590 



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



COMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— AUGUST. 



T. indicates an amount too small to measure, or less than .005 Inch precipita- 

 tion and less than .05 inch snowfall. 



SEPTEMBER 



September was warm and considerably drier than the average. The 

 thief characteristic of the month was a remarkably warm period that pre- 

 vailed the first eight days. Another outstanding feature was a period 

 Df almost continous sunshine that occurred from the 20th until the 27th. 

 The first week ranked with the warmest of the season and over most of 

 the State the highest temperatures of the year occurred. A large num- 

 ber of stations in the eastern and northern portions of the State, in- 

 cluding two regular Weather Bureau Stations, reported the highest 

 September maxima of record and the record of one station extends over 

 a period of more than 50 years. Light frost occurred over the north- 

 western portion of the State on the 10th and on the 11th light frost was 

 general in low lands over nearly all sections. Light frost also occurred on 

 the 16th, 25th, 26th and 27th. Only one station reported a temperature 

 below freezing, but no damage whatever resulted from frost. 



The precipitation was below normal over practically the entire State and 

 there was only two shower periods of any consequence, and taking the 



