Stations. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1889, FURNISHED The mean atmospheric pressure (30.168 in.) was .031 inch above the average for the past seven years. The highest barometer (30.858 in.) occurred at Youngstown on the 23d, and the lowest (29.360 in.) at Toledo on the 4th. The mean temperature of the northern section was 22°.5, of the middle section, 25°.4, of the southern section, 29°.9, and of the State, 25°.8. These means are 3°.3, 2°.2, 2°.7 and 3.0 below the means for the sections and State respectively. The highest temperature reported during the month was 692.8 at Cincinnati on the 16th, and the lowest, 13.5 below zero at Jefferson on the 24th. The mean daily range of temperature was 17.5, the maximum range being 43°.0 at Wauseon on the 21st, and the minimum, 2°.0 at Toledo on the 5th. It was the coldest February since 1885, in which year the mean temperature of February was 19.3. The mean relative humidity, 82.5 per cent., was above normal. Precipitation was general, mostly in the form of snow, on the 8th, 11th, 16th, 17th and 18th. Light local rain or snow occurred in all sections on the 3d, 4th and 13th; in the northern section on the 7th, 12th, 22d and 26th; in the middle section on the 6th, 9th, 15th STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. HE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH BY THE OHIO METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU. 123 21st. 23d. 65.0 19.4 37.0 5th. 10.0 28th.-4.0 23d. 50.0 18.3 33.0 22d. 9.0 16th. Zero. 58.7 17.7 34.1 5th. 5.0 23d. 58.5 16.4 31.0 5th. 5.4 23d. 62.0 21.4 33.5 22d. 16.6 37.7 5.6 25th. 3d. 17th. 3d. 3d. 6.0 27th. 17th. --3.0 17th. -6.0 16th.-5.0 17th. -5.0 23d. 59.9 18.2 35.0 61.5 19.8 33.7 21st. 3.0 7th. 12 9 8 0.90 .032 W. 1.43 .051 S.W. N.W. S.W. 16th. 6.0 W. 16th 8.0 S.W. 16th 5.5 S.W. 4.0 3d. W. 23d. 57.0 16.7 28.0 21st. 6.0 3d. 13 10 1.00 .036 W. and 26th; in the southern on the 12th, 15th and 27th. Thunder-storms were reported by Athens and Georgetown on the 16th, and lightning by Greenville on the same date. The mean rainfall in the northern section was 1.31 inches, 1.46 inches in the middle section, and 1.27 inches in the southern section. These means are 2 inches, 2.05 inches and 2.82 inches below the average for the sections respectively. The mean for the State, 1.35 inches, is 2.29 inches below the average, and is the smallest rainfal on record for February. The greatest monthly rainfall was 2.44 inches at Marietta, and the least, 0.47 inch, at Youngstown. The prevailing direction of the wind was west. The percentage of verifications of weather signals received from Washington and distributed to 35 display stations, computed from reports of observers, was 85 for temperature and 89 for weather. Cold-wave signals were ordered on the 5th, 11th, 18th and 21st. All were justified. C. E. KILBOURNE, Sec'y O. M. B 124 Mean barometer. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1889, FURNISHED Ozone. mean. 44.6 76.0 30.438 Wapakoneta 29.990 30.397 Sidney 29.997 30.373 30th. 29.631 7th. .807 76.6 42.3 73.0 29.625 7th. .772 82.8 39.8 71.0 29.683 7th. .690 76.8 42.0 72.5 Greenville 30.012 30.440 30th. 29.650 7th. .790 77.6 40.9 70.5 Celina. 30.470 30th. 29.689 7th. 781 67.9 42.4 74.5 Upper Sandusky. 30.021 30.429 Fostoria... 29.930 30.424 Wauseon. 30.455 Clarksville.. 30.034 30.455 Yellow Springs.. 30.430 30.006 .745 76.5 7th. .833 7th. .808 70.8 7th. .789 73.8 7th. .791 41.6 72.3 North Lewisburg. 30.338 30th. 29.616 7th. .722 72.0 Bangorville 23.909 Toledo Sandusky Hanging Rock.. Portsmouth... $28.534 30th. 28.158 .751 7th. 71.8 39.3 70.0 30th. 29.590 7th. .860 72.8 36.2 64.0 7th. .880 73.0 36.8 64.0 7th. 810 85.5 43.5 75.0 .748 77.7 44.9 81.5 O. S. University. 745 Westerville 29.972 30.418 30th. 29.593 7th. 825 87.0 Logan 30.006 30.423 Oberlin 29.991 1st. 29.627 .796 7th. 80.4 41.3 78.0 909 7th. 85.5 36.1 66.0 Marietta 30.006 30.436 30th. 29.618 7th. .818 75.4 43.3 74.5 McConnelsville 29.991 30.385 Pomeroy 29.999 30.411 1st. 29.600 7th. .785 76.1 75.3 41.9 7th. .768 77.6 46.3 750 Athens 30.036 30.465 30th. 29.629 7th. .836 76.8 Granville 29.990 Newcomerstown 29.999 30th. 29.610 7th. 831 71.3 40.5 72.0 7th. .847 82.6 Quaker City. New Alexandria.. Canton Youngstown 30.424 Hiram. 29.985 30.517 Jefferson 29.962 Wooster Cleveland (S. O.).. 29.931 30th. 29.568 7th. 868 39.2 69.3 7th. .869 69.0 29.563 77.0 30.0 64.2 7th. 881 83.2 35.1 66.0 7th. .888 77.0 38.7 71.0 7th. .880 72.8 36.4 64.0 Cleveland (Hyde). 38.8 64.0 Akron........ 67.6 Hudson Weymouth... Ellsworth Ottawa. 29.997 30.517 Ashland..... Waynesville Springboro.... Jacksonburg State The mean atmospheric pressure, 29.997 inches, was .059 inch below the average for the past seven years. The highest barometer, 30.517 inches, occurred at Hiram on the 1st, and the lowest, 29.500 inches, at Jefferson on the 7th. The month was remarkable for having the highest maximum, minimum and mean temperatures on record for March since the opening of the Bureau in 1883. The mean temperature of the northern section was 37. 