The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-06
THE WEATHER. SERVICE
How Observations Are Made
in the State and People
Kept Posted.

The State Weather Service, as estab-
lished and now in oper alton under the
laws OF Jersey City by an act entitled
An act to establish IA weather service in
New Jersey" approved June 10. 1890. aud
amended April Z. 1892, ap~propriating
$1,000 annually, is an organization OIL
voluntary observers. cooperating with
the United States Weather Bureau. the
State Board OF Agriculture, and the Sta te
Experiment Station. the National Bureau
detailing an experienced meteorologfst
who Is the Director aud supervises the
work carried on in q commodi0us office
furnished by the State Experiment Sta
ton. Here all the records are kept aud
the various data received from the out
lying stations calefully verified and sum
marized aud issua1 In the form of 4
weekly weather crop bulletin and
monthly and annua meteorological re-
ports. Copies of these reports are MALE |
60 all cooperating observers. the various
State weather services in other States, to
the public libraries and to members of
the agricultural societies and oranges Of
the State.
STATION EQUIPMENT.
Each meteorological station Is fully
equipped with standard aud self register
Ing instruments, consisting of q maximum
Thermometer, minimum thermometer,
rain gauge, measuring rod u instru-
ment shelter and the necessary forms,
etc., for use Ia recording the rea dings OF
these instruments. The stations now
reporting to the central Off e are a. fol-
lows:-Meteorologfcal sta ions, SO; dis
play stations, 4S; crop correspondents, II,
ana thunderstorm observers, 40 The
service is controller by a Board Of Mau>
ayers Consisting of the following Prof.
Edward B. Voorhees,, President; Louis A.
Voorhees,, Treasurer; Prof. B. d. Hal,
sted and Mr.. X. w. MCCAIN, Director.
Five charts showing the seasonal and
annual climatic conditions of the State
for the year 1892 have been prepared by
the Director for the State Board of Agri-
culture. for exhibition ar the Chicago
Fair. These charts show clearly and In
detail q number of curious aud interest
Ing facts concerning New jerseys re-
sources in the weather line.
DIVERSITY OF CLIMATE.
For SO small an area, New Jersey has q
greater diversity of climate than any
other State. This is perhaps owing to its
geological formation, which Is shown
very clearly by the hvpsometric map Hc-
comparing the charts, and which was
prepared by the late DR.. George Fl. Cook,
State Geologist. and Mr.. C. C. Vermeule,
Topographer, from the geological surve5
Of New Jersey.
While the year of 1892 had an unusual
ly small amount OF rainfall, still the an
nual chart shows an average OF 38 to 4S
inches. This fur exceeds some of the
Western States, who value 80 and 80
inches as exceptionally dne for dairy and
purposes. Some portions OF
the State have an average yearly precipi-
tatiDn OF so inches.
The mild snrlug temperature, ranging
from forsy-iye degrees in the extreme
part OF the State to f~tty-one
in the south. is uneuuaied. Dur
lug the summer months {and they were
warm In 1922 the highest
mean temneraiure was only seventy-seveu
In a small section of the south
western part OF the State, near the Della
ware River. where the soil is dry and
sandy and pine forests abound. Along
the coast a mean temperature evenly
one degrees and seventy-two degrees
marks the delightful summer re-
sorts for which New Jersey is famous.
The winter season Ia mild, ami through
out The great pine belts the mean tenn
Is above. the freeziuR point,
n very desirable location for
fnvaltds: while a mean OF tMenty-seven
in the extreme northern portion
Is not unusually cold, and Is all invigorat-
Ing and healthful locality on ccouut of
its high elevation aud dry atmosphere.