SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1894. The mean temperature for the year, 53.4 degrees, is 3.6 degrees above the mean of the previous year, and 1.6 degrees above the normal. The maximum temperature recorded was 100 degrees, on July 28th. The minimum temperature, 2 degrees below zero, was recorded on the morning of February 25th. The total amount of rain and melted snow was 47.31 inches, which is 9.57 inches below the total for 1893, and 0.44 inch above the normal. The greatest monthly precipitation was 11.03 inches, for September; and the least, 1.74 inches, for March. The greatest precipitation in twenty-four hours was 3.68 inches, on September 18th. The total number of days on which precipitation equaled 0.01 inch or more, 146; total number of clear days, 58; total number of partly cloudy days, 186; total number of cloudy days, 121. The prevailing direction of the wind was northwest. Periods of drouth-April 24th to May 5th, May 8th to 16th, June 8th to 19th, July 7th to 21st, July 25th to August 3d, August 21st to September 6th, September 21st to October 3d. Periods of wet weather-April 4th to 12th, May 17th to June 6th, September 8th to 20th. Periods of warm weather-June 18th to 24th, July 12th to 29th. Periods of cool weather-May 19th to June 8th. ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR NEW BRUNSWICK, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. Date. Mean of maximum. Mean of minimum. Mean daily range. DAILY PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR 1894. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Total. SOIL TEMPERATURES OBSERVED DAILY AT 2 P. M. AT THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FARM, JANUARY. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Mean 8 ཆ ཆ 8 ཆ ***** 36 36 34 35 34 33 33 32 34 35 37 36 34 31 36 36 36 35 36 36 36 36 36 33 30 33 34 32 33 36 33 33 34 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 34 35 39 38 36 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 36 35 35 35 34 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 35 34 36 36 36 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 33 32 33 34 33 31 33 34 44 42 40 33 32 32 33 34 35 34 35 30 34 32 31 31 32 32 33 32... 33 32 33 34 34 34 34 36 36 33 33 33 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 9" 34 33 34 35 31 33 33 36 33 33 33 33 33 32 34 33 33 33 35 34 32 34 33 33 33 33 34 33...... 18" = SOIL TEMPERATURES OBSERVED DAILY AT 2 P. M. AT THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FARM, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., DURING THE YEAR 1894, By E. A. JONES, SUPERINTENDENT, OBSERVER. MARCH. 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Mean 30 33 32 34 34 43 45 46 47 49 45 50 50 39 34 48 47 54 55 54 34 34 49 53 45 40 34 35 39 44 52 ས།༞༞ སྐྱ སྐུ ✖ 34 35 34 35 3 34 35 42 44 44 43 43 42 37 41 42 43 51 48 48 48 44 44 43 40 35 35 34 35 35 39 41 41 42 42 41 39 39 38 41 42 46 47 46 43 44 43 42 44 44 44 43 42 40 38 37 36 37 36 37 38 38 35 36 40 40 40 40 38 33 40 40 43 44 44 44 44 43 42 41 40 39 36 36 35 36 35 38 38 31 41 41 41 39 38 38 41 41 45 46 40 89 APRIL. 1. 2. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Mean 52 49 47 47 51 45 40 41 50 38 35 36 49 54 60 63 58 64 59 59 62 58 57 52 59 61 63 60 60 60 53.0 .... 46 43 39 12 45 43 40 40 41 40 37 37 39 43 45 47 49 49 49 52 54 53 53 44 43 40 41 45 43 41 41 41 40 39 38 39 41 44 46 47 47 48 50 51 39 40 42 41 41 42 42 41 41 40 40 40 40 39 40 42 42 44 45 46 45 67 48 |