Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — MARCH WEATHER RECORD. [ARTICLE]

MARCH WEATHER RECORD.

Highest Temperature for Month Was 63 and the Lowest 16. The monthly meteorological summary of the local station of the weather bureau for March shows that the total amount of precipitation last month, 2.37 Inches, was less than for any March since 190$, when it was 2.13 Inches. x The average of the month for the last thirty-nine years was 4 Inches. The mean temperature last month was' 39, while the mean of the month for the last thirty-nine years was 40.1. The highest temperature last month was 63, on the 9th, and the lowest was 16, on the 17th- The greatest dally range In temperature during the month was 26 degrees, on the 26th, and the least was 6 de-

grees, on the 10th. , The mean atmospheric pressure was 29.94, the highest was 30.44, on the 11th, and the lowest was 29.36, on the 24th. The number of clear days last month was 6, partly cloudy days 9. and cloudy days 16. On six days there was .01 inch “or more of precipitation. The prevailing direction of the wind was northwest, and the average velocity was 11.8 miles an hour. The maximum velocity was forty-three miles an hour, from .the South, on the 9th. — Indianapolis News.