Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 497, 15 Ianuali 1902 — METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY.

• For the Month of December. >1 Temperature m» an for the mouth. > *2.1: normal. 71.5; »v rage daily )j maximum. 77.4: averag* daily mini J mum. ♦•7.1; moan daily range. 10,3; |j greatest daily range. 19 degrees; , least daily range. 3 degrees; highest > t< mparature. S 3; lowest. 39. I Barom< u r average 29.923; normal, I 29.970 (corrected for gravity by .06 >; > highest 30.17 on the 31st; lowest. ( 29.73 on the 10th; gr- atest 24-hour >i change 0.23. i. e.. from any given hour Mon one day to the same hour on the 'j next; !,ows passed this point on th l ,j loth and 23rd; highs on the 4th. 2"th, I and 3lst. In the October report the following remark was made; "It will be interesting to note whether seven , j suceesatve months of low baromter >! will be followed by unusually heavy I rains." The report below will show : 1 wh*ther this was well founded. Relative humidity. 76 2; n final 73 ' i mean dew point. 64 I; normal S 3; j m an absolute moisture, 663 grains , to the cubic foot; normal. 6 32. Th • dew-point was uauscally low during | the last three days of the month. Rainfall. 996 inches; normal. 392; rain record days. .14; normal. 16; greatest rainfall in ene day. 5.76 Inches fell on,the 24tb; total at 1-aa kaha. 23 51; aT Kapioani Park. 9.33. T tal rainfall since January 1. 3? • normal. 37.00. The artesian well level rose during the month from 33 56 fee; above

mewa ses-level to 54.«>5. January 1, I>'l. it stood at 34. >y> It would seem that the low-ring of th? wells has come to a standstill. owing to the faiiure of the high-itvei wells, and probably greater economy on the part of those at a low-level The averse daily mean sea-ievel for De ' rtmber was l"-36 on the scale. 10/*) representing an assumed anauai m-an. and 9."2 the actual annual mean for nine years previous to 1901. Th- m- tn for 1901 has been 1«. 17. Traae wind days. 7; norroai. 14: 3 f N X E.; average fori, of wind • during daylight*. 1.7 B aafort scale Cloudings Tenths of sky. 5.0; normal. 4 4. Appr ximate percentages of district rainlall. Hiio. 177* percent; Ha makua. 14"; Kohala. 17."; Waimea. I""; Kona. 2"“ to 4<>•'*; Kan. 175: Puna lab; Maui, variable from 6" to L" ■; Oahu. 240; Kauai. 225. There was a general and very heavy rainfall throughout the croup n the 24th; 6 incnes in 24 hours on • Oahu. 1" inches in 24 hours in Hilo. 1 and at 1-aupahoehoe and Ookala. North Hilo. 20 inches in 24 hours, is reported on good authority, though 1 the official report has not come in i The newspapers reported 40 inches » in a day at Papaaloa 2 mites from ■ Laupahoehoe, but there is no rain- • gauge at that point: and l.aupahoe- * hoe reports 40 inches for two days. » not one. i Mean temperatures. Pepeekeo. Hi- - lo diastrict. lot) feet elevation, aver- * age maximum, 77.t>; average mini--1 mum. *57.8; Waimea, Hawaii. 2730 • elevation. 73.7 and 61.6; Kohala. 521 : elevation. 78.6 and 67.7; W. R. Castle. Kulaokahua. 60 feet elevation. ; ! highest. SO; lowest. 39: average for year. 74.42. Ewa Plantation. 50 elevation. mean maximum. 51.2; mean minimum. 64.5; mean dew point. 644 The two storm periods of the month were about the Sth and 24th. both preceeded by heavy swell, and 1 followed by low dew-point. The north | wind evidently precipitated the terrific downpour on North Hilo. There was lightning reported from Hawaii for the Sth. 9th. 13th. 24th and 25th. Maui on th Bth. Snow fell on Manna Kca and Manna l.oa on the Sth and 24th. on Haleakala Sth. Earthquake reported at Hilo 7:30 p. m. on the 2nd. CURTIS .1. LYONS. Territorial M‘ tecologist.