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much damage to shore and other property. The weather 

 was fair and very pleasant through most of the remaining 

 days of the month. Taking the month as a whole, the 

 temperature was practically normal. While rain fell on 

 about the average number of days, the monthly amounts 

 were much below the average, and in many sections were 

 little if any above half of the normal October rainfall. 

 Generally speaking, the weather of October was favorable 

 to farming operations. 



November, as a whole, was a dry, cold month. The low 

 temperature was determined by the uniform and continued 

 low temperature rather than the minimum of the month. 

 The month opened cold, and the daily temperature, almost 

 without a break, was below the average till its close. 

 There was also a marked deficiency in the precipitation, the 

 monthly amounts in most instances being little- in excess of 

 one-half the monthly normals for November. The chief 

 storm, and during which the major portion of the precipita- 

 tion occurred, was on the loth and 14th, snow falling in 

 the interior and western sections, and rain along the coast. 

 Precipitation occurred on an average of six dnys only, and 

 the abundant fair weather and sunshine were very favor- 

 able to all out-door pursuits, and particularly to farming 

 interests. 



December was characterized by a continuation of the 

 weather conditions that obtained through November, i.e., 

 abnormally low temperatures, with the precipitation con- 

 siderably below the seasonal average. While temperature 

 during the " cold spells" did not fall so low as in December 

 of several other years, it was almost continuously low, the 

 means for each day, with slight exceptions, being several 

 degrees below the normals. Excepting in some of the 

 eastern sections, the monthly snowfall was below the aver- 

 age. However, on account of the low temperature, the 

 melting was slow, and, notwithstanding the small fall of 

 snow, there was the usual amount of sleighing. The cold 

 weather was very favorable to the ice harvest, and the har- 

 vesting began early and progressed under favorable circum- 

 stances. 



