The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-16


were the light rainfall which, with bu1
very few exceptions. on the islands OF
Maui and Kauai, was considerably be-
low the December normals of the diff
and the extremely light wind that pre-
vailed, the average force being barely
10. This is the lightest of any month
on record at the Weather Bureau. AS
a sequent of the foregoing conditions
the average amount of cloudiness was
considerably below the normal.
For the sixth consecutive month the
mean pressure was above normal, a
conditions which has existed eight
months out of the twelve. In this
connection It is interesting to note
| that the average pressure was about
as much above the yearly normal as
the rainfall was proportionately below
1t was remarked IN the November sum-
mary that the high pressure of the
previous months, was likely to be fol-
lowed by a winter of moderate rain
fall. The small precipitation of the
past month tends to confirm this opin-
ion.
Volcanic activity abated somewhat.
that of Mauna Loa's summit crater,
Mokuaweoweo, ceasing on the night Of
the 8th. The disappearance of ac-
tivity in this crater was as sudden as
its beginning, earlier in the evening the
reflection was the same as had been
common during the eruption, but at
about eleven p. m. this suddenly ceased,
to be seen no more. Activity of the
crater Halemaumau, in Kilauea, was
reported at the end of the month to be
about the same as at the beginning,
lava lake about 200 feet in diameter
having formed in the pit.
A small tidal wave did minor dam
age at Hookena, Hawaii, during the
early morning of the 18th; and the
landing at Keawakapu, Maui, was de-
stroyed by high seas at the same time.
Temperature mean for the month,
1872; normal, Ills; average daily maxi |
mum, 1874; average daily minimum, |
$40; mean daily range, ia; greatest |
daily range, II degrees Q2th and 24th); |
least daily range, degrees (4th); |
highest temperature, so degrees (seyer- |
all; lowest temperature, 81 degrees
(24th).
y
normal year, TAO.
Barometer average, 2S.998; normal,
80 970; highest, 3O.13 (15th); lowest,
1884 (9th); greatest 24-hour change,
that is from any given hour of one
lay to the same hour on the next, .08;
low pressure, Sth to 10th inclusive,
high pressure, 4th to 18th, 18th and
18th to 31st. Barometer average for
he year, 29.999; normal, 29.9SS. Pres
sure is corrected for temperature, and
to sea level, and the gravity
correction applied.
Relative humidity average, 1913; nor
nal, 1873; mean dew point, 63.5; nor
nal, $50; mean absolute moisture, 6.42
grains per cubic foot; normal, 6.32.
Rainfall, LA inches; normal, 1892;
ain record days, II; normal, Is; great
st rainfall in one day, OBS inches, from
a. M, Goth, TOT 9 a. M, 31st; total at
Luakaha, Ss1 inches; normal, 1924;
1t Kapiolani Park, O.6S inches; normal,
55 inches. Rainfall for the year, 32.68
inches; normal, 1896.
AS was the case in November, due
to the light rainfall, the
lrtesian well water level rose but
slightly during the month, from 1884
s the lowest December level on record
Turing the five years these observations
nave been made. The average De-
ember rise heretofore has been "A of
foot. December 31st, 1902, it stood
It 34.57. The average daily mean sea
eveI for the month was $50; the as
umed annual mean being 10 feet above
iatum. For December, 1902, it was
.87. Mean for the year, 9.7e; for the
ear 1902, 9.S5.
Trade wind days, "a 6 N. N. Ed; |
formal, 16; average force of wind dur
ng daylight, Beaufort scale, 10; av-
rage cloudiness, tenths of sky, 2.9;
formal, "A.
Approximate percentage of district
ainfall as compared with normal: Ha-
vail, HiIo district, So per cent; Hama
.ua, So; Kohala, so; Waimea, 10; Kona,
0; Kau, 81.
Island of Maui, variable from % at
Vailuku to 119 per cent at Haleakala
anch.
Island of Oahu, 40 per cent.
Island of Kauai, variable from % at
to 175 at Kilauea.
The heaviest monthly rainfall report
d was at Olaa Plantation mill, 1885
aches. The heaviest 24-hour rainfa1ls
.ere at Kilauea, Kauai. $50 inches on
he list; Haleakala Ranch, Maui PA
1ches on the Sth.
Approximate percentage of district
ainfall for the year 1903 as compared
18th normal: Hawaii, Hilo district, 100
er cent; Hamakua, ITO; Kohala, 80;
Vaimea, So; Kona, 95; Kau, 81.
Island of Maui, $50 per cent
Oahu, Honolulu district 70 per cent: |
Tuuanu, 90; Koolau, 81; Eva, 60.
Island of Kauai, Y per cent.
TEMPERATURE TABLE.
Mean Mean Cor
Elev. Max. Min. Av High. Low