386 EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. 



WEATHER NOTES OF THE GROWING SEASON. 



Upon page 383 is given a table of the rainfall for New Jersey 

 for the growing season, April to September inclusive, for the past 

 nineteen years. From this table, made up from the monthly 

 reports of the New Jersey Section of the United States Weather 

 Bureau, and, therfore, based upon a large number of records 

 made in all counties of the State, it is seen that for the current 

 year the precipitation has been somewhat above (.30) the aver- 

 age. The first half of the season was wet — May unusually so^ — 

 followed by a very dry July and August, which, in turn, were 

 succeeded by a wet September, in which the amount of rainfall 

 was nearly double the normal. While the season was not far 

 from the average in total rain, this was so unequally distributed 

 as to be quite unfavorable for the growing of crops. 



The temperature table upon page 384 shows that the last was 

 the coldest growing season within the past nineteen years, and, 

 SO' far as this relates to crop-growing, little can be said in its 

 favor. 



Upon page 385 is a record of the sunshine, and it may be ob- 

 served that its record for dark weather is only exceeded by the 

 year 1889 at the beginning of the present series. 



As a whole, the growing season for 1907 was very cold and 

 cloudy, two meterological factors that are naturally correlated, 

 and the rainfall was excessive for May, June and September, 

 while the midsummer was dry and not conducive tO' good crops 

 because of lack of sunshine and warmth. 



