The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-03

the 17-1Sth, this being the great est 24-hour amount during the year In view of the large monthly and annual totals, this maximum "A hour fall is small, and shows that heavy downpours within short pe- riods of time, such as accompany thunderstorms in some parts of the States, are not common to this vi cinity.
 The mean temperature, 50.5 de- grees, was practically normal, and the extremes ranged from Il to 69 degrees. The effect that cloudy and rainy weather has on the daily ranges in temperature is shown quite forcibly in the weather of the first ten days of the month, with bright sunshine, as compared with the last 20 days, with cloudiness and rain. The average daily range in temperature of the first period was 222 degrees and of the sec ond 7.6 degrees.
 October.
 With the exception of the 5th and 16th, the month of October showed no abatement in the rainy weather that featured the last twenty days of September A total of 18 GA inches of precipitation was record ed during the month, this being an excess over the normal of $40 inches and the next to the highest | amount recorded in any month dur | ing the period of 23 years of rec | ord The first measurable snow 1 fall of the season, Is inches, oc- cured on the 28th.
 The mean temperature, APP de- grees, was 1.3 degrees below nor nal, and the extremes were a5 on the 9th and 28 on the 27th, respcc- lively.
 November.
 An abnormally large amour; of precipitation characterized the month of November, also, the total being 16.77 inches and the excess above .the normal S.S9 inches. While the snow fall aggregated 23.0 inches, the measurable amount all occcurred on four days. the 1st, 17th, 2Sth and 29th The snowfall of 13.0 inches on the 1st was un- usual for so early in. the season. and bustery, and navigation in ad- jacent waters was carried on with the greatest difficulty. Compara- lively mild temperatures prevailed generally until the 28th, when there was a marked change to colder, the month closing with temperature of 8 degrees at mid night of the 30th. The highest temperature was 54 degrees on the 18th, and the mean 374 degrees, or 23 degrees above the normal.
 December.
 The outstanding feature of the weather of December was the con- tinuously low temperatures that prevailed almost to the end of the month. There was some moderation from the 4th to the 9th, but at no time until the 31st did the tempera- ture rise to normal or above. The mean for the mont h, 14.6 degrees, was 16.4 degrees be- low normal, and was the low est, with one exception, of any lowest, with one exception, of any month during the 23 years records. The exception was January, 1909, with a mean of 140 degrees. The highest temperature was 37 degrees on the 31st and the lowest de- grees below zero on the 24th and 25th. Blustery northerly winds pre- vailed during most of the month and prevented or rendered unsafe the waters.
 The total precipitation, 6.37 inches, was slightly under the nor nal for December. With the ex- ception of 0.02 inch, the precipita- ton was all in the form of snow, the only rain of the month occur ring during the last three hours The total snowfall was 81.1 inches,- an abnormally large amount How ever, most of it was light and fufy and, except where drifted. it had settled and evaporated to such an extent that the depth on the ground at no time exceeded more than a third of this total. The year closed with 2S.O inches of snow on tine ground.