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when but a sprinkle of a few drops occurred. Clear days, 23; fair, 5; 

 cloudy and days rain fell, 2. 



May — Mean temperature, 62°, being 2° warmer than the normal or average 

 temperature. The coldest May was in 1860, 58°, and the warmest was that 

 of 1865, 70°. The highest and lowest temperature this month was 90° and 

 46°. The rainfall was .40 of inch, being .28 of an inch less than the nor- 

 mal precipitation. The wettest May that of 1883, 2.85 inches. The cool- 

 ness of this month helped the grain and other crops materially, and the 

 absence of severe north wind was favorable to growing crops. Clear days, 

 19; fair, 10; cloudy, 2; and 4 upon which rain fell. 



June — Mean temperature, 68°, being 2° cooler than the normal or aver- 

 age of many years. The highest and lowest temperature was 96° and 48°. 

 The rainfall was .08 of an inch, being .04 of an inch less than the average 

 precipitation. Clear days, 17; fair, 9; cloudy, 4; and 7 upon which rain 

 was precipitated. This month was unusually cool, there being but two 

 days on which a temperature above 90° was recorded, while the average is 

 five. There were more solar halos, parhelia, and other atmospheric phe- 

 nomena than were ever before recorded in ten years past, and less dry days 

 than were ever recorded in the same number of years. Days of maximum 

 temperature above 90°. 2. 



July — Mean temperature, 72°, being 1° cooler than the average for many 

 years. The highest and lowest temperature was 104° and 51°. Rainfall, 

 a sprinkle, being .03 of an inch less than the normal precipitation. Clear 

 days, 29; fair, 2; cloudy, none; and days that rain fell, 2; days highest 

 temperature above 90°, 15. 



August — Mean temperature, 75°, being 3° warmer than the average or 

 normal, as deduced from a record of many years. Highest and lowest 

 temperature, 108° and 51°. Rainfall, inappreciable in amount, being 

 about the same as is usually precipitated during this month. Clear days, 

 30; fair, 1; cloudy, none; and days that rain fell, 1. Number of days 

 temperature above 90°, 23, being the greatest number of clear days ever 

 recorded in 11 years past. The greatest before this was 18, in 1885, and 

 the least, 5, in 1887. 



September — The hottest September ever recorded in 11 years past. Mean 

 temperature, 74°, being 5° warmer than the average of 35 years. The 

 highest, 106°, and lowest, 50°. Rainfall, .55 of an inch, being .44 of an 

 inch more than the average or normal precipitation, as deduced from a 

 record of many years. Clear days, 24; fair, 3; cloudy, 3; and 2 upon 

 which rain was precipitated. Number of days with a temperature above 

 90°, 17; eight of these reaching 100° and over. There were four separate 

 and distinct thunder storms in a little over one day, something unknown 

 to the oldest inhabitant. 



October — Mean temperature, 64°, being 2° warmer than the average for 

 many years. Highest and lowest temperature, 92° and 40°. There was 

 no rainfall this month, while the average precipitation of 35 years' obser- 

 vations is .69 of an inch. Clear days, 28; fair, 3; days temperature above 

 90°, 1. 



November — Mean temperature, 54°, being 1° warmer than the average. 

 Highest and lowest temperature, 75° and 32°. Rainfall, 4.28 inches, being 

 2.22 inches above the average precipitation. Clear days, 17; fair, 7; cloudy, 

 6; and days rain fell, 9. 



December — Mean temperature, 48°, being 1° warmer than the average^of 

 many years. Rainfall, 4.63 inches, being .11 of an inch above the average 

 or normal precipitation, as deduced from a record of 35 years. Clear days, 



