Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-29
ANNUAL WEATHER
u REPORT FOR STATE

~ hEfUhI run OIAIE
The Sixteenth annual report of the
New Jersey section of the climate
and crop service of the weather bu-
reau, in cooperation with the wea-
Their service, for last year shows that
the average temperature throughout
the state was 51.3 degrees, which
was G of a degree below the normal,
but 2 degrees above the average for
1904. The average temperature in
all the districts was below the nor
NAL during January, February, April,
June, August, September and Novem-
Der, and above 1t during March, July,
October and December. The greatest
departure below the normal occurred
during January and February, when
it was 3 degrees in the former and
7 degrees in the latter month. The
highest annual mean was So degrees,
at Trenton, Mercer county, and the
lowest, 46. Z, at Layton, Sussex
ty. The highest temperature record
ed was 1912 degrees, on July Is, at
Somerville, Somerset county, and the
lowest, IS degrees below zero, at Riv-
err Vale, Bergen county, On February
5, giving an annual range of 120 de-
! grees.
The average annual precipitation
was 42.06 inches, or 5.63 inches
below the normal. 1t was below the
normal in every month of the year ex-
cept January, August and September,
the dryest months being November,
May and February, when the deficien-
cies averaged 1.91, 1888 and LIS
inches, respectly.
The total number of days on which
precipitation equalled .01 of an inch
was 100. The average number of
clear days was 100; partly cloudy,
ia; cloudy, 81. The prevailing wind
was from the northwest.
The average depths of snowfall for
the various districts were as follows:
The Highlands and Kittatinny Val
ley, 1877 inches; Red Sand Stone
Plain, $40 inches; Southern In
terror. 800 inches; Sea Coast, 2S. 5
inches. The average for the state
fas 800 inches, which was 49,. 8 in
ches less than the average for 1904.
Report for Last Month.
Distinctive conditions of August,
1906, were high mean temperature,
abnormally heavy rainfall at several
stations, excessive humidity, and the
general absence of destructive local
storms. The e Temperature,
74.6 degrees, is the highest that has
been recorded for August since the
year 1900, and with two exceptions
the highest for this month in a per-
iod of twenty years. No higher max
imum temperatures than usually oc-
cur during August were observed, yet
the daily excess in mean temperature
was about 2.5 degrees. The night
temperatures were much above the
normal during the greater part of
the month, and to this fact the high
mean temperature is largely attribut-
ed.
Tho monthly average, 74.6 de-
grees, was IA degrees above the nor
NAL, and 3.5 degrees above the mean
for the corresponding month of 1905.
The average precipitation, 5.95
inches, was Ill inches above the
normal, and 0.23 of an inch above
the average for the corresponding
month of 1905.
The average number of clear days
was 10; partly cloudy, IL; cloudy,
10. AT Atlantic City the duration OF
sunshine was so per cent. of the pos
sible amount.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was southwest.
The month was free from damage
to property local storms of severity,
although the general character of the
weather in the southern districts was
unfavorable for agricultural inter
ests.