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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



first week in November, frost occurred every night, and 11° and 10° were recorded 

 on the 3rd and 4th respectively. 



November was fine and seasonable. Temperature slightly above normal, and pre- 

 cipitation about one-half of normal. 



December was mild and pleasant weather, with snowfall of 13| inches. There 

 was sleighing on Christmas day in some places. 



There was sleighing in January from the lOtli to the 24:th. The snowfall totalled 

 16^inches. 



Below zero was registered on the 1st, 14th, 19th, and 20th; the temperature being 

 1°, 1°, 2°, and 5° below zero respectively. The weather came in decidedly mild on the 

 24th and 25th, Math a temperature of 47° and 50° respectively. This took off all the 

 snow and thawed out the streams and ground. The latter part of the month was also 

 mild, with considerable rain, and the month closed with deep mud on the roads. 



The first week in February was seasonable, but during the following three weeks, 

 from the 10th to the 27th, the weather was cold continuously. The thermometer went 

 below zero on eight days. On the 11th, 12th 13th, 14th, 16th, 22nd, 24th and 25th, the 

 lowest temperature was 6°, 14°, 9°, 7°, 1°, 17°, 10°, and 16° below zero respectively. 

 During this period the winds were high and the frost penetrated buildings and cellars 

 that had previously been considered frost proof. The ground was practically free 

 from snow until the 15th, and as a result the ground was frozen to a great depth, and 

 much inconvenience was caused in the town from vsater pipes, supposed to be below 

 frost, freezing. There was fairly good sleighing from the 15th to the end of the month. 

 The snowfall was 13 inches. 



Six inches of snow fell in March, but the^e was little sleighing except during 

 the first week. The brooks and streams thawed out early in March but the tem- 

 perature remained low after the first week, and the frost came out very slowly and ice 

 remained in the woods imtil well into April. The month was unusually cloudy, especi- 

 ally during the first two weeks, for which period 39.5 hours of sunshine is recorded. 



METEOEOLOGIOAL EECOEDS. 



The mean average temperature, rainfall and hours of sunshine as recorded at the 

 Experimental Station, Kentville, N.S., for the year commencing April, 1913, are as 

 follows : — 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



January 



February.. 

 March 



