observations at the remaining 

 stations were made but twice daily, viz, at 8 a. m. and 

 8 p. m. The omission of an observation during the driest 

 part of the day tends to give mean values somewhat above 

 the true figures. Nevertheless, the observations at Ashe- 

 ville confirm the local belief that the relative humidity of 

 the mountain region is less than that of lower levels. 



Table 1. — Normal monthly mean temperature {in degrees Fahrenheit,) compiled in the 

 Weather Bureau, United States Department of Agriculture, from observations extending 

 over a series of years. 



Stations. 



Elevation 

 above .sea 

 level. 



January. 



February. 





April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



August. 



September. 



October. 



November. 



December. 



Annual. 



Georgia: 



Feet. 



o 





0 





o 





o 





o 





o 





o 



o 



o 





o 



o 





o 



o 



Clayton 



2,100 



39 



8 



39 



1 



49 



8 



56 



6 



66 



6 



73 



1 



74.4 



74.8 



69. 



1 



57.2 



48 



2 



41.2 



.57.5 



Diamond 



2,020 



38. 



0 



41 



4 



47 



6 



57 



5 



65 



2 



72 



3 



74.6 



73.1 



69. 



0 



56.7 



48 



4 



41.9 



57.1 



North Carolina: 















































Abshers ^ 





39. 



2 



35. 



8 



47 



2 



53. 



7 



65 



2 



73 



2 



76.7 



75.9 



69. 



9 



60.9 



48 



1 



39.5 



57.1 



Asheville 



2,250 



37. 



8 



39. 



8 



45 



7 



54. 



8 



62. 



6 



69 



6 



72.0 



70.6 



64. 



9 



53.2 



45 



2 



38.9 



54.6 



Highlands 



3, 817 



33. 



5 



36 



6 



41 



6 



50. 



6 



57 



5 



64 



7 



67.1 



65.4 



60. 



2 



51.0 



42 



2 



36.0 



50.5 



Linville 



3,800 



31. 



0 



31. 



0 



40 



5 



46. 



v 



57 



6 



62 



4 



66.1 



64.9 



59. 



7 



47.3 



41 



4 



34.8 



48.6 



Tennessee: 















































Bristol 



1,757 



33. 



9 



33. 



5 



45 



3 



54. 



1 



64. 



6 



71 



7 



73.8 



72.2 



67. 



7 



55.4 



45. 



4 



36.0 



54.5 



Chattanooga 



762 



41. 



0 



45. 



5 



50 



5 



60. 



9 



67 



7 



75 



2 



77.8 



75.9 



70. 



7 



60.5 



49. 



9 



43.6 



59.9 



Greeneville 



1,581 



36. 



6 



40. 



1 



46 



3 



57. 



0 



64. 



5 



72 



2 



74.7 



73.3 



69. 



1 



56.9 



46 



5 



39.5 



56.4 



Knoxville 



1,004 



37. 



7 



42 



3 



47 



6 



58. 



2 



66. 



2 



73 



6 



76.4 



74.8 



69. 



3 



57.6 



46 



6 



39.9 



57.2 



Rogersville 



1,212 



35. 



8 



39. 



3 



45 



9 



56. 



5 



64. 



3 



71 



9 



74.4 



78.5 



68. 



2 



55.9 



46. 



2 



38.2 



55.8 



Virginia: 















































Bigstone Gap 



1,966 



82. 



7 



33. 



8 



45 



5 



53. 



5 



62. 



5 



70. 



1 



72.0 



71.2 



66. 



2 



53.8 



43. 



5 



34.5 



53.3 



Lynchburg 



681 



36. 



8 



40. 



0 



45. 



2 



55. 



9 



66. 



0 



74. 



2 



77.5 



75.3 



69. 



0 



57.1 



46. 



3 



39.3 



56.9 



Wvtheville 



2,370 



31. 



5 



33. 



2 



43. 



3 



52. 



5 



63. 



2 



69. 



0 



72.0 



71.0 



65. 



7 



53.8 



43. 



7 



35.5 



52.9 



» Record for 4 years and 6 months only. 



