206 Ninth Annual RiiroRT of the 



for liarvestiiig, while drouth in some western localities injured 

 growing crops. Severe local storms occurred, but less frequently 

 than in July. 



Eight areas, each, of high and low pressure, affected the weather 

 in this vicinity during August. The atmospheric movements 

 were more rapid than in preceding summer months, but the 

 pressure waves were of small range and intensity over the Eastern 

 States, and there was a corresponding stability in the temperature 

 conditions. The general storm track lay near or beyond our 

 northern border, and only one coast storm, which was of small 

 intensity, appeared. The following is a brief account of the 

 atmospheric movements: 



Low I, 29.9 inches, over the New England coast on 1st, showers 

 in eastern New York. Continued as a general depression over the 

 Provinces and coast during the following week. 



High I, 30.1 inches, a ridge from Mexican gulf to lakes on the 

 1st, and on three following days passing over Eastern to Gulf 

 States, generally fair hot weather prevailing in western and 

 southern New York after the 1st. 



High II, 30.4 inches, reached the Upper Lakes, from the West, 

 on the 4th afterward covering the Eastern and Central Coast 

 States until the 9th, and giving seasonable pleasant weather. 



Low II, 29.7 inches, originated in the Northwest, reached the 

 Lake Region on the 10th, passing slowly down the St. Lawrence 

 Yalley on the 11th and 12th, giving general rains, the fall being 

 large in some localities, especially in the counties east of Lake 

 Ontario. A clearing condition. 



High III, 30.1 inches, appeared on the northeast coast on the 

 10th and 11th. The temperature fell slightly below normal with 

 the advance of 



