Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
NOVEMBER
WEATHER

The month, on the whole, was
rather more pleasant than the aver
age November, and decidedly more SO
than the preceding month, October.
Prominent features were light pre-
c~ipitation, the large number of clear
DAYS, abundant sunshine and the
general absence of severe storms.
The temperature averaged practic-
ally the normal, the departure from
average conditions being merely a
small fraction of a degree, namely,
three degrees. From the first to the
seventeenth, however, the daily mean
temperatures were generally below
the normal, and at the close of this
period an accumulated deficiency in
mean temperature, amounting to a
daily average of several degrees, was
recorded. At about the end sof the
second decade the weather became
Fdecidedly warmer and the mild spell,
continuing with slight interruption
until the last of the month, greatly
reduced the temperature deficiency,
and, in fact, produced a slight excess
in parts of all districts. The month
closed clear and cold, the tempera-
ture at a large number of stations
reaching it's lowest point on the thir-
tieth, although the absolute mini
mum, eight degrees, was registered
on the seventeenth. The highest
readings of the maximum thermom-
eter, ranging from SO to 20 degrees,
occurred mostly on the third and
eighteenth. The range in mean
temperature for the state was from
about 80 degrees in the extreme
north to AZ degrees in the extreme
south.
Except over the western portion of
| Sussex county, the extreme southern
portion of Ocean, and the extreme
eastern portion of Atlantic, where
the total precipitation ranged from
2 to $50 inches, the monthly
amounts were less than two inches
and we're much below the normal.
The average amount for the entire
| district, 1.61 inches, is with two ex-
ceptions the smallest November aver
age on record. In portions of Essex,
Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Mon
mouth, Morris, Ocean, and Union
counties the deficiency in precipita-
ton exceeded two inches, the great
est local departure, 2.75 inches, oc-
curing at Hightstown. The bulk OF
the precipitation for the month oc-
Cured during the period extending
from the eleventh to the twenty-sec-
ond, inclusive, and no excessive
twenty-four-hour falls were recorded.
In many sections absolutely clear
weather prevailed during the first
decade, and during the latter part of
the third decade precipitation was
light and scattered. An unusually
heavy snowfall for the season
(amounts ranging from seven to ten
inches) occurred on the fifteenth over
the northwestern counties. The snow
area extended southwark owe the
central counties, where the depths
averaged about four inches, and
there were light falls in portions OF
the southern Delaware river counties.
The snow melted rapidly and the
ground was bare within two days.
The weather of the month was
favorable forSthe usual outdoor work
of the season, there being many days
with bright sunshine and ar average
of but six days with precipitation.
Temperature.
The monthly average, 43.6 de-
grees was practically normal, and
Is degrees above the average for the
corresponding month of 1905.
The average for the various dis
tricts were as follows: The High
lands and Kittatinny Valley, 40.5 de-
grees; Red Sand Stone Plain, 43.7
degrees; Southern Interior, 44.6 de-
grees: Sea Coast, 45.5 degrees.
The highest monthly average was
64.6 degrees, at Cape May City, and
the lowest, 1856 degrees, at Layton.
The absolute maximum was 20 de-
grees, 1T Toms River, on the nine
teenth, and the absolute minimum, 3
degrees, at Layton, on the seven
teenth.
The absolute range for the state
was 81 degrees.
The greatest local monthly range
was So degrees. at Layton, and the
least, so degrees, at Cape May City.
The greatest daily range was &c
degrees, at Indian Mills, on the fifth.
Precipitation.
The average, 1.61 inches, was 1.75
inches below the normal, and 0.23 of
an inch below the average for the
corresponding month of 1905.
The averages for the various dis
tricts were as follows: The High
lands and Kittatinny Valley, LIS
inches; Red Sand Stone Plain, 1.44
inches; Southern Interior, 1.66 inch
es; Sea Coast, LBS inches.
The greatest monthly amount was
2.52 inches, at Atlantic City, and the
least, 1.O6 inches, at South Orange.
The greatest amount in any twen-
ty-four consecutive hours was 1.51
inches, at Atlantic City, on the fif-
teenth.
The average number of days with