WEATHER AND CRANBERRY PRODUCTION 



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Table 9A.-Rainfall in July and August and Size of Massachusetts 



Cranberries. 



Vear 



Rainfalli 

 (Inches) 



July August and 

 August 



1925 3 01 



1926 327 



1927 ::;: i-jl 



1928 ITo 



1929 2,s 



1930 .:.•; 1:11 



1931 3.99 



1932 194 



1933 :: 3:^7 



1934 1.26 



1935 4.83 



1936 1.87 



1937 102 



1938 4 8^ 



1939 I.I2 



1940 i^ 



1941 4.60 



1942 3 13 



1943 : tli 



\lii 0.83 



1945 2.31 



Average. ... 3.04 



2.37 

 2.86 

 9.37 

 1.40 

 4.62 

 2.40 



4.44 

 4.55 

 3.73 

 2.17 

 1.55 



5.79 

 4.31 

 1.41 

 3.36 

 0.87 



3.55 

 6.55 

 3.83 

 1.17 

 2.92 



3.49 



5.38 

 6.13 

 13.95 

 5.60 

 6.97 

 4.72 



8.43 

 6.49 

 7.40 

 3.43 

 6.38 



7.66 

 5.33 

 6.22 

 4.78 

 4.93 



8.15 

 9.68 

 8.29 

 2.00 

 5.23 



6.53 



Departure of Rainfall 

 from Average (Inches) 



July August 



iprom Table 12 



Correlations between rainfall and cranberry 



July 

 and 



August 



vSize of Berries^ 

 ((All Varieties) 



Index Departure 

 (Large of Index 



less from 

 Small) Average 



+34 

 -33 

 + 15 

 + 15 

 + 16 

 -21 



+35 



-11 



+33 



-8 



+5 



+ 8 



-8 







-14 



-39 



-6 



+ 26 



+5 



-65 



+ 17 



+ 12 



2From Table 5. 



J"'y- +0.361 ±0.128 



August ..•• +0.432 ±0.12 



July and August +0.554 ±0.102 



