TIIE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL
SUMMARY FOR 1936, AT
NOME, ALASKA
Jr' January 20, 1937
Record breaking maximum tern
peratures during the forepart of
July set an all time high reading
of 84 degrees on July 3rd for the
outstanding weather phenomena
according to the annual summary
compiled by the Nome Office of
the U. S. Weather Bureau. A
new high temperature was also
recorded for the month of Octo
ber when the mercury reached
55 degrees on the first. Damag
ing wind storms were observed
on January 20 and December 30.
Aviation activities were restrict
ed because of low clouds and con
siderable- fog during August and
December.
The mean annual barometric
pressure reduced to sea level was
29.84 inches. The highest observ
ed reading was 30.63 on Feb. 2nd
and the lowest 28.88 on Nov. 22.
The absolute range being 1.75 in.
The mean temperature for the
year was 28.0 degrees which is
2 5 degrees above the normal.
The mean maximum temperature
was 34.6 degrees and the mean
minimum 21.4. The lowest tem
perature was —25 on- March 19,
1936. The mean daily tempera
ture range was 13,2 degrees. The
greatest daily range was 38 de
grees on Jan. 17. and the least
daily range 2 degrees on Aug. 7.
The average daily change in tern
perature was 4 degrees.
Precipitation in form of rain
and melted snow measured 19.52
inches compared to the normal cf
17.70 inches there being an excess
of 1 82 inches. The greatest am
ount of rainfall in 24 hours was
0 83 inches on August 7'h. The
greatest snowfall in 24 hours oc
curred on Dec. 31, 1936 and Jan.
1. 1937, with a fall of 4 1 inches
Ti e greatest depth of snow on
ti < gr i’ i w >s 21 9 inches on
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March 9th.
I The total sunshine was 1858.9
hours out of a possible amount of
4612.5 hours the percentage of
possible being 39. Clear skies
were observed on 90 days, partly
cloudy 83 and cloudy 193. Meas
urable amounts of precipitation
occurred on 151 days. Light fog
; was recorded on 72 days while
dense fog occurred on 9 dates. A
: thunderstorm was observed in
August, while Auroras were not
ed on 72 days. Hail storms oc
curred 3 times during the year.
The total wind movement was
82.277 miles during 8,784 hours
for an average hourly velocity of
9.4 miles per hour. The wind
direction was from the north 19
per cent of the time. Northeast,
30 per cent. East 13 per cent;
Southeast 6 per cent; South 9 per
cent; Southwest 7 per cent; West
8 per cent; Calm 3 per cent. The
Maximum velocity for a five min
ute period w'as 54 miles per hour
from the northeast on Jan. 20th,
1936.
The last killing frost in the
Spring was on May 28th and the
: first in the fall season on August
26th. The growing season being
90 days, or longer than the aver
age.
The opening and closing dates
of navigation- were as follows.
U.S.C.G.S. arrived on June 9th,
1936. Gas Screw New York left
Nov. 13. 1936.
The Snake River ice and the
Bering Sea Shore Ice moved out
on May 15, 1936. Snake River
froze over on Nov. 15, 1936.
The conclusion—favorable wea
ther conditions obtained for min
ing activity, aviation and naviga
tion interests.
THOMAS B. HAYWARD,
Meteorologist
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SPOTLIGHT
By “Nosey”
Talk about excitement last
night, and the big crowd that at.
tended the ball games at the
gym! even though the night was
dark and stormy the hall was
packed to the roof to watch two
of the most exciting games of the
series, when the Huskies took
the Alaskans 17 to 10, and the
Hammon won from the Commer.
i dais 15 to 9, to make poor old
‘‘Nosey” only half right again.
Seems like I can’t quite guess
both games, but I can one of
them.
The star player of the entire
evening turned out to be U. S.
! Signal Corps Messenger boy Pat
Miller of the Alaskans, who made
two successive plays which brot
the house down nearly. Playing
' left field, he snagged a hot line
drive with runner on the bases
and as they tried to round third
and make home he threw to the
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catcher in t me for him to tag
the runner out before he got
home. Within five minutes he
duplicated the ploy, and both
pegs were right in the old sock.
Some head-work there.
