Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-11-16
TEMPERATURE TABLE.

Naalehu; mean relative humidity,
"a barometer average. 29.39; lowest.
1924; highest. 29.i9; greatest 2i-hour
change. 10.
Kohala; dew point, G6.O; relative
humidity. IA.
Eva Plantation; dew point. $50; re-
lative humidity. Co.,; barometer aver
age. 2997.
The principal features of the month
were the eruption of Mama Loa, the
heavy electric storm on Maui and
Lanai and the low average tempera-
ture. Smoke was first observed is
suing from the crater of Mauna Loa
(MokuaweoweoD at 1916 p. m. on the
9th, and activity has continued up to
the present time. At the close of the
month the lava lake was reported to
have risen to within 700 feet of the
crater's rim. but as this is an eye
estimate due allowance must be made:
the best authority gives an estimated
rise of the lava as from % to 80 feet
above the floor of the crater, which,
when the volcano was not In an active
state, was 800 feet below the craters
summit This crater is oblong in
shape, being 81 miles long and Ia
miles in width. The mountain has
thus far withstOod the pressure from
within. and no outbreak from its sides
has occurred, hence no flow of lava.
In connection with this eruption the
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Ship Ormsary Is of more than passing
interest. Captain Coarth reports hav-
ing experienced remarkable disturb
ance of the sea lasting from the after
noon of the 9Th to the morning of the
9Th. currents and high cross seas in
every direction, the vessel making no
Roadway and unmanageable, Mauna
Loa bearing E.S.E. distant about so
miles, on the afternoon Of the 9th
the activity of the volcano was no.
tiCed from the ship. There are no
reports of earthquakes previous to the
outbreak which occurred without warn
ing and an interesting question arises
as TO whether this disturbed condition
of the sea was the result Of cause,
or an effect OF volcanic activity.
The electric storm on Maui began
on the afternoon OF the lith, and last
ed until morning of the 18th being
most severe during the night, consid.
cradle damage was done by lightning
both on this island and Lanai which
also experienced the same storm.
The mean temperature for the month,
7J.l degrees Is the lowest October
mean, with one exception (7i.7 in 1891
on record during twenty-one years OBJ
servations at the Weather Bureau,
and is IL degrees below the normal for
that month The mean relative hui
nudity was 3i above the normal. Dew
eight mornings. Bright glow on the
morning of the 18th. Smoke on Sc.
horizon 10th. Distant thunder from
Sc. a. m. and p. NJ. 18th, and light
ming during the night, the latter also
reported from Hilo to the NV. (elec-
trio storm of lith and 18th on Maui
and lanai. Thunder morning of the
10Th.
Reports from other stations: Hilo,
earthquake sos a. m. on the I'd; light
ming to NV on the evening OF the
18th; heavy thunder shower on the
10th Kohala, Hawaii "Kona" (wInd
from S,S,WD 18th to 10th inclusive,
trade winds on all other days of the
Month. PepeekeO, Hawaii winds east
and eastnortheast 10 days, other days
from north to northeast; average force
Is; heavy surf 18th to 7th inclusive,
also 2Sth and 29th; distant lightning
18TH lunar halo same date, volcanic