xxiv BOARD OF AGKIOULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



with the exce})tion of scattered showers, being fair, with an 

 abundance of sunshine. The monthly mean temperature 

 was very near the normal. The total rainfall of the month 

 Avas considerabl}^ below the normal, but, on account of fairly 

 e(]uitablc distribution throughout the month, the deficiency 

 was hardly noticeable. 



The first three days of Auijust were clear, althoui>h some- 

 what cool, but were followed by nearly a week of cloudy, 

 rainy weather, the temperature continuing low. After the 

 IHh fair Aveather prevailed for nearly a week, with more than 

 an average amount of sunshine. The temperature also 

 ranofed hiii^her, thouo-h eontinuino- below the normal, Avith 

 cool nio;hts. After the IDth there was much cloudiness and 

 deficiency of sunshine through the greater portion of the 

 remainder of the month. From the lilth to the 2od the 



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temperature Avas generally normal, but from the 2r)th im- 

 seasonably Ioav temperature set in, continuing nearly to the 

 last of the month. The precipitation of the month Avas some- 

 what below the normal, but A\'as <]uite Avell distributed. The 

 month Avas an exception from nearly all Augusts, in the 

 abnormally Ioav temperature, Avith few" Avarm, summer-like 

 days. 



September opened Avith Avarm, pleasant and sunny Aveather, 

 Avith temperature normal and above during the first five days. 

 This period of fair weather Avas broken on the 5th Avith 

 showers and storms, accom})anied by hail in some instances. 

 From the (ith to the 9th cooler temperatures prevailed, Avith 

 night temp(>ratures sufficiently Ioav to cause frosts in many 

 places, Avhich Avere not Avidespread and severe. After the 

 Dth the temperature again rose, and Avas much above the nor- 

 mal until the ll>th. On the KUh and 17th general and quite 

 heavy shoAvers occurred, Avith high winds, succeeded by a 

 period of fair Aveather, although Avith more or less cloudiness. 

 On the 27th general shoAvers occurred, Avith copious rainfkll, 

 but from the mornin<i- of the 28th until the close of the month 

 generally clear Aveather preA'ailed. In general, the Aveather 

 conditions of the month Avere seasonal and very favorable. 



The first Aveek of October Avas wry pleasant, the weather 

 being characteristic of the season, with generally sunny skies 