And that brings to mind a dou_
ble force.out play pulled by the
Commercial third baseman when
he fielded a hit bail put his foot
on third, forcing the runner from
second, and then threw quick to
second base forcing the runner
out coming from first. Speedy
work is what I calls it.
If you have ever seen a hot
team, last night yoji>aw the Hus
kies right up on their toes every
minute and they succeeded in
! knocking two pitchers out of the
box during their game, besides
pulling some fancy base.running.
In the field they played “close to
j their tummies” and with almost
' no errors.
Possibly the finest example of
sportsmanship and loyalty to his
team was evidenced by Sammy
Mogg, Alaskan third baseman
who mushed thirty.five miles yes
terday through the snow storm
and blizzard, to get to Nome in
time to play in the game last
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Secretary of State Cordell Hull, shown as he paused at the gangplank,
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strike marched at the pier. The ship was delayed for a time. (Asso
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night. He had been out hunting
and trapping for ^he last week
or ten days. His brother Alec
also made the trip in from out in
the country.
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The Alaskans on their part,
d.dn’t seem to be able to hold the
ball when fielding it, and when
they were at bat, they didn't hit
nearly as well as they did against!
the Commercials or Hammon j
either, although they were a po
tential threat throughout the en_
tire gante.
And now we come to that bit
ter rivalry between the Hammon
and Commercials which has ex_
isted, I’ve been told, for some
years. The ganjes which these
two te^jns play are always filled
with the keenest competition, and
their playing is usually of the
hardest and stellar character. The
Hammon,hitting relentlessly thru
out the entire game gradually
drew ahead of the Commercials
until they had a six run lead in
the sixth inning, putting out
three Commercial batters in their
half of the seventh and winning
without having to play their own
half of the seventh. The game
started with a snap with the Com"
mercials knocking in four runs
right off the reel, and the Ham.
mon coming back with two in
their half. From there on the
score was tied nearly everv inn
ing until the last of the fourth.
The playing was tight and close
on nearly every play, until the
Hammon got to Commercial pit.
cher Lehmann for too many runs,
putting the game on the ice.
Huskie Catcher Allan Lee suf_
fered an accident in catching a
pitched ball between his two mid
die fingers of his left hand, split!,
ing the skin and flesh, and inflict
ng a painful wound. He receiv.
ed first aid but was not able to
continue in the game, his place
being taken by the young Ama.
rok boy who turned in a good
performance during the balance
of the game.
The old talk about sportsman,
ship will have to be revived, I
guess. Saw the incident on first
base last night in the Hammon
-Commercial game which result,
ed in Hammon second baseman
Harney being benched by the
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TELLER NEWS
(Special Correspondence)
Teller, Alaska, Jan. 15.
Erskine Baker returned from a
trip to Igloo. Due to the soft
weather and high water he was
more than a week making the
trip instead of the two days he
had planned.
Among the out of town visitors
for the holidays, is Pete Olson of
Nome. Mr. Olson has not been
in Teller since he stopped pack
ing the mail four years ago.
The soft weather has put an
end to most of the traveling for
awhile. Just before Christmas,
the cars were on the bay or the
harbor everyday. The high tides
raised the ice by the beach mak
ing it impossible to get on the
Ice at the present time.
Among the visitors to Gold Run
last week were Mr & Mrs Ralph
Ulricksen, • Miss Helen Baldwin
and Pete Olson. They spent the
day with L. Stephansen, thereby
having a regular reunion of ‘‘No
meites.”
There are a number of cases of
whooping cough at the Teller
Mission, according to Mrs. Haver
camp, government teacher. How
ever, there have been no serious
cases.
Gilbert Tidjeland, Claus Hole,
and Ole Skie. who have been
taking out a winter dump at Gold
Run are reported to be doing
very well. They have been able
to work most every day and are
well satisfied with the results.
Father LaFortune arrived by
plane last Tuesday. He will be
here for several days.
Attorney James Frawley and
U. S. Deputy Marshal Ben Mozee
were arrivals on the same plane.
They will return to Nome after
finishing up some business here.
The mail arrived in Teller on
the 10th, leaving for Wales and
Shishmaref the next morning.
The Misses May Thompson and
Ella Snyder left for Budd Creek
where they plan on “roughing it”
for a few weeks.
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