Week ending September 13. — ISTew England. Boston: 

 Moderate temperatures prevailed during the week, though 

 frost formed on the 8th in some localities in Maine, JSTew 

 Hampshire and Vermont. Warmer weather is needed. The 

 rainfall was small in the northern portion, but about normal 

 in the southern. Sunshine was normal. 



Week ending September 20. — Moderate temperatures pre- 

 vailed, except that they were low on the mornings of the 19th 

 and 20th, with frost in some northern and interior sections. 

 Scattered showers fell on the 15th and 16th, and general 

 showers occurred on the 17th. The rainfall was generally 

 deficient. There was an average amount of sunshine. 



Week ending September 27. — ISTew England. Boston : 

 Moderate temperatures prevailed through the week, with 

 frosts during the early part in the northern portion. There 

 was considerable cloudy weather, and the sunshine was be- 

 low the average. Copious and general rains during the last 

 of the week gave precipitation generally much above the 

 normal. 



The Weathek of September, 1909. 



There was an unusual prevalence of fair and sunny 

 weather during the first three weeks. Fairly well-distributed 

 showers from the 1st to the 11th furnished sufficient precipi- 

 tation for seasonal conditions in all sections, and in some 

 localities an excess of moisture. Erom the 12th to the 21st 

 there was almost an entire absence of rain, and the skies were 

 generally clear. The remainder of the month was unsettled, 

 with much cloudiness and daily rains, especially in eastern 

 portions of the State, from the 2 2d to the 28th. The month 

 as a whole was wetter than usual, with the monthly precipi- 

 tation from 15 to 25 per cent above the September normal. 

 The temperatures during the month were remarkably even, 

 there being no days that were abnormally warm or cold. The 

 maximum temperatures rose to the 80's in nearly all sections 

 on several days, and the minimum temperatures were in the 

 40 's, except in some coast sections. In some interior locali- 

 ties, where conditions were favorable, moderate to killing 

 frosts occurred on two to three mornings. The monthly tem- 

 perature varied very little from the normal, being a few 



