Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
BURLINGTON'S WEATHER.
Normal Temperature and Deficient
Rainfall Characterize Year 1915.

The annual meteorological summary for
the year ending December 81. 1915. has
lust been issued by the local office of
the United States weather bureau. and
is as follows:
BARON ETER. lin inches) REDUCED TO
SEA-LEVEL
Yearly mean. 300; highest observed,
rs. on January -; lowest observed, S.96.
on February 26.
TEMPERATURES. lin degrees.
Yearly mean, 43. I, which is o. above the
normal for this vicinity. The monthly
means were above normal during Jan
uary. April. July, August. September. Oc-
tu3cr and November; the gr.atest de-
parture occurring in January. with an av-
crace daily excess of 60. The monthly
means were below normal during Febru-
AIRY. March. June and December: the
greatest departure occurring in March,
with an average daily deficiency of Go
The highest temperature recorded was ~,
on August 10. the lowest temperature re-
corded was II degrees below zero, on Feb
ruary H.
The temperature was % above on
seven days. viz. three in July. and four
in August. The temperature was zero or
below on :. days. viz, seven in January,
nine in February, seven in March and
four IN december.
lli@ho~' mean temperature on three
cnr' 10y, 20 days. So. August 2o-22. Low
s.H Irv..u temperature on three consecu-
live days. 10, February 1915.
PRECIPITATION lin inches>
one hundr"dth Of an inch or more Of
rain and melted snow occurred on 10
days. Number of days with a trace or
more of snow. 70
The total amount of rain and melted
snow for the year was Is io which is 3.11
less than the normal for this vicinity.
The monthly totals were above normal
during February, MAY, June. September
and December, with the greatest monthly
excess u.S6) in May. The monthly totals
were below normal during January.
March April, July. August. October and
November with the greatest deficiency
esq in August.
The greatest amount OF precipita alton
recorded in n hours was 1.6} on May l6
, and L.
/ Tho longest period with precipitation
was nine davs, February 5-13 the longest
period without precipitation was nine
days, March 1881.
WIND
The prevailing winds We're from the
south.
| The total number of miles recorded dur
| ing I'll" year 10o.S25; average hourly We
locitY. III miles per hour
| Number Of days on which the wind at
tanned Tor five minutes a velocity of "a
miles pog hour or over, ..
Greatest velocity recorded during any
! fiv" minutes, = miles, from the south,
! De ember -
| Counting from sunrise to sunset therc
were S. clear. ~ rarity cloudy ANA 49,
| cloudy DAY
The percentage OF sunshine for tue year
was above the normal for this vicinity.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA BEFORE
July l.
Greatest depth OF snow on ground al
$50 r. m. 80 inches March .
Greatest snowfall in = hours, ~ incrcs
March o
Last killing frost, MAJ ic
Last frost. May g.
i'nst Thunderstorm. Mar =.
MISCELLAHEDt : DATA AFTER
I.a@r thunder.toim. O,;obcl -
FIRST frost. September H.
First killing frost, October Il
! First snow, October l..
Greatest snowfall in - hours. ,oo inches
December ~.
Greatest depth of snow on ground, T.,
inches, December -.
JOHN II. HOOPER.
! McteorulogiSt in charge