EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT 301 



WEATHER NOTES OF THE GROWING SEASON. 



Upon page 298 is given a table of the rainfall for the past 

 twenty years for the whole State during the six months, includ- 

 ing April to September. It is seen that for the current year the 

 precipitation for the growing season has been below the average 

 by a total of 1.5 1 inch. It is noted that May was a very wet 

 month followed by a dry June and July with August normal and 

 quite dry again in September. It was not the actual lack of rain 

 so much as its unequal distribution that made the season so un- 

 favorable for many truck crops. There have been five years in 

 the last twenty with less precipitation than during the warmer 

 half of 1908. 



Upon page 299 is given in tal)ular form the temperature of 

 New Jersey for the growing season and it is to be seen that the 

 first four months were above the average for the past twenty 

 years. There have been, however, eight other seasons that ex- 

 ceeded 1908 in warmth. 



A corresponding table for the sunshine is given upon page 300 

 and here it is shown that the past season has been only a little 

 above the average in brightness. 



As a whole, the season with which crop growers have been 

 dealing in 1908, was dry, warm and bright, and as a consequence, 

 many suffered from these factors of the prevailing weather. 



