LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE TABLE. Specially prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. tuenos Ayres, Argentina34 36 30 S. .22 33 25 N. 12 08 15 S. 0 17 26.0 E. 0 00 22.7 E. 4 44 31.0 W. 7 33 06.0 E. Calcutta, India. allao, Peru, Lt. Cambridge, England*. ambridge, Mass.*. 52 12 52 N. 42 22 48 N. anton, China, Lt.. .23 06 35 N. Cape Cod, Mass., Lt.... 42 02 23 N. ape Hatteras, N.C.,Lt 35 15 17 N. Cape Henry, Va., Lt..,.36 55 35 N. Cape Horn. .55 58 41 8. Cape May, N. J., Lt....38 55 59 N, Cape of Good Hope*. .33 56 04 S. Cape of Good Hope Lt 34 21 12 S. Tape Prince of Wales...65 33 30 N. (harleston, S. C., Lt...32 41 43 N. (harlottetown, P. E. I., 4 40 14.5 W. 5 02 05.1 W. 5 04 01.8 W. 4 29 05.0 W. 4 59 50.6 W. 1 13 54.8 E. 1 13 57.7 E. 11 12 00.0 W. 5 19 32.1 W. 4 12 27.9 W. 5 14 05.3 W. 0 06 32.5 W. 0 42 53.5 E. 5 37 41.4 W. 5 01 37.4 W. 46 11 36 N. 38 02 01 N. 49 38 54 N. 41 50 01 N. 59 54 44 N. 39 08 20 N. 43 03 17 N. 6 55 40 N. 9 22 09 N. 5 50 26.8 W. Copenhagen, Denmark*.55 41 13 N. Demerara (Georgetown, Denver, Col.*. Dublin, Ireland*. Eagle Pass, Tex. Edinburgh, Scotland. Fairbanks, Alaska.. 6 49 20 N. .39 40 36 N. .53 23 13 N. .28 42 39 N. 55 57 23 N. .64 50 53 N. Father Point, Que., Lt. .48 31 25 N. Fernandina, Fla., C.H. .30 40 14 N. 5 19 22.7 E. 5 19 38.8 W. 3 52 46.0 W. .38 31 45 N. 4 33 50.7 W. 1 54 30.6 W. 5 25 50.8 W. .43 45 14 N. .29 18 14 N. 46 11 59 N. 55 52 43 N. Funchal Lt., Madeira...32 37 43 N. Greenwich, England*. Halifax (Dockyard). Key West, Fla., Lt. 36 06 25 N. .51 28 38 N. 13 26 22 N. 44 39 38 N, 53 32 51 N. 43 42 15 N. .23 09 26 N. 22 18 13 N. .21 17 55 N. .42 26 47 N. .24 33 02 N. Flagstaff), Jamaica...17 55 56 N. 0 45 01.3 E. 0 21 22.8 W. 5 07 22.3 W. Lisbon, Portugal. Liverpool, England* Madison, Wis.. Madras, India*. Madrid, Spain. .38 42 31 N. 53 24 05 N. 43 04 37 N. 13 04 08 N. .40 24 30 N. 0 14 45.1 W. • Observatories. Lt. denotes a lighthouse. Patrick's Ch.), La....29 56 53 N. New York City (Col. Univ.). Nice, France*. Nice, France*. Norfolk (Navy Yd.), Va. North Cape, Norway.. Northfield, Minn. Northampton, Mass. Odessa, Ukrainia Ogden, Utah.. Oslo, Norway* Ottawa, Canada* Oxford (Univ.), Eng." Panama (Cathedral) Paris, France*. Pensacola, Fla., Lt Petrograd, Russia. Philadelphia, Pa.*. Point Barrowt. Port au Prince (Fort Seattle (Univ.), Wash. .52 05 10 N. .61 06 50 N. .33 01 52 S. .45 26 10 N. .19 12 30 N. 48 25 26 N. 48 13 55 N. 52 13 05 N. 38 55 14 N. 42 17 35 N. 41 17 04 S. 41 23 22 N. † Highest latitude in U. S. territory. 5 24 21.5 W. Long. " 87 18 20 88 03 02 91 04 15 93 43 21 94 46 01 95 18 31 7 48 58.1 117 14 32 7 53 00.2 118 15 03 8 01 52.9 120 28 13 8 03 02.5 120 45 37 8 07 43.9 121 55 59 8 12 05.4 123 01 21 8 14 57.6 123 44 24 8 17 37.4 124 24 21 8 16 36.1 124 09 02 8 18 15.1 124 33 46 8 16 18.9 124 04 43 8 16 04.3 124 01 05 8 16 27.8 124 06 57 8 18 56.6 124 44 09 9 46 36.4146 39 0 Lat. Long. " 30 20 46 30 11 15 H. M. S. 28 54 52 6 01 17.0 29 28 20 6 14 53.4 29 21 59 6 19 04.1 28 56 41 6 21 14.1 32 39 55 33 42 31 35 09 38 36 38 01 Los Angeles, Cal. (Baptist Ch.) Louisville, Ky. (C.H.). Mobile, Ala. (Ct. Hse) Portland, Ore. (Courthouse)... 17||Rochester, N.Y. (Anderson Hall) 43 09 38 77 35 14 Rockland, Me. (C.Ch.) 14 06 24 4 36 26.7 69 06 37 Tampa, Fla. (Ct. Hse.) 27 56 53 5 29 49.9 82 27 28 Walla Walla, Wash. (Courthouse) 46 03 55 7 53 23.4118 20 51 The movement is difficult to detect because of the small area of the pole-about the size of a tennis 34 02 48 38 15 16 30 41 23 Long. Long. " 118 15 04 85 45 38 88 02 25 15 31 00 8 10 42.6 122 40 39 5 10 20.9 HIGH-TIDE TABLES. (Specially prepared from the Tide Tables of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for FOR GOVERNOR'S ISLAND (NEW YORK HARBOR) Note-The time as above given, from the last inclusive, must be increased by one hour in order Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September, to obtain Daylight Saving Time. TIME OF HIGH WATER AT POINTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. The standard time of high water at the following at Governor's Island, N. Y., the hours and minute places may be found approximately for each day by annexed. adding to or subtracting from the time of high water Albany, N. Y. Plymouth, Mass. 00 Point Lookout, Md. 55 Portland, Me.. Portsmouth, N. H.. add 2 50 add 3 10 Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. add 4 45 Eastport, Me. add Fernandina, Fla.. add Gloucester, Mass. add Hell Gate Light, East River, N. Y. add Isle of Shoals, N. H. add Jacksonville, Fla. add Key West, Fla.. add League Island, Pa. add add add add add 1 .sub. 05 Watch Hill, R. I.. add 50 20 West Point, N. Y. add add 3 40 Wilmington, N. C.. .add Marblehead, Mass. Nahant, Mass.. Nantucket, Mass. From table, distance corresponding to 130 feet height. Nautical Miles. 13.03 4.43 WEATHER FLAGS. OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. T Weather Bureau furnishes, when practicable, he benefit of all interests dependent upon estar conditions, the "Forecasts" which are predally at the Central Office in Washington, Cand certain designated stations. These sts are telegraphed to stations of the Weather No. 1 White Flag. Bureau, railway officials, postmasters, and many others, to be communicated to the public by telegrapn, telephone, radio, and mail or by means of flags or steam whistles. The flags adopted for this purpose are five in number, and of the forms and colors indicated below: Fair weather. Rain or snow. Local rain or snow. Temperature. Cold wave. When number 4 is placed above number 1, 2 or 3, it indicates warmer; when below, colder; when not played, the temperature is expected to remain about stationary. SMALL CRAFT, STORM AND HURRICANE WARNINGS. The U. S. Weather Bureau in its Administrative port, claims that its A. M. 36-hour forecasts ghout the whole country, averaged (1915-1919) 5 per cent. correct for weather, and 90.2 per cent. rect for temperature. For the Eastern New Tark locality, in the same period, it is claimed, the M. 36-hour forecasts were 85.7 per cent. correct Small craft. as to weather, and 89.9 per cent. correct as to temperature. The highest percentage of accurate weather forecasts (92.6) was for Southern Callfornia; the lowest (81.6) in Upper Michigan. The highest accuracy in temperature forecasts (96.4) was in Florida: the lowest (84.4) in Montana. All square flags shown here are red with black centre when displayed as warnings. Storm. Hurricane. RED RED Small Craft Warning-A red pennant indicates at moderately strong winds that will interfere the safe operation of small craft are expected. No night display of small craft warnings is made. Northeast Storm Warning-A red pennant abore a are red flag with black centre displayed by day, red lanterns, one above the other, displayed night, indicates the approach of a storm of marked ence with winds beginning from the northeast. Southeast Storm Warning-A red pennant below a are red flag with black centre displayed by day, tope red lantern displayed by night, indicates the sch of a storm of marked violence with winds ginning from the southeast. thest Storm Warning A white pennant below square red flag with black centre displayed by day, or a white lantern below a red lantern displayed by night, indicates the approach of a storm of marked violence with winds beginning from the southwest. Northwest Storm Warning-A white pennant abote a square red flag with black centre displayed by day. or a white lantern abore a red lantern displayed by night, indicates the approach of a storm of marked violence with winds beginning from the northwest Hurricane, or Whole Gale Warning-Two square flags, red with black centres, one above the other. displayed by day, or two red lanterns, with a white lantern between,' displayed by night, indicate the approach of a tropical hurricane, or of one of the extremely severe and dangerous storms which occasionally move across the Great Lakes or up the Atlantic Coast. |