The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-01-07
LOCAL WEATHER
 FOR YEAR 1921 No Extraordinary Features Chamc- terized Weather of Year
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 catcd at Juneau:
 so far as temperature is concerned ! Che weather in Juneau In 1921 pre-. sontcd no extraordinary features Neither Che highest nor Che lowest reading recorded came near tho rec. ord of previous years. and moan tenn pcraturc of ll.9 degrees was only los degrees below normal or oyerag, ol al previous records
 January March. May July An. gust and November averaged below normal. with Che greatest deficiency .ir March. Che los, throc weeks o' which were obnormaly cold. rh, temperature was also continuously below normal from Che last day o0 June to August {. Che average daily deficiency during tbis period being degrees February Juno. octobe. and December were warmer than uuaL rh ho greatest excess iu December am average for each day ol 3.5 degrees
 I Is interesting to note that Che lowest temperature of thc ycor g d.erres above zero. occurred ou the late date of March 10. On only thrce other instances In Che 2S years o' record has Che minimum of Che year occurred u Che month of March The lowest temperature on record a. Juneau Us 10 degrees below zero. ou January e0. 1916. and February ' I9l7 The last- zero reading oc urrod ou December 26. 1917.
 The years maximum reading o' lS degrees on June 3rd. was n de- erea below Che previous record o' S9 degrees on July 26. 1915. and July 2a. 1920.
 There wore l9 days during tho toar on which Che temperature rose to 20 degrees or above. May had three such days. with l2 in June one iu July and three August Tho average number of days per year witch a temperature of 90 degrees or mehcr from past ycars records. s ,twonty-two.
 Breeding temperatures C82 doercc  or Ioverl occurred on D total of log lay.. as ara.ns, au average of past vaar of fOs days Thcrc wcrc only s days during ho year on which lhc temperature vas continuously a' or below recHue for Che entire % hours
 The ast date in spring with frcct .rr temperature was April 23. and One fra in autumn November Q The
 growing scasou. which loy between thc.e datcs. was therefore 199 days .n length This is % month lour'.
 hau tbc normal however which is tGs days. Che average datc of ihe Hast freezing temperature in spring being May lst and Che first n au. umu October iith
 Wh a total oi S586 inches o'
 rain and melted snow. Che prccipiia- ion of Che year was 5.60 inchc. above Che average of previous years December with 12.S6 inches. had thr greatest monthly total In only one other ycar in Che history of the station did thc greatest amount oc. eur on chat month September and October normally having tho nrgcs. totals. Two inches and sIXty-s'N hundredths. on December 2-3, wa. the greatest 2l-hour amount of roin during Che year In 1920 the great est amount was f25 inches. whii, hc record total for 2f hours Is 5.5i inches on September 25-26. 1918.
 Tho dricst month woa June. when only iSG Inches of rain lcIl mi. month also had Che least number of davs with a measurable quantity oi prec.pitauon. 10. while October had ! |thc greatest number 20, The total number of such days during the veal was 227. which includes total of ! 56 days on which a hundredth of ar finch or moro of melted snow fcll Twony-oue days. from March 9, |to April l2. was tho longest period of consecutive days with moasurabl, precipitation. while Che longest ncrod without precipitation was l3 from November 1l to 26.
 Wh total of So.3 inches. ther' was deficiency In snowfall. th' normal for Che yoor being l161 n rhm February had tho greatest ouanuty. 29S inches No approci able snowfall. except tenth of an finch on April 2f. occurred from hprf { to November I. on which : date there was 0.2 inch. After thi. |date date 10 was not until November |e7 chat @ measurable amount ielL
 The ground was covered With snow ! |duriur total Of SS days of Che year ] land Che greatest depth of accumu Hated snowfall on tho ground at any time was 29.0 inches. on February |2 This snow had an melted away whore driftod. by February 25th. AT approciabie snowfall during the ro
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