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NOTES ON THE WEATHER.—SEPTEMBER, 1868. 
West Waterville, Me.—Frost and ice 18th; robins left 29th; temperature 
3.71° below the average of September for four years; rain fall 2.25 inches 
above the average for four years. 
Gardiner, Me—A cold, wet month. September average for 32 years is 
58.44°; this September nearly 24° below that; the rain-fall more than five 
inches above the September average of 32 years (3.22 inches.) The greatest 
previous September rainfall was 5.76 inches, in 1848. 
Norway, Me.—An uncommonly wet and cold September ; white frosts on 
17th, 18th, 22d, and 30th. : 
Insbon, Me.—Oorn good and generally matured by 15th; potatoes light 
yield, but good; wet weather caused rot. Frost on 17th, 18th, and 19th. 
Rain-fall 7.93 inches. 
Cornishville, Me.—First frost 17th; Indian corn heavy ; potatoes yield well 
but rot badly ; fall feed very good. The September average temperature for 
40 years 50°; this September 58 229. 
Antrim, N. H.—Sharp frosts 17th, 18th, and 22d; that of morning of 17th 
very severe. 
Stratford, N. H—Light frosts 15th; hard frosts and ice 17th and 18th. 
Considerable rain, but streams low. 
Goffstown Centre, N. H—Remarkably wet month; 18 rainy days; rain-fall 
16.4 inches, of which 4.3 inches fell mm 24 hours. Potatoes rotting in conse- 
quence. Frosts not very severe. 
Lunenburg, Vt.—First frost, very severe, 17th; hard frost 18th and 19th; 
slight ones 21st and 22d. Month very wet, roads muddy, streams high, aurora 
visible every clear night. 
Randolph, Vt—More rain,this month than in any month for three years. 
Woodstock, Vt.—Sharp frost on 17th, ice quarter inch thick; and another 
on 18th. 
West Charlotte, Vt.—Back from Lake Champlain heavy frosts on 16th, 17th, 
18th, 19th, and 20th, but they did not reach the bays. 
Topsfield, Mass.—Heavy hoar frost 18th; springs full. 
New Bedford, Mass—Linden and silver poplar leaves falling 3d; slight hoar 
frost 17th. Elm and other trees losing foliage. 
Lunenburg, Mass —Coldest September since 1860; great amount of rain, and 
potatoes rotting badly. 
Pomfret, Conn.—First frosts 17th, 18th, and 19th, none killing. Much rain 
and cloudy weather this month. 
Waterbury, Conn.—First frost 18th, severe; others 19th and 30th, slight. 
Much rain in September. 
Moriches, N. Y.—First frost 18th. The excess of rain this month contrary 
to the saying that ‘‘a wet May makes a dry September.” 
Troy, N. Y—Fully clouded, 13 days; entirely clear, none. Mean tempera- 
ture 1.12° below September for 12 years; rain-fall 5.25 inches more than 
September average of 12 years, and is the greatest ever registered here since 
1826. 
Garrison's, N. Y.—Cold and wet September, but frost on 18th; did not injure 
crops. Pasture abundant. 
North Hammond, N. Y.—Frost 17th and 18th. Frequent showers and 
but little frost during September: 
Cazenovia, N. ¥Y—Hail on 17th; frosts on 17th, 18th, and 22d. 
Palermo, N. Y.—Slight frosts 17th, 18th, 20th, and 21st, but vegetation 
green as in summer. 
Nichols, N. Y.—Severe frost 17th, destroyed much buckwheat and vegeta- 
tion generally ; hard frost,-fog, and rain, 18th; light frost and fog 19th. 
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