3; of the middle section, 40. 9, and of the southern section, 43. 1. These means are 4. 9, 5. 4 and 4.21 above the averages for the sections, respectively. The mean for the State. 40. 2, was 4. 6 above the average. The mean daily range was 19.04. The greatest daily range was 53 at Athens on the 30th, and the least, 22, on the 2d at Toledo, on the 10th at Jefferson, and at Cleveland on the 21st. The mean relative humidity, 76.5 per cent., was 1.4 per cent. below the seven-year average for March, Precipitation was general in all sections on the 1st. 2d, 29th and 31st. Local rains occurred in the northern section on the 3d, 9th, 10th, 21st and 22d; in the middle section on the 3d, 7th, 8th, 10th, 18th and 19th, and in the southern section on the 8th, 9th, 10th, 18th, 20th and 28th. In the northern section more than one-half the rainfall for the month occurred on the 31st, and at one station, Fostoria, the entire rainfall for the month occurred on that Date. THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH BY THE OHIO METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU. 17th. 25.0 9th. 51.0 18.1 32.0 17th. 6.0 $7 6 10 0.61 .020 N.W. 17th. 17.0 11th. 17th. 15.0 30th 560 20.4 34.0 17th. 9.0 *8 13 0.98 .032 N. 17th. 19.0 11th. 53.5 17th. 18.5 11th. 52.0 17.2 13 10 20.4 022 1.38 .045 N. 21.5 38.0 6.0 10th. 26th. 4.0 2d. 8.2 10th. 6.0 9th. 2.0 2d. 22.4 40.0 17th. 7.0 11 22.7 39.5 16th. day. The mean rainfall in the northern section was 2.11 inches; in the middle section, 1.04 inches and in the southern section, 1.01 inches, and for the State, 1.50 inches. The rainfall in the northern section was .07 inch above the average for March. In the middle and southern sections it was 1.48 and 1.53 inches below the average for those sections. The average deficiency for the whole State amounted to 0.87 inch. Thunder-storms were general in the northeastern part of the State on the 31st. The greatest monthly rainfall was 3.19 inches at Oberlin, and the least, 0.40 inch, at Jacksonborough. The greatest rainfall in any twenty-four hours was 2.25 inches, at Oberlin, on the 31st. The highest wind velocities reported during the month were 44 miles S. W. at Cincinnati, 40 miles S. W. at Columbus, and 60 miles S. W. at Ohio State University on the 31st, 24 miles W. at Cleveland, 27 miles N. W. at Toledo on the 9th, and 30 miles N. W. at Sandusky on the 10th. Total movement: Cincinnati, 5,124 miles; Columbus, 6,077 miles; Ohio State University, 7,041 miles; Cleveland, 5,562 miles; Sandusky, 7,007 miles, and Toledo, 7,307 miles. These are the smallest total movements of the wind reported for the month of March on record in the Bureau. The prevailing direction of wind was northwest. C. E. KILBOURNE, Secretary O. M. B. 126 ANNUAL REPORT METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1889, FURNISHED Ozone. mean. 30.017 30.560 7th. 29.500 28th. 1.060 70.1 29.605 27th. .909 76.0 29.545 27th. .968 80.2 55.3 81.0 61.2 51.1 82.0 72.4 50.7 82.0 79.0 49.9 82.0 51.3 85.0 83.4 45.9 79.0 85.0 The mean atmospheric pressure, 30.015 inches, was .019 inch below the average for the past seven years. The highest barometer, 30.598 inches, occurred at Youngstown on the 7th, and the lowest, 29.426 inches. at Jeffer-on on the 28th. The mean temperature in the northern section was 46.08; in the middle section, 50.03; in the southern section, 52.09, and for the State, 49. 9. These means are 0.1°, 0.6, 0.6 and 0.4° above the seven-year averages for the section and State. The highest temperature, 88°, occurred at Portsmouth on the 12th, and at North Lewisburg on the 19th; the lowest temperature, 15°, at Bangorville on the 6th. The mean daily range of temperature was 21.09, the greatest daily range being 48° at North Lewisburg and Logan on the 23d, and the smallest, 3°, at Jefferson on the 27th. The mean relative humidity, 73.4 per cent., was about normal. Precipitation was general in ali sections on the 1st, 12th, 20th and 24th; in the northern section on the 28th and in the southern section on the 13th. Local rains occurred in all sections on the 2d, 5th, 6th and 27th; in the northern and middle sections on the 3d, 11th and 13th: in the northern section on the 4th and 19th, and in the southern section on the 30th. The mean rainfall in the northern section was 2.16 inches; in the middle section 1.64 inches; in the southern section 1.57 inches. The mean for the whole State was 1.79 inches. These means are .03 inch, .95 inch, 1.66 inches and 83 inch below the seven-year averages for sections and State. The deficiency in rainfall for the year to May 1st, amounts to 1.78 inches in |