ture ruled high throughout the month, and was the most 

 conspicuous feature of the month. From the 14th to the 

 24th the daily excesses ranged from 6° to 13° above the 

 normal. There was a drop in the temperature on the 25th, 

 and at the close of the month conditions were nearly seasonal. 

 Taken as a whole, the daily mean temperature was about 2° 

 in excess of the average for July. Showers occurred quite 

 frequently, and were generally well distributed over the 

 State. For the larger portion of the district the monthly 

 precipitation was somewhat in excess of the normal, but in 

 some eastern sections there was some complaint of drought. 



The weather of August, as a whole, was not marked by 

 unusual extremes or conditions exceptional to the season. 

 While the temperature averaged slightly above the normal, 

 no very high temperatures occurred, or periods of excessive 

 heat. The nights were seasonably warm. The average 

 temperature for the entire month was about 1° in excess of 

 the normal for August. The cloudiness and sunshine were 

 nearly equal during the first 10 days, followed by a period 

 extending to the 26th with cloudiness somewhat in excess of 

 sunshine. Showers were of frequent occurrence, generally 

 at intervals of three or four days ; but the rainfall was in 

 light to moderate amounts until the night of the 24th, when 

 very heavy showers occurred in the greater part of the 

 eastern portion of the State. Though the rainfall of the 

 month was below the normal, the frequency of the showers 

 made it sufficient to keep vegetation in flourishing condition. 



The weather of September was uneventful, and character- 

 istic of the season. The first decade was marked by fair 

 weather, mostly with abundant sunshine. Showers on the 

 11th and 12th were \succeeded by several pleasant days. 

 Well-distributed showers fell from the 16th to the 21st, dur- 

 ing which period most of the precipitation of the month 

 occurred. There was little complaint of dry weather, and 

 the conditions were most favorable to harvesting and fall 

 seeding. The temperature during the month was almost 

 uniformly high, ranging from 1° to 2° above the normal. 

 The first cool weather occurred on the 20th and 21st, with 

 light to moderate frosts. Frosts also occurred on the 25th, 

 but they were generally too light to greatly damage vege- 



