The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-31

grees higher than that OF 1908. May
and June We're very cool months. the
mean temperature being below nor
NAL at all stations. Taking the state
as whole. there were five months
having mean temperatures above the
normal and seven months having
mean temperatures below the normal.
The greatest excess in temperature
was in January, followed closely by
July. The month with the greatest
deficiency was May with a mean tenn
perature of 46 degrees below the
normal. The highest annual mean
temperatures occurred IN the south
portion of Lincoln county. and the
lowest in Elko county and the ex-
treme north portion Of Nye county.
The annual amount of precipitation
is the lowest on record. The second
lowest record is GAG inches in 1898.
There was a deficiency in January,
February. March, April and May the
greatest for the year being In March
when the amount was 1.05 inches be-
low the normal. The PRECIPITATION for
March and April is the lowest on
record for these months. In June
and July there was a slight excess.
and in August there WIS deficiency.
The only month having an excess
worthy of notice was September when
the amount was decidedly above the
normal. October. November aud
December were deficient. The
amount for October was only slightly
below the normal, but November was
the third driest on record, and only
three times has the average amount
for December been SO light
The annual mean temperature for
the state. 49.3 degrees. was 0S de-
grees above The normal The highest
local annual mean was cts degrees
al Jean, Lincoln county, and the low
est was IL degrees at Potts, Nye
county. The highest temperature
recorded during the year was 16 de-
grees at Jean on June Goth and July
9th; the lowest was - degrees be-
low zero at Halleck. Eiko county, on
December l Sth. The warmest month
was July with an average of 74.3 de-
grees. and the coolest vas December
with an average OF 27.6 degrees.
The last killing frost OF spring oe-
cured at the majority of the stations
in June, and at several IN May. The
first killing frosts of autumn gen
orally occurred from the later part of
August To the latter part OF Septem-
Der. the date of most frequent oc-
currence being September 25th. At
McAfee's ranch killing frosts oc-
CURED during every month in the
year, while at Jean the latest in the
spring was February 18th. and the
first i'm autumn was November 25th.
The annual average precipitation
for the state. ga inches. is ga
inches below the normal The great
est deficiency was in the western
section. The greatest annual pre-
eipation at any station was 400 in
ches at Eureka. in the southeastern
portion of Eureka county. The least
annual precipitation was 2.10 inches
at Nina in the central portion of
Esmeralda county The greatest local
monthly precipitation was 40 inches
at Palmetto in the extreme south por-
ton of Esmeralda county in February
and the least was none at one or
more stations during every month in
the year except January and Febru
airy The wettest month was Febru-
airy with an average of Luz inches.
and the driest month was November
with an average of 0.15 inches.
There was an average of SO days
with measurable precipitation. the
greatest number at any station being
II days at Eureka, and the least
number being 10 days at Nina.
The average annual snowfall for
the state was 22.7 inches. The
heaviest annual snowfall at any
station was 1904 inches at Eureka
The average number of clear days
was lS9; partly cloudy, 9S; cloudy.
70.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was west.