Monthly Summary
Weather Nome
In February
This month’s temperature re
cord was the lowest February re
cord since 1932 and was 4 degrees
below the mean normal. Snow
fall was below the average for
the month while the wind move
ment was the least for any winter
month on record for eight years
of automatic data. The month
was about normal for aviation
. . '*■
activity.
The mean temperature for the
month was 1.0 above zero which
is 4.0 degrees below the normal
of 5.0. The highest temperature
was 32 above on the 6th while
the lowest was —28 on the 16th
for a monthly range of 60 degrees
The greatest daily range was 26
degrees on the 7th while the
least was 5 degrees on the 17th.
Measurable amounts of snow
fell on 14 days during the month
for a total of 0.70 inches (melted)
compared to the normal of 0.83
inch. Snowfall amounted to 7.5
inches while 42.3 inches remain
ed on the ground at the close of
the month. The greatest snow
fall in 24 hours occurred on the
5th and 6th when 2.2 inches fell.
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Sunshine was recorded for 106
.9 hours compared to the possible
amount of 236.2 the percentage
of passible being 45 per cent. 100
per cent sunshine was observed
on 4 days. Six days were record
ed clear, four partly cloudy and
eighteen c.oudy.
The wind movement was 4196
miles during 672 hours for an
average hourly velocity of 6.2
miles per hour. The maximum
velocity was 25 miles per hour
for a five minute period on the
18th. from the northeast. The
prevailing direction was from the
northeast for 38 per cent of the
time. 32 hours were recorded
calm or 5 per cent of the time.
Auroras were observed on the
1st, 2nd, 3rd; 14th; 15th; 16th and
17th. Dense fog occurred on the
4th while light fog was observed
on 10 other days. Lunar halos
were recorded on the 1st, 23rd &
24th while a solar halo occurred
on the 1st.
Upper Air Data
The highest altitude reached in
pilot balloon soundings was 32,842
feet above the surface on Feb. 2,
1937 at 11:30 a.m., the direction
and velocity was North Northeast
forty miles per hour. The max
imum velocity during the month
was 49.3 miles per hour from the
north northeast at an altitude of
6234 feet above the surface on
Feb. l’th at 6 a.m.
THOMAS B. HAYWARD,
Meteorologist
Employee Pioneer
Home At Sitka
Died Today
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE March 2, — William
George Heidinger 54, an employ
ee at the Pioneers Home at Sit
ka, who was one of the young
est gold seekers to travel over
the trail to Dawson in 1897, died
at the home here yesterday.
He was a native of Amity,
Oregon. Burial will take place
at Puyallup where surviving re
latives including a son Louis, liv
es. A daughter Mrs. Frances Leon
of San Francisco also survives
him.
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We?ilher Today
(U. S Weather Bureau)
Mostly c'oudy weather prevail
ed over the western section of
the Nome-Fairbanks Airway but
ceiling and visibility conditions
were showing improvement at 7
a.m. Fair skies prevail over east
ern Alaska, the Aleutians and a
long the gulf of Alaska.
Temperatures continue below
zero over central and eastern Al
aska but as a rule they are above
zero over Seward Peninsula. The
lowest temperature reported last
night was —26 at Dawson; Fair
banks reported —21; Nenana—20
Flat—15; Kotzebue—14.
Relatively high barometric pre
ssure covers Alaska and the Ber
ing Sea district extending south- I
eastward with the crests charted j
at oint Barrow and near Atka. I
This distribution will likely cause
a continuation of cloudy and un
settled weather over western Al
aska with not much temperature
change. Increaseing winds from
the northeast are indicated.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 7 above and the
highest yesterday 14 above. Forty
three inches of snow remain on
the ground at Nome.
Wants Other Ships
To Form Patrol
(Bv The Associated Press)
VALENCIA, Spain, March 1 —
The government expressed fear
that German and Italian war- j
ships participating in the neutral
ity blockade may attack the east
ern seacoast, where the govern
ment dominates provinces.
The goverment wants other na
tions to assign patrols.
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