The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-04
By M. B. SU M Nj E RS,

MeteoroIogist, U. s. Weather Bureau.
 So far as temperature is concerned, the weather in Juneau il 1921 pre- sented no extraordinary features { Neither the highest nor the lowest ! reading recorded came near the rec ord of previous years, and the mean temperature of 419 degrees was only | 0.3 degree below the normal, or aver age of all previous records.
 January, March. May. July, Angus and November averaged below nor mal, with the greatest deficiency in I March, the last three weeks of which were abnormally cold. The tempera- ture was also continuously below nor nal from the last day of June to Au- gust 4, the average daily deficiency during this period being 4 degrees. February, June, October and Decem- Der, were warmer than usual. with the Greatest excess in December-an average for each day of 3.5 degrees. It is interesting to note that the lowest temperature of the year, de- grees above zero, occurred on the late date of March 15. In only 3 other instances in the 28 years of record has the minimum of the year occurred in the month of March. The lowest temperature on record at Ju- neau is 15 degrees below zero, on January 20, 1916, and February l, 1 1917 The last ..kero reading in Ju neau occurred On December 26, 1917. 1 The years maximum reading of 7S, degrees on .Junes 4 was Il degrees. below the previous record of S9 de- grees, on July 26, 1915, and July 29, l 1920
 1 There were 19 days during the year on which the temperature rose l to 70 degrees or above. May had three such days, with 12 in June, one in July and three in August. The average number of days per year with a tempera.urc of 70 degrees or high CT, from past years records, is 22. l Freezing temperatures (32 degrees | or lower) occurred on a total of 109 days, as against an average of past years of 108 days. There were only 52 days during the year on which the temperature was continuously at or below freezing for the entire 24 hours.
 ! The last date in spring with freez- ing temperature was April 23, and the first in autumn, November 2. The growing season, which lay be
 tween these dates, was therefore 193 days in length. This is a month i longer than the nomnal, however, i which is 163 days, the average date of last freezing temperature in autumn, October II.
 With total of S536 inches of rain and melted snow, the precipitation of the year was 5.60 inches above the average of previous years. Decem- 1 Der. with 12.6S inches, had the great est monthly total. In only one other year in the history of the station did the greatest amount occur in that month, September and October nor. mally having the largest totals. Two inches and sixty-six hundredths. on December 2-3, was the greatest 24' hour amount of rain during the year l In 1920 the greatest amount was 4 g | inches, while the record total for 24 hours is 554 inches, on September 25-26, 1918.
 The driest month was June, when only 1.S6 inches of rain fell. This month also had the least number of l days with measureable quantity of precipitation, 10, while October had the greatest number, 25. The total number of such days during the year was 227, which includes a to- ta lof 56 days on which a hundredth of an inch or more of melted snow | fell Twenty-two days, from March 1 23 to April 12, was the longest period of consecutive days with measurable precipitation. while the longest per | lod without precipitation was 13 days, from November IA to 26.
 With a total of S0.3 inches, there was a deficiency in snowfall, the normal for the year being 116.1 inches February had the greatest quantity. 29.S inches. No appreciable snowfall, except a tenth of an inch on April 24, occurred from April 4 to November 4, on which date there was O2 inch. After this date it was not until November 27 that a measure able amount fell.
 The ground was covered with snow during a total of S8 days of the year, and the greatest depth of accumulat- ed snowfall on the ground at any | time was 290 inches, on February 3. This snow had all melted away, ex cspt where drifted. by February 25.