The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-08
THE WEATHER IN MAY

Temperature Below the Normal -.
Precipitation largely in Excess.
OLYMPIA, June Especial The MAJ,
temperature for the state in May was 5s
which was Ia degrees relew the norm.,
temperature. The mean Temperature !.
nearly ell places was below the normal
varying from minus "a at Fart since,
and Spokane Falls. TO minus Ga .,
Madrone port Blakeley) and Portland
At Olympia and Neah bay the mean tenn.
perature was above the normal
OF and 0.6 respectively. The hlob.
est temperature was 50, at Che.
halls, on Goth; the lowest, -, at Cente,.
vile, on 81. The greatest monthly ranys
of temperature was s., at Chehalis: thu
least, 81. at Neah Bay and East sound
Mean daily maximum temperature for thu
state was 65.2; mean daily minimum
44.6; the highest mean daily maxirnnu
70.4. at Walla Walla; lowest, 6Lo, at Neah
Bay; highest mean daily minimum. SEA
at Fort Sfmcoc; lowest, 37.7, at Miiburn
Lincoln county. The average numbe, !,
days temperature fell to 40, or below. wa,
eight; average number of days it fell n
50 or below /. On the Coast the hieh.,,
temperature occurred on the 10Th on tho
Sound and in other portions of Western
Washington, on the 10Th Except at Seat.
tie and Vashon on 21st) and in Eastern
Washington on the Dist. The lowest tenn.
perature came very generally on the I'd
and at all stations, except Vashon and
Wilbur, il occurred from the LIST to the 9TH
Precipitation. in inches and hundredths,
The rainfall in Western Washington show,
very marked inequalities. On the coast
and on the Sound as far north as Port
Townsend the rainfall was largely in
excess of the normal, the excess reachino
2.83, or 60 per cent. of the normal, at Neah
Bay, and 0.S6, or AZ per cent. of the nor.
NAL, at Port Townsend. At Madrona
port Blakeley> the deficiency was
O.s0, or 81 per cent. of the normal
while at Tacoma the normal amount
fell. South of Tacoma, the fall was
deficient at Olympia and Portland and in
excess at Chehalis, the deficiency being
only 0.1s, per cent. Of normal, at
Olympia, while at Portland the deficiency
was OBJ, or 81 per cent. of normal. In
Eastern Washington rainfall was largely
in excess of normal at all stations except
Walla Walla, where the deficiency was
0.G4, 81 per cent. At Spokane the excess
was Lib, 50 per cent. of the normal.
The prevailing wind was westerly, in.
clined to the south, and the velocity was
about normal.
The average number of cloudy days was.
in Western Washington, ~; partly cloudy,
8. cloudless, IL; rainy days on which fell
.01 inch or more rainy, Ii. In Eastern
Washington. average number cloudy days.
g.; partly cloudy, II; cloudless, 10: rainy.a
Examining the distribution of the rain.
fall through the month we find that q
per cent. fell during the last ten days, %
per cent. during the second ten days and
81 per cent. during the last eleven days
These figures are somewhat different for
the western portion of the state alone
where 81 per cent. of the rain fell during
first ten days, 26 per cent. during second,
and IS per cent. during last eleven days
In Eastern Washington these percentages
are as follows: First decade, 81; second
decade, %; last eleven days, 9. West Of
the Cascades no rain fell from the 18th to
the 9th, inclusive, except very light fall
at Madrone.
Auroras were observed on the LIST, ID,
18th, 18th and 18th.
Frosts on the I'd, Sd and 4th.
Solar halos were generally observed from
the Sd to the 18th, inclusive. Immediately
before and during the beginning of the
last rainy period. E. d. OLSEY,
Observer Weather Bureau, Direction