The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-18

| the weather bureau records the daily,
| hourly and minute velocity of the wind,
continuously. At the end Of each month
the total velocity Of the wind, that is, the
| total number of miles gagged. is divided
by the total number Of hours in the month,
ana the quotient is the average hourly We
| locfty of the wind in miles. The average
| hourly velocity of the wind at Abilene.
| Tex, Boston, Mass, Buffalo. and Roches-
ter, n. Y, Dodge City, Kan, Harvey,
Mont, and st. Louis, Mo-, is eleven miles.
At Huron, S. D., Galveston, Texas. and
Philadelphia, Pa, it is 10 miles.
At Cleveland, Ohio, Alpena, Mich. At
! lanta, Ga. Detroit, Mich, PASSPORT. Ne.
New York City North Platte, Neb.. To-
ledo Ohio, Chicago, I'll, and many other
places the average hourly velocity is 9
miles.
At Oklahoma City the accurate and
careful observer. Mr. J. i. Whenever.
furnishes the following record for the
vars named: 1891, 3d. '92. 81; '9s. 10: "a
9-6; %, SO: SO. 81; '9s, 1915, as the aver
age hourly velocity Of the wind for these
years an average hourly velocity of the
wind for these eight years of 81 miles
per hour which Is less than st. Louis and
about the same as Chicago.
Wind velocities, IF five minute periods.
are another record furnished by the
weather bureau. The highest record of
this character made at Oklahoma CITY for
above eight years was on the 18th day OF
March, 1899, when it reached sixty miles
an hour
The following Is the record for the places
named: Chicago, "a; North Platte, Neb..
IS; st. Louis. Mo-, and four other places.
so miles an hour. Over one-half the
weather bureau stations have a higher
record, for greatest velocity, than Okla
homa City.
The average annual temperature at Ok
lahoma City for eight years from 1891 has
been 80 degrees. The warmest year, 1896
averaged 81 degrees, and the coolest, 1895.
was 81 degrees.
There have been hot days but no hot
nights, neither has there been a period Of
cold so extended as to produce an ice
harvest or a sleighride.
The average rainfall for eight years.
1891 to 1898, inclusive, has been S11s inches.
The soil, the climate and the period OF
rainfall, however. render rainfall amply
sufficient which would bring a drouth IN
Iowa. The rainfall in 1895 was 21.e inches
without a noticeable injury TO crops Over
one-third Of the annual rainfall comes IN
March, 2.s4; April. 24S:. and May, $40,
total Of 1870 in these three months from
the annual fall of sL1S Inches.
Every figure given in this article Is taken
from the government statistics and they
prove beyond cavil and controversy that
Oklahoma is neither the home OF the tor
rado, the dwelling place OF high winds
nor the abode of drouth and sunstroke
Yet at Oklahoma City last year there were
1887 hours of sunshine out OF a possible
1852 giving 20 clear days and u days
on which it rained. while the remainder
were partly cloudy.
Oklahoma always has good roads. an
abundance Of sunshine, Is free from ma
laria and because Of It's mild climate liv-
ing expenses are twenty per cent iower taan
in Iowa.
Il has a wide range OF crops not only
in those suited 10 the north and south bat
in those others suited 70 heavy or Hght
rainfall. Il has stood the ten first years
Of settlement with better results and
greater profit 10 It's settlers than has ever
been vouched to any equal area n the
union.