570 OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION: BULLETIN 345 



JULY 



The mean temperature was 73.6, which is above the average 

 for July. The highest temperature recorded for the month was 

 95 on the 3rd, 4th and 14th, while a temperature of 90 or above, 

 was recorded on 11 days. The lowest was 49 on the 11th. The 

 total rainfall was 6.42 inches. This is 2.24 inches above the 32- 

 year average. A severe electrical storm on the 9th and 10th. 



AUGUST 



The mean temperature for August was 69.3, which is slightly 

 "below the average. The highest, 90, occurred on the 5th and 23rd 

 and the lowest, 45, on the llth. Heavy rainfall on the 5th and 

 6th, with a very severe electrical storm on the 5th. Rain fell on 

 16 days. The total fall for the month was 7.37 inches. This is 

 3.73 inches above the average for August. The wet weather seri- 

 ously interfered with the harvesting and threshing of grain. 



'SEPTEMBER 



The mean temperature for September was 65.1, which is 1.5 

 above the average for this month. The highest, 90, occurred on 

 the 8th, and the lowest, 37, on the 26th. The weather was very 

 fine throughout the month, a very light frost on the 26th and 27th, 

 doing no injury to crops. The rainfall was light, the total being 

 1.46 inches. 



OCTOBER 



The weather for October was warm and wet. The mean tem- 

 perature was 7.3 above the 32-year average. The highest, 87, 

 occurred on the 2nd and 3rd; the lowest, 30, on the 18th. The 

 first killing frost of the season occurred on the 13th. Rain fell on 

 19 days ; the total for the month was 6 inches. This is the greatest 

 October rainfall on record at this Station. 



NOVEMBER 



The mean temperature for the month was 40.6, which is very 

 near the average for November. The highest, 61, occurred on the 

 1st, and the lowest, 20, on the 14th, 15th and 20th. Rain or snow 

 fell on 16 days. The total precipitation was 2.71 inches. A severe 

 wind storm on the 29th. 



DECEMBER , , 



The weather for December was cold the entire month. The 

 mean temperature was 24.4, which is 5.6 below the average for 

 December. This low mean has only been equalled three times in 

 the past 32 years. The highest recorded was 56 on the 13th and 

 the lowest was 4 on the 20th. The total precipitation was 1.69 

 inches. 



