The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-23
CLIMATOLOGY OF CONWAY, ARK.
Data of Weather Here for Past
 P Years.
Records of Temperature, Precipitation ,and Miscellaneous Phenomena Temper
 ture Same as at San Diego, Cal.

at Little Rock has prepared an in- teresting article on the climate logy of Conway, which we re- publish from the last monthly report of the bureau.
 Cat. 35 degrees, o5 minutes N. Long. 92 degrees am, W:"of Green wich. Elevation, 3o9 feet.)
 Conway is the county seat and principal town of Faulkner Coun ty. It is located on the St. L., I. M. & $. R. R., 30 miles north west of Little Rock, and about 5 miles east of the Arkansas River, and has a population of about 5000. Hendrix College and the Central Baptist College are located here. The country is generally level, with a hill about one mile distant, and is prominently agri- cultural, cotton, corn, garden veg etables and fruits being the princi- pal crops grown.
 A cooperative station of obser- vation was established at that place in January, 1884. The tempera- ture and precipitation records are complete to and including 1905, except seven months of tempera- ture and four months of precipita- ion data. The station is equipp- ed with standard Weather Bureau maximum and minimum thermo- meters, instrument shelter, and rain gage. The shelter Oanuary I, I9o6) has sod exposure, about 60 feet from the nearest high ob- ject. } feet above the ground, and faces the west. The ram gage is on the ground, 70 feet from the nearest object, and its top is about 2.5 feet above the ground. All the instruments are located on the campus of Hendrix College. Ob- servations of the highest and low est temperature, precipitation, sum- shine and cloudiness, and direct ion of the wind are taken once daily, about 5 p. Ill.
 Conway has mean annual temperature of 6o.7 degrees, or about the same as that of San Di- ego, Cal. July, the warmest month, has an average tempera- ture of So 5 degress, which is sen sibly the same as the July aver age at Indpendence, Cal. and Lit tie Rock, Ark. The coldest month is January, with an aver age of 3S.2 degrees, which is o.7 of degree cooler than the January average of Memphis, Tenn, and o.S of degree warmer than that of Portland Greg,
 Between the normal temperature of Spring and that of Autumn there IS difference of only o. I of degree. Following are the nor nal seasonal temperatures: Spring 6I.4 degrees; Summer, 78.9 de gress; Autumn. 6I.5 degrees Winter, All degree. The warm est year on record was 1897, with a mean of 6. 7 degrees, while the coldest year was 1888, which had mean of 57.o degrees.
 Temperatures of 100 degrees ol over have been recorded as early as June and as late as October but there have been several years when the maximum temperature did not pass the o5 degree mark The highest, as well as the low est, temperature on record occurred in the same year, I899; the high est, TIP degrees, on August I2th and 25rd, and the lowest, IS de grees below zero, on February 3th. Temperatures below zero occurred in January, 1893, and ii February, 1895, 1899, 1905, and 1905. The lowest December tenn perature was 5 degrees above zero and the lowest March temperature II degrees above zero
 The normal temperatures by months are as follows: January 39.2 degrees; February, APO de grees; March, 52.2 degrees April, 62.3 degrees; May, 69.7 degrees; June, 76.9 degrees July, So,3 degrees, August, 79.4 degrees; September, 73.4 degrees October, OIL degrees; Novem- Der, SOL degrees, December APP degrees.
 With respect to precipitation, the 22-year average is 45. 56 inches per annum, which is trifie les: than the annual rainfall of Louis vile, Ky. Less rain occurs II Autumn than in any other season and, as a rdle, the driest month l: Octocer, with an average of 2.Il inches. Spring is the rainies