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Show m uotsw on Weather Forecaster Predicts Rain or Snow for Ensuing Twcnty-Kour Hours. KKC0RD OK PHENOMENA FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER Monthly Compilation .Shows Comparative Conditions for Thirty-Six Years. The relative degree of humidity In the atmosphere Wednesday was high. It didn't require the measurement of th'-' weather bureau to convince people that this waa so, for the air was wot, very wet. Some of the wetness fell out of it. but not very much, for less thnn half an Inch was the mark In the gauge at o'clock In the evening. The day wus dreary, weary, dismal with the heavy damp. H rained a trllle at nearly every moment of tlio day, but at no lime did the downfall approach tho proportion of a storm. ' ... The temperature Wednesday was mild. The highest point reached by the tor-, momctcr was 11 and tho lowest .. . two. degrees above freezing. Tlio predict ion for Thursday Is that there will be more rain or snow. Wcathor in November. The local weather bureau, through A. G. Thlcssen. tho section director, Wednesday Wednes-day completed tbo weather record lor the month of November. Interesting data Is gleaned from this report. Tho compilation shows that In .November .Novem-ber there wcro S clear days, pa.rt!. cloudy, 1" cloudy: days on which moio than 1-100 of an inch of precipitation occurred oc-curred numbered ". . The highest temperature was Bu degrees, de-grees, on the f.th, the lowest. 21. on lb "With. The greatest dally range was -0 degrees, on-tbo'JSth. and the least range. 7 degrees, on the 27th. The mean whs Io. Looking backward, the record shows that the mean temperature for the montn of November for thirty-six years was 10.7. ' The absolute maximum for tlilrty-slx tlilrty-slx venra wus 71 degrees, and the abso-lutc'minlmum. abso-lutc'minlmum. 2 degrees below .era J be average excess as compared with tu mean of thirty-six years was "..o. Iho accumulated excess since January I was 2011 degrees. With reference to precipitation, tho record shows that the total for Novonibcr was 1.IR Inches: snowfall. 1.2 Indies. The greatest precipitation In any twenty-four twenty-four hours was .40 of an Inch, on the 20lb. There was no snow on the ground at the end of the month. In past vears the average for November. Novem-ber. In thirty-six years, has been I...J Inches. Laat month tbero wns an excess of .07 of an inch. The accumulated excess ex-cess since January 1 was 3.4$ Inches. Tho driest month In ihlrt.v-slx Novembers Novem-bers was In 1S00, when only a trace of precipitation was recorded. In 1SS7 only a quarter of an Inch fell, and In 1SU onlv .'.12 of an Inch occurred: In 1S01 there was .2S of an inch, and 100 1 was the worst of all, for not even a trace was recorded. Other Phenomena. In this November the prevailing direction di-rection of the wind was southeast, the total movement 151". miles, with an hourly hour-ly velocity of 6.3. There was a deuce of a wind o'n the Plh. when the air moved at the rate of tlfty-eight miles per hour for more than Ave minutes. This wind camo from the south. There were no auroras, halos, cither solar or lunar: no hail, sleet, fog. thunderstorms thunder-storms or frost, cither light, heavy or killing. L , r , The meteorological report for Wednesday Wednes-day reads: Temperature at (I p. m.. 3D degrees; maximum temperature, 11 degrees; minimum mini-mum temperature. 31 degrees: mean temperature, tem-perature, ."jS degrees, which Is 2 degrees above normal. Total excess of temperature since the first of the month, 2 degrees. Tnt:ii excess of temperature since January 1. 216 degrees. Precipitation at fi p. in.. .1,0 o an Inch. Total precipitation since Ihe lirsl of the month, ,10 ot an Inch, which is .:!6 of an inch above normal. Total excess of preeIit;Uion since January 1, ::.S7 inches. Relative humidity al fi p. in., 91 pet-cent. pet-cent. What It Is. According to the weather man's "dope.'" the general distribution of the barometric high and low pressure areas has remained practically unchanged, with the exception of a storm center which has developed over the great basin, causing warmer weather and rains In that section. The eastern high has diminished somewhat in energy, attended by fair weather. The Texas storm now covers tho eastern slope of the Itockics, resulting In rain or snow In that portion of the country. The Canadian low has decreased In energy, and temperatures have fallen accordlng-lv accordlng-lv in the northwest. The temperatures are above normal over the entire country. The storm over the great basin causes the local rain or snow. |