METEOROLOGY OF I 897. 
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TABLE 7. 
SUMM VRY AT GLENEYRE P. O., MRS. F. W. SHERWOOD, OBSERVER. NEAR THE 
HEAD OF THE LARAMIE RIVER. ELEVATION. 8,000 FEET. 
MONTH 
Av. Temp. | 
7 a. m. 1 
Av. Temp. 
2 p. m. 
Av. Temp. 
9 p. m. 
Mean Temp. 
!4 (Max+Min) 
Av. Maximum 
Av. Minimum 
Absolute 
Maximum 
Absolute 
Minimum 
® 
C3 
cC 
X 
a 
tS 
® 
1 Greatest 
Ranee 
> 
< 
a ^ 
0 
o’® 
Drtys Minimum 
Below 32° 
Precipitation 
Indies 
Snowfall 
No. of Stormy 
Days 
J anuary 
12.8 
27.8 
16.4 
16.5 
29.7 
3.2 
47 
-18 
26.5 
38 
29 
31 
1.00 
10 
4 
February .... 
15.0 
25.4 
16.8 
17.8 
26.4 
9.2 
43 
- 8 
17.2 
33 
28 
28 
.70 
lOH. 
6 
March 
18.9 
27.6 
20.5 
22.0 
31.4 
12.7 
52 
-10 
18.7 
42 
27 
31 
2.90 
28 
4 
April. 
24.5 
41.1 
28.7 
31.4 
42.8 
19.9 
67 
- 5 
22.9 
40 
15 
27 
t2.00 
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t 8 
May 
41.4 
.58.3 
41.0 
47.2 
60.0 
34.5 
70 
27 
25.5 
39 
0 
8 
.30 
2 
June 
47.6 
63.8 
46.2 
51.1 
67.2 
35.0 
83 
23 
50 
0 
5 
..50 
7 
July 
53.5 
67.2 
52.4 
56.0 
69.5 
42.6 
82 
33 
26.9 
44 
0 
0 
2 
August 
52.0 
68.1 
51.1 
56.6 
71 8 
41.8 
78 
83 
29.5 
40 
0 
0 
8 
Hepternber . 
October 
32.9 
48.1 
34.7 
37.8 
49.5 
26.0 
64 
1 
23.5 
38 
8 
22 
1.20 
12 H 
6 
November. . . 
30.5 
41.1 
29.9 
32.4 
42.9 
21.9 
66 
2 
21.0 
46 
13 
24 
..50 
11 
10 
December . . . 
18.3 
23.6 
16.2 
15.8 
25.1 
6.6 
48 
-16 
18.5 
38 
29 
31 
1.65 
I 614 
11 
Year 
1 
83 
-18 
1 
1 
....j 
....| 
1 
1 
* Records lacking for first twelve days. 
t No record of precipitation after the 12th, owing to absence. 
PRECIPITATION. 
§53 From a number of places precipitation and other 
records have been furnished by volunteer observers who 
have been furnished with instruments from this station 
These stations have been selected in most cases for the pur- 
pose of obtaining a record of the precipitation in the moun- 
tains which form the water shed of the adjacent rivers. As 
the Cache a la Pouclre river has been the subject of investi- 
gations for a number of years and records have been main- 
tained of its flow, it has been desired to study the amount 
and distribution of the precipitation on its water shed. We 
have not received reports from as many ol)servers this year 
as formerly. 
§ 54 Of the stations noticed in the following table, 
the hrst five are situated in the mountains and the last five 
on the plains. 
Pinkhampton is located on the eastern border of North 
