Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
THE WEATHER FOB 1889.

WEATHER: Number of clear days
in Jan. Is; fair days. 10; cloudy days,
6; Feb. clear, 10; fair, 9; cloudy, 8;
March, clear. 13; fair, 10; cloudy, 8;
April, clear, 8; fair, 15; cloudy, Z;
May. clear, 10; fair, IL; cloudy, 9; June,
clear, 5. fair, IL; cloudy, IA; July,
clear, l, fair, 81; cloudy, 9; Aug. clear,
1; fair, 20; cloudy, 10; Sep. clear, 10;
fair, Is; cloudy, 4; Oct. clear, IL, fair,
z; cloudy, 13; Nov. clear, 13; fair, 8;
cloudy, IL; Dec. clear, 6; fair, 13;
cloudy, 10. Total for year, clear los.
fair $50, cloudy, 40. Hazy and smoky
days, 30.
ELECTRIC, ETC: Number of days
with thunder, SO, with lightning, 11S.
Electrical displays occurred in all the
months. excepting FEB. May pro-
duced the greatest number of thunder
storms. More thunder and less
lightning was noted than for number
of years. A brilliant meteor was seen
or the night of Jan. IL.
HALos, ETC: Number of solar halos
and parhelia, II; lunar halos, Z. Rain
bows, 3; in the west, l; i'll the east, 1.
Mirages were not as numerous as
usual.
TEMPERATURE: Warmest day i'll
each month: Jan. 29th; Feb. 3rd;
March 14th; April, End; May, 2ard;
June, 10th; July, 18th; Aug. 18th;
Sep. 3rd; Oct. End; Nov. 23rd; Dec.
18th. Coolest day in each month:
Jan. 26th; Feb. 23rd; March, 9th;
April, 3Oth; May, End; June, 1st; July,
23rd; Aug. 18th; Sep. 25th; Oct. 3lst;
Nov. 2sth; Dec. Goth. Maximum
temperature, SO deg. at noon, July
18th; minimum temperature, IL deg.
below zero, Feb. 10th. Highest mean,
81 deg. on July 18th; lowest mean,
deg. below zero, on Feb. 23rd. Great
est rise in IL hours, 43 deg. on April
4th. Greatest fall in IL hours. 40 deg.
on Apr. 3rd. Number of days at and
below zero, S; at and above 100 deg. O..
Number of frosts, As. Last Frost of
Spring, May End. IA few very slight
frosts, which did 10 damage, occurred
later.) First frost OF autumn, Sept. 25,
very slight. First killing frost Oct.
Goth. Number of days with hot wind,
1; no damage to crops.
PRECIPITATION: Number of hail
storms, 3; hail melted, nine-sixteenths
OF an inch. First hail of spring,
March 18th. No damage from hail
was reported. Number of days with
snow, 16, as follows: Jan. 5; Feb. q;
April. 1; Oct. I; Nov. 2. Fall of snow,
18f inches. Number of inappreciatle
SHOWS, 5. Greatest fall, 6 inches on
Feb. 18th. Last snow of spring. April
18th; first snow of autumn, Oct. 31st.
Number of days with rain, 80, as
follows: Jan. 2, fall II in; Feb. 1, fall
inappreciable; March 5, fall II inches;
April, z, fall II in; May, ii, fall one
sixteenth in.; June, 13, fall, A in.; July,
10, fall in.; Aug. ID, fall 2f in; Sept.
5, fall, % in; Oct. 9, fall 5 in; Nov. 8,
fall II in; Dec. o. Total fall, 36 nine
sixteenths in. Number; of inappre-
ciable rains, %. probable fail, inch.
Grand total fall. with melted snow,
hail, and sleet, etc. 4O3 inches. This is
remarkably large fall for Kansas,
Greatest rainfall in "a hours, inches,
on April 18th. Number of misty days,
IL; foggy days 25; icy days, 8; sleet
storms, 2; storm periods, 3S.
WIND: Number of days with high
wind, 72; light wind, 252; calm, Al
The amount of high winds has been
steadily decreasing since 1855. Wind
lest month, Dec; calmest month, June:
Prevailing direction: Jan. Feb. and
Noy:, northwest; March, June, July,
and Oct, southeast; May, Aug: Sep:
and Dec, south; April, Herth:
Detailed direction: wind blew from
the pprth 62 days; east, 27; south e.;
west, l0i5northwest, az; northeast la4;
southwest, 90, southeast, II.
HOLIDAY WEATHER: Jan. 1st,
clear; mean temperature, 33 deg;
calm. Feb. 22nd, fair, but slightly
cloudy; mean tenn, deg. below zero;
trace of snow; high wind from north
east. April 3Oth, clear; mean tenn,
45 deg; light wind from north. May
50th, clear, mean tenn. 81 deg; calm.
July 4th, fair and hazy; mean tenn. 20
deg; light wind from southeast. Nov.
2sth, clear; mean tenn. 2s deg; light
wind from north. Dec. 25th,: fair,
partly cloudy; mean tenn, 81 deg; fog
in morning; light wind from southwest.
CHARLIE c. REEDER.