The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-14
FORECAST FULFILLED
HEAVY RAINS FOLLOW MONTHS
OF Low BAROMETER.
A Suggested Meteorological Probability
Made by Prof Lyons in October is
Verified in December.

In his meteorological report for De-
cember, Prof. Gurus j. Lyons, Terri
JOrial MeteurolOgist says:
In the October report the following
remark was made: 1T will be interest
ing to note whether seven successive
months of low barometer will be fol-
lowed by unusually heavy rains" The
report below will show whether this
was well founded.
Relative humidity, 1862; normal, IS;
mean dew point, Gal; normal, So; mean
absolute moisture, 6.63 grains to the
cubic foot; normal, 6.32. The dew point
was unusually low during the last three
days of the month.
Rainfall, 9.9S inches. normal, 1892:
raln-recOrd days, IL, normal IL; great
est rainfall in one day, $40 inches fell
on the 2ith; total at Luakaha, z5.51; at
kapiOlani Park, 9.33 Total rainfall
since January L 1896; normal 1900.
The artesian We'll level rose during
the month from 3&.jG feet above mean
sea-level to 34.O5. January /, 1904, it
stood at 34.OO. 1t would seem that the
lowering Of the wells has come to
standstill owing to the failure of the
hiSh-ieveI wells and probably greater
economy on the part of those at a low
level The average daily mean sea-
level for December was 1926 on the
scale, 1000 representing an assumed
annual mean, and g.S2 the actual an
nual mean for nine years previous to
1901 The mean for 1901 has been 1917.
Trade-Wind days, Z: normal, IA; 8 of
n. n. E; average force OF wind during
daylight, IL Beaufort scale. ClOudi-
ness, tenths of sky, so; normal "A.
Approximate percentages of district
rainfall, HilO, l75 per cent; Hamakua,
14O KOhala, 130 Waimea 100; Kona,
200 to 400; Kau, 10; Puma $50; Maui,
variable from 90 to 200; Oahu $40;
| Kauai, 225.
| There was a general and very heavy
| rainfall throughout the group on the
| inches in - hours in Hilo, and at Lau-
! pahoehOe and OOkala, North HilO 20
! inches in "a hours, is reported on good
authority, though the official report has
not come in. The newspapers reported
40 inches in a day at Papaaloa, 2 miles
| from Laupahoehoe, but there is no rain
gauge at that point; and Laupahoe-
hoe reports 40 inches for two Gays, not
one.
Mean temperatures: PepeekeO, Hilo
district 100 feet elevation, average
maximum, 77.6; average minimum,
/ 6IS; Waimea, Hawaii, 27S0 elevation,
| 1871 and GIG; KOhala, 52l elevation,
! 1876 and 67.7; w. r. Castle, Kulaoka-
| hua, so feet elevation, highest so; low
] est 0S' average TOT year. i4.4E. EVA
/ Plantation, 80 elevation, mean maxi
mum, SIP; mean minimum, GAS; mean
| dew point, ga.
| The two storm periods OF the month
We're about the Sth and oath, both pre-
coded by heavy swell, and followed by
! low dew point. The north wind evil
IDENTIFY precipitated the terrific down
pour on North Hilo. There was light
ming reported from Hawaii for the Sth,
| 9Th 18th, gath, and 25th. Snow fell on
| Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the 8th
and gath. Earthquake reported at Hilo
/ 1880 p. m. 2nd,
/ As observed at the Punahou station
/ the following were shown by thermo-
meter and barometer.
/ Temperature mean for the month,
/ 72.1; normal, 71,5; average daily maxi
/ mum, IA; average daily minimum,
] GIL; mean daily range 1913; greatest
daily range 19 degrees least daily
/ range, 8 degrees; highest temperature,
/ 50: lowest, 50.
Barometer average 29923; normal,
/ 2a.97O corrected for gravity by -.O6) A;
/ highest 3017; lowest, 1918; lows passed
/ this point on the 10th and 23rd, highs
on the 4th, 2Oth, and 31st