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were especially cool, the temperature conditions being 

 mostly unfavorable to vegetable growth. Fair weather, 

 during Avhich there was much sunshine, obtained from the 

 13th to the IStli. The temperatures, however, remained un- 

 seasonably low, the daily means ranging from 1° to 6° below 

 the normal. The weather during the remainder of the month 

 was rather uneven, but for the whole State the temperatures 

 were notably below the seasonal averages. Summed up as 

 a whole, the weather of the month was phenomenally cool. 

 The rainfall of the month was generally deficient, although 

 well distributed, and there was little if any complaint of dry 

 weather. There was less than the usual amount of sunshine, 

 but this was also fairly distributed through the month. 



September opened with warm, sunny weather. The tem- 

 perature ranged from 5° to 10° above normal for the first 

 four days, rising to the 90's in many sections on the first 

 and second days. General rains followed on the 4th and 

 decidedly lower temperature by the Gth, when frosts occurred 

 in many sections of the State. The cool weather was of 

 short duration, the temperature climbing to the 80's during 

 the 8th and 9th, when it ransred several deo-rees above the 

 seasonal average. The high temperature was, however, 

 of short duration, the mercury falling to the 50's on the 10th. 

 The remainder of the month was slightly cooler than the 

 average, except from the 21st to the 23d, when there was a 

 slight excess in the temperature. While the weather of the 

 month was characterized by much cloudiness, and light rains 

 fell on many days, the rainfall was deficient, the amount 

 being about half of the normal fall for September. A con- 

 spicuous feature in connection with the weather was the 

 absence of general or severe storms and extended " north- 

 easters," which are usually experienced at this season of the 

 year. The frosts that occurred during the month were 

 generally light, and, except in favorable localities, not suffi- 

 ciently heavy to stop vegetable growth or kill vegetation, 

 except of the very tender varieties. Taken as a whole, the 

 weather of the month was verv favorable to harvestinif and 

 securing crops, to fall seeding and to farm operations in 

 general. 



