Weather Data for 04 Oct 1900



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Kitty Hawk Life Saving Station
	Midnight	Sunrise	Noon	Sunset
Wind Direction	NE	N	N	N
Wind Force	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate
Surf	High	High	High	High
Barometer	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.2
Thermometer	No Record	No Record	No Record	No Record
Vessels Seen	No Record
General Remarks	JR Best on watch for the day; Telephone test at 7 am; Recd 5 16 foot oars, 1 anchor Boat 26 lbs, 6 rubber Buckets for Boat, 2 hatchets Boat; Beach patrol, Sandlin North from 8 am to 12 noon, Toler South from 8 am to 12 noon, Gallop north from 2 Pm to 5 Pm, Griggs south from 2 Pm to 5 Pm; Beach two wet for Beach drill; Twiford on day Leave
Keeper	S.J. Payne Keeper

Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station
	Midnight	Sunrise	Noon	Sunset
Wind Direction	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind Force	Fresh	Light	Light	Light
Surf	Rough	Rough	Rough	Rough
Barometer	30.31	30.27	30.29	30.25
Thermometer	77	76	78	79
Vessels Seen	No Record
General Remarks	CB Perry on day Watch; Test 7 am; Beach Patroled from Sunrise until 2 Pm on the account of Thick Fog; Drilled with Beach apparatus distance from Crotch to Pole 60 yards time 4.10; Exspended 2 ozs Powder 1 friction Primer 1 C.B.
Keeper	J.E. Ward Keeper

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