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Show METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER The monthly, meteorological summary for December, 190S, was issued Saturday. Satur-day. It shows the mcau barometric pressure for the month in question to have been II0.1S; highest barometric pressure, 30.G1, occurring on the 20th; lowest barometric pressure, 29.75, occurring oc-curring on the 14th; maximum temperature tempera-ture of the month, 49 degrees, occurring ou the 4th; minimum, temperature of the month. 23 degree's, occurring on the 20th; average maximum temperature for the month, 37.2; ave'rage minimum, 23; average mean, 30.1; i -1 attest daily range. 23 degrees. or-in : lug on the 23rd; leaid daily rangf, degrees, occurring oc-curring on tho orh: mean for month in question' for last thirty-five years, 32.3; absolute maximum for month in question ques-tion for last thirtj-five years, 61; absolute- minimum for month in question for last thirty-five years, 10; average daily deficiency of temperature of month in question as compared wi(h mean of last thirty-live years, 2.2; accumulated ac-cumulated deficiency' oi' temperature since January 1. 190S. 49(5 degrees-: average av-erage daily, deficiency of temperature since January 1. 190S, 1.4 degrees; total precipitation . for month in question, .45 u inch; snowfall. 6.2; greatest precipitation pre-cipitation in twenty-four hours, .34 iuch. occurring on the lOlli and 17th; snow on ground at end of month. .4 inch; average precipitation of December Decem-ber for. last thirty-five years, . J.40 inches; deficiency of" precipitation during dur-ing month in question as compared with that of last thirtj'-live vcars, .95 inch; accumulated excess of precipitation since January 1. 1903, 4.G8 inches; prevailing pre-vailing direction of wind, southeast; total movement of wind, 2566 miles; average hourly velocity of wind. 3.4 miles; maximum velocity of wind for five minute's, 33 miles per hour, from tho northwest, occurring on the 24th: number of clear days. 5; number of partly cloudy days, 14; number of cloudy days, 12; number of days on which .01 of au inch or more of precipitation precipi-tation occurred, 6. There were two lunar halos-during the month and fog occurred on the 12th, 20th and 21st. . |