The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-18
LAST YEARS WEATHER.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
WAS SIXTY-SIX DEGREES
The Highest OF Degrees and the Low

The Highest 81 Degrees and the Low
est 27 Degrees-The Total Rainfall as
Inches, Nearly Inches Below the
Average for Savannah-Nearly One
Half Of the Rain During July and
Augustine Frost Records.
Weather Observer Smyth has completed
his report Of the weather at Savannah for
the year 1891 to the weather department at
Washington.
The maximum. mean and minimum bar
ometric pressure, temperature. rainfall and
velocity OF wind and other data for each
month are given.
The mean actual barometric pressure for
the year was 5000 inches. The highest OBJ
served actual pressure was S0.5S, Nov. 19,
the lowest 29.51 on Feb. 20. Absolute varia-
ton during the year l.07 inches.
The mean temperature for the year was
60. The mean maximum temperature
was 74s and the mean minimum $50 The
highest temperature observed was go on
June q, the lowest 81 Dec. /. absolute
range 7OS. TIE mean daily change,
that is, the difference In mean temperature
from day to day, averaged A.. The mean
daily range difference between highest and
lowest temperature for the day was l7e.
There were 80 days during the year on
which the maximum temperature got above
600. and days on which the mercury fell
below the freezing point. There were 357
days on which the mean temperature was
above 4ls, 3l6 days above so, 255 DAYS
above So l6S days above 6S', and SO days
on which the mean temperature ranged be-
tween 77' and 90. The total deficiency in
temperature for the year was 314S.
The total rainfall was AIT inches, of
hfah Ill u
August. The deficiency in rainfall for the
year was 7.32 inches. Excessive precipita-
tion occurred on the 18th and Goth Of July,
and on the 13, q and % of August. The
greatest fall in any twenty-fsur consecutive
hours occurred on the 27-28 of August
when $50 inches fell in twenty-five minutes,
The average cloudiness. on a scale of to
10, was So.
The total movement of the wind was
63,267 miles The maximum velocity at
tanned was 80 miles from the northwest on
Aug. %. The prevailing direction of the
wind was northeast. The average hourly
velocity was 70 miles, During the year
there were III cloudess days, 1856 partly
cloudy and 113 cloudy. Rain fell on 1876
days The number of thunder storms was
Is, of which s occurred in August. The
first light frost occurred on Oct. "A and the
first black frost Nov. Is.
The maximum temperature yesterday
was Az and the minimum 33S, the mean
temperature being 12' below the normal
for the day. Cloudinss prevails in the
South Atlantic States, Florida, Eastern and
Western Gulf States and Arkansas. with
light rains falling at Montgomery and
Fort Smith and moderate rains at Palestine
At the time OF observation light hurries OF
snow were falling at Augusta. At o'clock
last night snow was falling at Chicago.
Marquette, Mich, Davenport, Omaha,
Kansas City, Dodge City and North Platte.
Fair weather prevails along the immedi-
ate North Atlantic coast and in the extreme
northwest.
The cold wave that has been causing low
temperature throughout the south for the
past three days. conferred last night off the
North Atlantic coast. "A second high pres
sure of unusual severity has made its ap-
pearance in the extreme northwest. Bis
marck, N. D., reports an evening tempera-
ture of % below zero.
An area of low pressure centers over
Texas.
TIE forecast for Savannah and vicinity
is, continued cloudiness with rain, higher
temperature.