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The minimum shows about 10° below the average. For May, 1884, 51°; 

 1885, 52°; 1886, 52°; 1887, 39°; average, 48.02°. Clear days, 24; cloudy, 

 2; fair, 5; clear days for the year to date, 110. It rained on the sixth and 

 ninth; sprinkled on the sixteenth and nineteenth. Rainfall for the month, 

 .08 of an inch; for the year, 13.82 inches; season to date, 17.53 inches. 

 Two light frosts this month, one on the tenth, thermometer at 40°; and on 

 the eleventh, thermometer 39°. 



June, 1887. — This month was another of extremes in the thermometer. 

 From the first to the fifteenth it was below the average for June, and from 

 the latter date to the close of the month it was above the average. On the 

 nineteenth and twentieth a hot wave passed over this section of the State, 

 running the mercury above 100°, and for fourteen days the maximum tem- 

 perature at 2 p. m. ranged from 90° to 104°. This was the highest temper- 

 ature I ever remember in the month of June. The mean for 1884 was 

 72.70°; 1885, 73°; 1886, 79.12°; 1887, 76.09°; average, 75.23. In the 

 maximum this month showed nearly 10° higher than the former Junes. 

 In 1884 the highest was 94°; 1885, 90°; 1886, 95°; 1887, 104°. The mini- 

 mum was nearly 3° lower than former months of June — 1884, 56°; 

 1885, 57°; 1886, 62°; 1887, 54°; average, 57.1°. Clear days, 24; cloudy, 

 2; fair, 4; clear days for the year to date, 134. Rain fell on the eleventh 

 and twelfth; sprinkled the twenty-second. Rainfall for the month, 0.18 of 

 an inch, and for the season, commencing with July, 1886, and closing 

 with June, 1887, 17.71 inches; and from January first to date, 14 inches. 

 Prevailing winds, southerly. No frost this month. 



July, 1887. — The mean for this month was nearly 1° below the average 

 for July— 1884 it was 79.76°; 1885, 78.79°; 1886, 81.16°; 1887, 78.75°; aver- 

 age, 79.62°. The maximum was nearly 3° above the average — 1884, 94°; 



1885, 96°; 1886, 102°; 1887, 101°; average, 98.01°. The minimum was 1° 

 below— 1884, 57°; 1885, 60°; 1886, 61°; 1887, 57°; average, 58.02°. It will 

 be seen the highest temperature was 101° this month at 2 p. m., and the 

 lowest, 57°, at 6:30 a. m. For 14 days the thermometer ranged at 2 p. m. 

 from 90° to 101°, yet the nights were pleasant, the thermometer ranging 

 from 57° to 78°. Clear days, 30; fair, 1; clear days for the year to date, 

 164. No rain fell this month, the commencement of the season. There 

 was a slight sprinkle on the eighth and ninth, imperceptible for measure- 

 ment. Rain fell for the year to date, 14 inches. No frost this month. 



August, 1887. — The mean was 3° below the average for August — 1884 the 

 mean was 88.17°; 1885, 82.11°; 1886,80.24°; 1887, 76.22°; average, 80.18°. 

 The maximum was about 3° below the average — 1884, 102°; 1885, 105°; 



1886, 98°; 1877, 97°: average, 100.2°. The minimum was nearly 5° below 

 the average— 1884, 59°; 1885, 63°; 1886, 62°; 1887, 54°; average, 59.2°. 

 The above shows the present month the coldest of the last four months of 

 August. Number of clear days this month, 30; fair, 1; clear days for 

 the year to date, 194. On the twenty-ninth, first rainfall for the season, 

 measuring but .01 of an inch, and for the year to date, 14.01 inches. Pre- 

 vailing winds, southerly. No frost this month. 



September, 1887. — Many persons here were under the impression this 

 month was unusually hot for September. The records for the past four 

 years show the mean of the present month was three quarters of one 

 degree above the average— 1884, 72.73°; 1885, 76.12°; 1886, 74.19°; 1887, 

 75.25°; average, 74.57°. The maximum was about an average — 1884, 

 97°; 1885, 97°: 1886, 96°; 1887, 96°; average, 96.2°. The minimum was 

 slightly above the average— 1884, 54°; 1885, 56°; 1886, 54°; 1887, 55°; 

 average, 54.3°. Clear days, 26; fair, 4; clear days for the year to date, 

 220. Light showers of rain fell on the fifth, sixth, and twenty-fourth, and 



