The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-15
RECORD
FOR MONTH OF MARCH

er bureau. Light southerly winds and
Gains predominated, while the trades
We're conspicuous by their absence, and
though there were light airs from that
quarter during portion of six days,
| they would by no means be designated
as trade winds. The consecutive num-
Der of days of southerly winds was the
greatest on record, while the wind
force was the lightest, probably the
| lightest known here, the average for
the month being but 0.26 Beaufort
scale. AS shown by the records of this
office the average force of the March
winds is 32.
The mean pressure for the month,
1881, was .0S9 below the normal,
departure only exceeded once before
February, 1902,-.12D in the history of
the weather bureau.
The rainfall was considerably in ex-
cess of the normal on all the islands
with the exception of Hawaii, where,
with the exception of the kona dis
trict, the precipitation was much less
than normal This was also the case
at the stations in the Honolulu and
Nuuanu districts on Oahu above the
100 foot elevation. In these districts
the heavy rains fell at the stations be-
low this altitude, while at the stations
above the downfall was less than nor
NAL.
AS result of the conditions above
mentioned the relative humidity, dew
point and cloudiness were all greatly
in excess of their respective normals.
The artesian well water showed the
effects of the heavy rains of February,
and rose to 1886 feet above mean sea
level. These are the highest figures
reached since this series of observa-
lions was taken up in March, 1899, and
the end of April will doubtless show a
much higher level. When the level of
this water was first ascertained in
1882, it stood at AZ feet above mean sea
level.
acknowledgements mean for the
month, 71.2; normal, 707; average daily
maximum. no: average daily mini
mum, $50; mean daily range, II de-
gress; greatest daily range. IS de-
grees (25th; least daily range, de-
grees (5th); highest temperature so;
Goth. 10th and 3Oth); lowest, 81 de-
grees (25th.)
Barometer average, 2O921; normal,
3Oo1o; highest, 3O.O6 (29th; lowest.
29.7S d5th and 16th); greatest 24-hour
change, that is from any given hour
of one day to the same hour on the
next, 10 6 p. m. 18th to p. m. 18th
Cows passed this point, LIST to 4th,
18th to 18th and oath to 9th inclusive
highs" 10Th. Goth and Goth.
Relative humidity average, S3.4; nor
NAL, III; mean dew point, 657; nor
NAL, 61.5; mean absolute moisture, 6.96
grains per cubic foot; normal, sos.
Rainfall, $50 inches; normal $40;
greatest rainfall in "a hours 1.41 d4th);
rain record days, %; normal, IS.
The artesian we'll water rose from
$3.50 to 1885 feet above mean sea level.
March 31st, 1908, it stood at 34.s5. The
average daily mean sea level was 9.7I,
the assumed annual mean being 10
feet above datum. For March, 1903, 1t
was $50
Trade wind days, none: normal, Is:
average force of wind, Beaufort scale
and during daylight only, 0.26; average
cloudiness, tenths of sky, 81; normal,
46.
Approximate percentage of district
rainfall as compared with normal:
Hawaii; Hilo district, - per cent; Ha-
makua, 81: hOhala, ob, "alnea, ~,
Kona, 1852: Kau, 90; Puma, %; Island of
Maui, 1873; Oahu; Honolulu district,
below 100 feet elevation. 1S9; above,
So: Nuuanu below 100 feet elevation,
49, above, 50; Koolau, 254; Eva, 1856;
Kauai: Lihue district 22S; Hanalei,
1877: Waimea, 276.
The heaviest monthly rainfall was
at Maunawili, oahu, 1897 inches. The
heaviest 24-hour rainfalls We're at Anvil
nj Ranch, Hawaii SAC inches, 23rd and
Kipahulu. Maui, 4.43 same date.
TEMPERATURE TABLE.
FIR. Max. Min. Av. IT. L.