August opened with several days of generally fair weather 

 in all sections, and seasonable temperatures. By the close 

 of the first week the dry weather was seriously felt in the 

 eastern counties, but copious showers occurred in these sec- 

 tions on the 10th and 11th. During the third week of the 

 month there was little or no precipitation, and that of 

 the 22d was principally in the eastern counties, where the 

 drought was most severe. A notable feature of the month 

 was an absence of the usual muggy, oppressive conditions. 

 The weather was somewhat cool from the 7th to the 14th, 

 and unseasonably so at coast stations during the closing 

 week of the month. 



September opened with showers on the 1st and 2d, which 

 were of general occurrence and great benefit. The second 

 week of the month was fair with much sunshine, but a sharp 

 falling off of temperature, which had ranged about normal 

 the preceding week. The temperature of the third week 

 was several degrees cooler than the normal of the season. 

 General rains fell on the 20th and 21st of the month. These 

 rains were copious and of great benefit to pastures and 

 meadows. With the rain came warmer weather, and nearly 

 average temperature conditions prevailed in the last week 

 of the month. As a whole the month was exceptionally 

 fine and pleasant. 



Weather for October, 1899. 



The weather of October was marked by sharp departures, 

 in several of the elements, from the normal conditions of 

 the month. The month opened with a cold wave of un- 

 usual severity for the season. The temperature ranged 

 below normal from the 1st to the 9th inclusive, excepting 

 the 5th, which was somewhat warmer than the average. 

 The 2d and 3d days of the month were conspicuously cold, 

 the temperature falling to or near freezing in nearly all 

 sections of the State. The minimum range of the mercury 

 at Boston on these days, 34° and 35° respectively, broke the 

 official record, being the lowest for those days of the month 

 of October in 27 years. A " warm spell " prevailed from 

 the 10th to the 19th inclusive, during which the daily 



