The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-25


anything like this before.
HAS MANY EMPLOYEES.
Engaged in the work Of the bureau
is company Of people a third as
large as the standing army. They
are scattered all over the land. EN-
ployees known as commissioner
number 185 IN Washington and TIC
outside. on-commissioned paid Of
fcials number 1917. Volunteer OBJ
servers. located in every part of the
country, and who perform a very val
liable work in the bureau, number 1890,
making a total number of persons
connected with the work OF the bu-
req u, 9483. This does not include ap-
proximately 1000 mariners who are
keeping records on the ocean, upon
which are based very complete weata-
er maps and records for the use of
scsnen.
In pursuance of the purpose of each
station to be Of the greatest use to
its own locality the local bureau has
prepared a very complete statement
Of conditions here, which should have
particular interest to anyone who is
considering Pensacola as a possible
home or business location.
Because of it's value In this regard
the statement Is presented here in
full:
LOCATION.
Pensacola is situated in Latitude 80
deg. % min. North Longitude 81 deg.
IS min. West on the north side Of
Pensacola bay. The city is two and
one-fourth miles in width and
stretches along the bay a distance Of
four and one-half miles, from Bayou
Texar on the east to Bayou Chico On
the west. At the intersection of Pala-
fox and Government streets the ele
walton above sea-level is ten feet, but
nine blocks farther north, in Florida
square, the elevation is sixty feet. TIE
land around is well wooded; it's undu-
lating surface rising in places to about
100 feet above the level of the sea,
affords good drainage.
PRESSURE.
Pressure is the lowest in June and
highest in January, ranging from 1892
inches to 5000 inches: the average for
the year is 5000 inches. The highest
ever recorded was 30.75 inches on jan
uary 26th. 1905; the lowest on record,
1882 inches; occurred on July 7tA,
1896.
TEMPERATURE.
Pensacola has a normal annual tenn
perature of 67.9 degrees. July is the
warmest month with a normal temper
allure of S1.4 degrees; January is the
coolest month with a normal of 52.3
degrees. Days with the highest tenn
perature reaching 8S are frequent
throughout July and August The av-
erage number of times in thirty-two
years that the temperature reached
80 dog. in June is 8. July 5, August
8 and September 2. The earliest date
in the season that temperature of
80 has occurred is April 29th and no
temperature of 80 have ever been re-
corded after October 9Th. The high
est temperature ever recorded was 103
on July 18th, 1901. The night tenn
peratures may be expected to fall to Al
In the last week of December and be
as high as rs from July Goth to Au-
gust goth. The lowest temperature
ever recorded was degrees above zero
F. on February 18th, 1893. The lowest
temperature ever recorded in June is
55, while in July and August tempera-
lures of "a and 81 degrees respectively,
have been recorded. That the sea
breezes keep Pensacola cool, was
clearly shown in the summer of 1911,
when the day temperatures did not
reach 30 degrees from June 18th to
August 9Th, inclusive. There are only
five days on record when the high
est temperature for the day did not
rise above the freezing point; these
occurred in the months Of January and
February The numebr of times that
cold waves may be expected to lower
the temperature to freezing IN Janu-
airy is 3, In February 2, and in Deem
Der 2. The latest date Of freeze in
the spring was on March 9th, 1894;
the earliest freeze in the fall was
November 18th, 1894 The average date
of the first light frost in the fall is
November 18th, the first killing frost
December 9Th; the last killing frost In
the spring usually occurs about Feb
ruary 21st. although killing frosts have
been observed as late as April 9Th;
the average date of the last light frost
is March 18th.
PRECIPITATION.
Pensacola has q normal annual rain
fall Of 56.25tinches. driest month
is May with a normal OF EOS inches
the wettest is July with a normal of
7.25 inches; August is also a wet
month with a normal rainfall of IT'S
inches. The wettest year on record
was in 1898 when 72.20 inches were
recorded; the driest year was in 1891
when S5.5S inches were recorded. The
wettest month was August 1898 which
shows a record Of 1888 inches; there
are two months on record with only
o.o4 Of an inch, viz: May, 1898, and
October, 1891. The greatest rainfall
in twenty-four hours was 1910 inches
on June, 1929, 1887. The average
number Of days with OF Of an inch
or more ranges from six in the months
of November and May to fourteen in
July and August. One August shows
as many as twenty-five rainy days
while another shows only six.
There are two notable snowstorms
ON record when sIefrhs or rafhar I'm