Monthly Meteorological Summary For
* Month February. 1936
Outstanding in the meteorolog
ical summary for February, 1936,
compiled by the Nome office of
the United States Weather Bur
eau, were: precipitation was be
low normal while sunshine was
correspondingly above the aver
age. Temperatures averaged a
bove the normal while northeast
winds had a tendency to lower
temperatures at times.
The mean temperature during
the month was 8.5 degrees com
> pared to a normal of 5.1 degrees,
being an excess of 3.4 degrees.
The highest temperature observ
ed was 32 degrees on the first,
while the lowest was 25 below on
the ninth. The greatest daily
range was 24 degrees on the 9th
while the least daily range was
4 degrees on the 15th. The high
est ever recorded in February
was 45 degrees in 1927, while the
lowest on record was 41 below in
1925.
Precipitation totaled .56 inches
while measurable amounts of
melted snow, rain, and sleet oc
curred on 6 days during the mon
th. The greatest fall in any 24
hours being .34 inches on Jan
uary 31 and February 1st, while
2 inches of snow fell on these
same dates. 20.3 inches of snow
were measured on the ground at
the end of the month.
Clear skies were observed on 13
days, partly cloudy 3, and cloudy
13. 121.1 hours of sunshine were
recorded compared to the possi
ble of 246.2 hours, the percent
age of possible being 59. This
was the most sunshine on record
for 3 years.
The total wind movement was
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vestigating the possibility
of murder in connection
with her strange death.
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declare it would have been
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8,119 miles during 696 hours for ;
an average hourly velocity of 11.7 ;
miles per hour. The prevailing
direction was northeast. The
maximum velocity for a five-min
ute period was 47 miles per hour
from the northeast on the 10th.
An unusually large number of
auroras were observed, the dates
being February 4. 5, 9. 10. 11. 16,
17. 13. 19, 20. 21. 24, 2.5. 26. 27. 23
and 29t'n. Solar halos were obser
ved on the 1st 2, 5, 6. 10th, while
a lun ir halo was observed on the
second. Light fog was recorded
on the lot and 2nd while a dense
fog was also recorded on the 1st.
Upper Air Data
The highest velocity attained in
upper air soundings w'as 73 miles
per hour from the north at an
altitude of 9250 feet above the
surface at 11:31 a.m. on February
28th. The highest altitude reach
ed was 27.304 feet above the sur
face on February 9th at 11:39 a.
m. The velocity of wind was 40
miles per hour from the west
south west.
THOMAS B. HAYWARD.
Meteorologist.
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Golovin News
Letter Month j
Of February
(Continued From Pnee One)
Henry Wilson of Elim.
made a business trip to
Golovin the last part of the
month.
Florence Blatchford made
a trip to Council with a
load of freight. She was
the guest of Mrs. Clyde
Glass while there.
Many men have gone out
seal hunting from White
Mountain and Golovin, but
have not had much success,
only a few seals being cau
ght. Some hunters have
trapped a few foxes and
wolverines, but the catch is
small.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO MISSION SITE
Mineral Survey No. 2082
Nome Serial No. 0923
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE AT NOME. ALASKA.
December 20. 1935.
NOTICE is hereby given 1 hot
the CALIFORNIA YEARLY
MEETING OF FRIENDS CHUR
CH, a religious corporali in whose
postoffice address and principal
place of business is Wh itier, Cal
ifornia, has made application in
the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, for a patent for
its mission site to be known as
the “Friends Mission Reserve" at
Kotzebue, Noatak-Kobuk Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, and
within the Nome Land Office Dis
trict, and officially designated U.
S. Survey No. 2082, the exterior
boundaries thereof being as foll
ows, magnetic declination 22 de
grees, 30 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. 1 vvitcnce U.
S. Location Monument No. 2082
bears N. 45 deg. 55 min. W., 8.94
chains; thence S. 44 deg. 06 min.
W., 4.00 chains to Cor. 2; thence
S. 45 deg., 55 min. E., 29.46 chains
to Witness Corner, and .40 chains
further in the same direction to
cor. a; irura cor. j n. u< aeg. 40
min. W., 10.60 chains to Cor. 4;.
thence N. 45 deg. 55 min. W., .30
chains to Witness Corner, and:
25.30 chains further in the same
direction to Cor. 5; thence S. 44
deg. 65 min. W., 13.30 chains to
Cor. 6; thence N. 45 deg. 55 min.1
W., 8.94 chains to Cor. 7; thence
N. 44 deg. 05 min. E., 12.92 chains
to Cor. 8; thence N. 45 deg. 55
min. W., 6.00 chains to Cor. 9;
thence N. 48 deg. 09 min. E., 14.12
chains to Cor. 10: thence N. 45
deg. 55 min. W., 1.30 drains to
.Vitness Corner and .49 chains fur
ther in tire same direction to Cor.
11; thence N. 55 deg. 35 min. E.,
I. 29 chains to Cor. 12; thence S.
11 deg. 33 min. E., .68 chains to i
Witness Corner and 1.31 chains
'urther in the same direction to i
Eor. 13; thence S. 44 deg. 05 min. i
W., 2.60 chains to Cor. 14: thence !
5. 45 deg. 55 min. E.. 2.25 chains
,o Cor. 15; thence N. 44 deg. 05
nin. E., 1.10 chains to Cor. 16; (
;hence S. 45 deg. 55 min. E., .70
•haiixs to Cor. 17: thence S. 44
ieg. 05 min. W„ 1.10 chains to
Eor. 18; thence S. 45 deg. 55 min.1
E., 1.30 chains to said U. S. Loca
;ion Monument No. 2082, and S. i
15 deg. 55 min. E., 8.94 chains!
'urther in the same direction to1
~or. 1, the place of beginning;
;he total area being 59.50 acres; I
ind excepting therefrom a tract
rf 0.28 acres known as the “Ver-1
ion tract” for a description of
vhich commencing at Cor. 1 of'
;aid “Vernon tract” from whence;
;aid U. S. Location Monument No.i
!082 bears N. 55 deg. 54 min. E...
II. 87 chains; thence S. 44 deg. 05 !
nin. W., 2.00 chains to Cor. 2 of |
laid tract; thence N. 45 deg. 55:
nin. Wr., 1.40 chains to Cor. 3 of'
laid tract; thence N. 44 deg. 051
nin. E., 2.00 chains to Cor. 4 of |
laid tract, thence S. 45 deg. 55
nin. E., 1.40 chains to Cor. 1 or!
he place of beginning on said
ract; leaving a net of 59.22 acres. 1
This mission site is on unsur- j
'eyed ground and is within and ;
idjoinmg the town of Kotzebue,:
4oatak-Kobuk Precinct, Terri-1
ory of Alaska.
U. S. Location Monument No.
1082 to which this site or reserve i
s tied is situated in Latitude 66
leg. 53 min. N., Longitude 162'
leg. 38 min. 30 sec. W., in the1
aid town of Kotzebue.
ALMER RYDEEN,
, Register ■
!’irst Publication Jan. 14, 1936.
l>ast Publication March 16. 1936.
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