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PHYSICS OF THE AIR
independent, so far as known, of variations in the intensity of direct radiation.
The number of stations was still further limited by the available recent data. Hence the records finally selected, and kindly put in shape by the Climatological Division of the United States Weather Bureau, P. C. Day in charge, were obtained at the following places:
TABLE II.—STATIONS WHOSE DATA WERE USED America
|
Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Elevation in feet |
|
Baker Oregon ................ |
44° 46' N. |
117° 50' W. |
3,466 |
|
Bismarck North. Dakota ......... |
46° 47' N. |
100° 38' W. |
1,674 |
|
Cheyenne Wyoming .............. |
41° 08' N. |
104° 48' W. |
6,088 |
|
Denver Colorado ...................... |
39° 45' N. |
105° 00' W. |
5,291 |
|
Dodge City Iowa ......... |
37° 45' N. |
100° 00' W. |
2/509 |
|
El Paso Texas .............. |
31° 47' N. |
106° 30' W. |
3,762 |
|
Helena, Montana ..................... |
46° 34' N. |
112° 04' W. |
4,110 |
|
Huron Michigan .......... |
44° 21' N. |
98° 14' W. |
1,306 |
|
North Platte Nebraska ................ |
41° 08' N. |
100° 45' W. |
2,821 |
|
Red Bluff California ...... |
40° 10' N. |
122° 15' W. |
332 |
|
Sacramento California .......... |
38° 35' N. |
121° 30' W. |
69 |
|
Salt Lake City, Utah ............. : ...... |
40° 46' N. |
111° 54' W. |
4,360 |
|
San Antonio Texas |
29° 27' N. |
98° 28' W. |
701 |
|
Santa F6 New Mexico ........... |
35° 41' N. |
105° 57' W. |
7,013 |
|
Spokane, Washington ................... |
47° 40' N. |
117° 25' W. |
1,929 |
|
Winnemucca, Nevada . . |
40° 58' N |
117° 43' W. |
4,344 |
|
Yuma, Arizona ....................... |
32° 45' N. |
114° 36' W. |
141 |
Europe
|
Mont Ventoux ................. |
44° 10' N |
5° 16' E |
6 234 |
|
Obir ................................. |
46° 30' N |
14° 29' E |
6 716 |
|
Pic du Midi .................. |
42° 56' N |
0° 8' E |
9 380 |
|
Puy de D6me ...................... |
45° 46' N' |
2° 57' E |
4 813 |
|
Santis ............................... |
47° 15' N |
9° 20' E |
8 202 |
|
Schneekoppe ................. |
50° 44' N |
15° 44' E |
5 359 |
|
Sonnblick .......................... |
47° 3' N |
12° 57' E |
10 190 |
India
|
Simla ........................ |
31° |
6' |
N |
77° 1 |
2' E |
7 |
232 |
In Table III, the first column gives the year in question. The second column gives the average departure in degrees Fahrenheit, for the seventeen American stations, of the annual average maximum, as determined from the monthly average maxima, from the normal annual