The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-07
Weather Summary for 1914.

Havre, Montana, January 5th, 1915.
The annual Meteorological Sum
mary OF he weather conditions that
prevailed here during the year 1914
us issued from the local office, u. s.
Weather Bureau shows 10 former
records Of extreme heat or cold were
broken but the year produced the
dryest April and the wettest October
on record at this station.
The mean temperature for the year
was l2.3e which is O.4e above normal.
Inc highest temperature was 9oo OH
July 9th and the lowest was 43e be-
low zero OH February 9th.
The monthly mean temperature for
the month of january was 1882 maxi
ing an average daily excess OF 5.3e:
FEBRUARY as usual Was the coolest
month of the year, and had All aver
age daIy deficiency i'll temperature of
~. The only real cold spell of the
year occurred from February 2nd to
February Stl. February WAS follow
ed by.a warm March which had an
average daily excess in temperature
Of 6.5s. April had mean tempera-
ture Of 2.2s above normal and May
O.6e above normal June was cool
with an average daily deficiency in
temperature Of IT,. July was warm
and dry with an excess of 80" above
TIC average. August and September
we're successiyen . j. and O.Ss below
uorluAI. October mean temperature
was rs above 40. .,1ii and November
was usually warm with a nie;.ti tenn
perature Of 6.l> above. December
was cold having an average daily de-
sciency in temperature Of 1913 and
WAS the coolest December in the past |
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Iup total precipitation for the year
was l3.n2 inches which, is 1.i5 inches
below the normal. The months Of
June and October We're unusually |
wet and produced nearly one-llalf OF
the years eripl;ti ION. 800 inches
of SNOW fell du,ln4 the year. There
was an excess as compared with the |
normal in the montnly precipitation
in six months Of the year, namely: |
February plus 0.57 inches, Juneh
Plus 20 inches, August, plus LII
inches, September plus o. "a inches
October plus ? 81 inches and Dectm-
Der plus COS inches,
There was Il deficiency in preclpi-
tation in january O.03 inches. March,
April and May were very dry, with |
deficiencies of O.3l inches, O.97 inches
and O96 inches, respectively. This
was followed by cool, wet June. The
month of July was practically dry
and warm with only about one fifth |
OF it's normal rainfall, which resulted
in great damage to crops. November i
had Il deficiency Of 0 53 inches.
There were So days of O.Ol inches !
or more of precipitation. Dense fog
occurred on days, snow fell on 81
days. the number of clear days were
lit: partly cloudy l2O and cloudy 1913
days. The percentage Of possible
sunshine was 81 per cent. The first
thunderstorm of the season occurred
Oh May Sth and the last occurred on
18th. The prevailing d.
rtction Of wind was from the south
west. BY months the prevailing d.
rection of wind was as follows: JAN
nary, southwest; February, east;
March, southwest; April, east;
May, northwest; June. northwest:
July, west; August, southwest; Sep
,ember. southwest; October, south
vest: November, southwest and
December, west.
The highest wind velocity during
lie year was 4G miles an hour from
he northwest on August 30tl.
The last killing frost in spring oc-
'urred On May 18th and the first
Killing frost IN autumn occurred on
October 18th, making a growing sea-
on Of 1852 days against All average of
&c days.
The highest state of water in Milk
liver during the year was 10 feet.
Phe river at no time reached the flood :
tage and the river WAS dry from July
9th to August 22nd.
c, w. Ling, Observer, Weather +
,ureau II
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