The Record of Weather in the United States.

(Compiled expressly for the American Almanac by the United States Weather Bureau, under the direction of Professor Willis L. Moore.)

VELOCITY OF THE WIND.

Average hourly velocity of the wind at stations of the Weather Bureau, and the highest velocity ever reported for a period of five minutes.

STANDARD TABLE SHOWING VELOCITY AND FORCE OF WINDS.
(Prepared for the American Almanac by the United States Weather Bureau.)

THE

Highest Temperatures in the United States.

HIGHEST TEMPERATURES (IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) RECORDED AT VARIOUS
WEATHER BUREAU STATIONS.

(Compiled from the beginning of observations at each to the end of July, 1902.)

HIGHEST TEMPERATURES IN THE UNITED STATES.-Continued.
*No.

years' Jan.

record. 1

Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Rochester, N.

Roseburg, Oreg.
Sacramento, Cal..
St. Louis, Mo..
St. Paul, Minn.

Salt Lake City, U.
San Antonio, Tex.
San Diego, Cal....
Sandusky, Ohio..

San Francisco, Cal.
S. Luis Obispo, Cal.
Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Savannah, Ga..
Seattle, Wash.
Shreveport, La..

Sioux City, Iowa..
Spokane, Wash.
Springfield, Ill.
Springfield. Mo.
Tacoma, Wash
Tampa, Fla..
Toledo, Ohio.

Topeka, Kan.
Valentine. Neb.

Vicksburg. Miss.

Walla Walla, Wash.

Washington, D. C..

Wichita, Kan.

80

57

73

84

93

97

99

99

97

87

78

94

96

97

95

94

89

99

72

97

92

The statement of years of record is given in round numbers. length of record, however, five months must be deducted from each.

To obtain absolute accuracy regarding

Lowest Temperatures in the United States.

TEMPERATURES (IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT)
WEATHER BUREAU STATIONS.

RECORDED AT VARIOUS

(Compiled from the beginning of observations to the end of July, 1902.)

Mean Monthly and Mean Annual Temperatures.

(Degrees Fahrenheit.)

Baker City, Oreg...
Baltimore, Md.....
Bismarck, N. Dak..
Block Island, R. I.
Boise, Idaho......
Boston, Mass......
Bridgetown, W. i..
Buffalo, N. Y...
Cairo, Ill..........
*Canby Fort, Wash.
Cape Henry, Va...
Cape May, N. J...
Carson City, Nev.
Charleston, S. C...
Charlotte, N. C....
Tenn.

Cheanooga....

Chicago, Ill.......
Cincinnati, Ohio..
Cleveland, Ohio...
Columbia, Mo.....
Columbia, S. C....
Columbus, Ohio.
Corpus Christi, Tex
Davenport, Iowa..
Denver, Colo......
Des Moines, Iowa.
Detroit.

Dodge. Kach.

Dubuque, Iowa.
Duluth,

Eastport,

El Paso, Tex.

Erie,
Escanaba,

Meridian, Miss....
Miles City, Mont..
Milwaukee, Wis...
Mobile, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Moorhead, Minn...
Nantucket, Mass...
Nashville, Tenn....
Neahbay, Wash....
New Haven, Conn.
*N. Brunswick, N.J.
New Orleans, La..
New York, N. Y...
Norfolk, Va.
Northfeld,

North Platte, Neb..
Oklahoma, Okla...

Olympia, Wash.

Omaha, Neb.

Oswego, N. Y.....

Palestine, Tex..

Parkersburg. W. Val