Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-20
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REPORT FORM.
New Jersey Section Of Climate
logical Service Of the Weather
Bureau Issues Figures.

According to the annual report of
the New Jersey chronological service
of the weather bureau for the year
1906, last year is placed on record as
having averaged slightly warmer
than usual. The annual average
temperature was the highest that has
occurred since the year 1900, when
the average was 53.S degrees.
January, August and September
were marked by high average temp
eratures, especially the first-mention-
ed month, which with it's excess in
daily average temperature of 6.5 de-
grees, and an absolute maximum
temperature of "A degrees, was the
warmest January in period of six
teen years. On the contrary, March
was conspicuous for abnormally low
temperatures, the local departures
below the normal having been more
than six degrees in numerous coun-
ties. The absolute maximum temp
erature for the month named was eX-
ceptionally low, and the absolute
minimum temperature for the year
occurred in the extreme latter part of
the month, instead of In January or
February, as is the rule in this lati-
tude. The low average temperature
of March largely overcame the ac-
cumulated excess, made during jan
uary, and the slight excess existing
at the end of the year was produced,
in the main, during August and Sep
tember. The general thermal con-
ditions of the remaining months of
the year were without particular
| feature, although the absolute maxi
mum temperature for July was lower
than has been recorded In that month
in a period of twenty years, and Aug
use was characterized by excessively
| humid, oppressive weather.
The absolute maximum tempera-
ture for 1906 occurred early in the
summer, and is one of the two an
nual maximum values of less than
| 100 degrees credited to the state
since 1887.
With one exception the precipita
ton during the winter months was
less than usual. The spring season
| furnished a trifie more than the nor
NAL amount of rain, but in May the
distribution of moisture was unfavor-
able, there having been In that
month a brief, though rather severe,
drought. During summer the rain
fall was steadily above the normal
over the greater portion of the dis
trict, the greatest excess having oc-
Cured in August and the least in
July. Autumn, with the exception
of October, was dry season-No-
vember was the driest month of the
year, as August was the wettest
| The annual snowfall averaged APP
proximately twenty-four inches. APP
preeiable amounts of snow fell in
January, February, March, November
and December. The falls for Janu-
/ ary. February and December We're
much below the normal, the January
average having been only three inch
es, while for March and November
! lin the far north) the depths were
so great as to afford excellent sleigh
| ing. In March the snowfall over
/ large part of the state ranged from
| ten to twenty-three inches, and in
the northern interior the ground was
covered during the most of the last
half of the month.
Sunshine for the year as a whole
was deficient
Temperature.
| The annual average was 52.S de-
grees, or 10 degrees above the nor
NAL, and 1.5 degrees higher than the
average for the year 1905.
The annual range for the state was
113 degrees.
The average precipitation was
| 46.3S inches, or 1.12 inches below
the normal, and 4.32 inches greater
than the average for 1905.
The average number of days with
measurable amount of precipitation
was 121.
The average number of clear days
was 146; partly cloudy, 1922; cloudy,
107.
The prevailing direction of the
wind for the year was northwest.
The total number of thunder
storms reported during the year was
1860, as follows: January, 6; Feb
ruary, 6; March, 21; April. Ga; May,
1924; June, 257; July, 260; August,
161; September, 113; October, Az;
November, 8; December, 2.