for the week was, as a rule, unusually light, amouuts exceed- 

 ing 1 inch occurring in the South Atlantic States, in the 

 middle Mississippi valley, small areas in the Gulf States 

 and at a few points in other districts, while elsewhere the 

 precipitation was in the main deficient. 



Special Telegraphic Kepoets. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Weeh ending September Ij. — ISTew England. Boston: Co- 

 pious and heavy rains fell throughout the section the first 

 half of the week, being of great benefit. Temperatures were 

 moderate and seasonable. Conditions now are very favorable. 



Weeh ending September 11. — ISTew England. Boston: 

 Temperature and precipitation were generally normal and 

 seasonable, but sunshine was deficient. The ground is well 

 saturated. Fair weather with sunshine will make excellent 

 conditions. 



Weeh ending September 18. — ISTew England. Boston: 

 Freezing temperatures Wednesday and Thursday nights de- 

 stroyed all growing crops affected by frost throughout the 

 interior of the section, causing great damage. There was 

 much cloudiness the last of the week. 



Weeh ending September 25. — ISTew England. Boston : 

 Generally seasonable weather, with occasional light showers, 

 prevailed. Conditions were favorable throughout the week. 



TiTE Weather of September, 1911. 

 The weather of September was very near the average of 

 the season, the departures from the normals being slight in 

 both temperature and precipitation. Also, there were no 

 unusual extremes in the several elements of the daily weather 

 condition of the month. The day temperatures rose above 

 80° on a number of days, but the nights were moderately 

 cool, generally ranging in the 50s, making the average tem- 

 perature of the month about the normal for September. 

 Fairly well-distributed light to moderate rains were reported 

 from nearly all sections, so that the monthly amounts did 

 not vary gTeatly from the seasonal average. A few local 



