"A Winter Climate for Invalids"

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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
Washington, D.C. January 16, 1883
Statement showing t he mean, maximum, minimum and water temperatures; the
Precipitation, in inches and hundredths, and the mean relative humidity, at Punta
Rassa, Florida, for each month from the commencement of observations to Decem-
Ber, 1882. (Compiled from the records on file at the office of the Chief Signal Officer,
U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.)
Punta Rassa, Florida. - Mean Monthly Temperatures.
(COMPUTED FROM THE THREE TELEGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS)
[mean monthly temperatures chart]
NOTE - The Daily means are obtained by dividing the sum of the readings at the
Three telegraphic observations by three; the monthly means by dividing the sum of
The daily means by the number of days in the month.
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
[chart of maximum temperature]
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
[chart of minimum temperatures]

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MEAN OF THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF THE WATER AT
THE OCEAN BOTTOM AT PUNTA RASSA, FLA. FOR THE MONTHS NAMED.
Average depth of the water at the place where observations are taken, is 11.9 feet.
[water temperature chart]
PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS)
[precipitation chart]
MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. - (From The Three Telegraphic Observations.)
[chart of relative humidity]

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