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with onl}^ modci-ate day temperatures and little or no rain- 

 fall. From the (Jth to the 8th cloudy weather and general 

 rains prevailed, but the temperature continued low, with 

 light frosts on the 9th. Following the 9th the temjjerature 

 was higher and the nights were seasonably warm. On the 

 18th a period of cloudy weather began, extending through the 

 22d, with heavy rainfall, 2 inches or more in some sections. 

 The temperature remained low, but with clearing weather 

 rose to slightly above the normal. Considering the month 

 as a whole the temperature averaged below normal, the rain- 

 fall much above normal, and the sunshine sliii^htlv below the 

 usual amount. 



Cool weather prevailed during the first four days of July, 

 with showery, unsettled weather but from the 5th to the 

 20th high temperatures prevailed, both for the days and 

 nights, with humidity from 15 to 20 per cent above the 

 average. The warm Aveather was broken on the 21st, and 

 comfortable conditions prevailed until the end of the month. 

 The rainfall was exceptionally light, except in a few instances 

 of several local storms, when heavy downpours of i-ain oc- 

 curred. The month as a whole was very near the normal as 

 regards temperature, the cool weather of the opening and 

 closing da^'s ofi'setting the warm period. The rainfall of 

 the month was one of the smallest on record for July. 



August opened cool and cloudy, watli local showers. 

 Following the 2d there was nearly a week of fair weather, 

 Avitli temperature ranging from 80° to 87° during the day. 

 From the Sth to the 13th unsettled conditions prevailed, 

 AN ith local showers and thunderstorms. The 13th and 14th 

 were clear, but the 15th and l()tli were again stormy. From 

 the l()th to the 24th generally clear weather prevailed, with 

 light to moderate rains on th(! 24th and 25th, with generally 

 fair weather until tlu^ closer of the month. The tenn)(Tature 

 for the mouth as a wholes was nearly normal,»and the rain- 

 fall somewhat below normal, thoui^h not enouiih so to cause 

 damage. 



September opened with overcast, unsettled weather, fol- 

 lowed by a general down|)()iir on the 3d and Kh, the rain- 

 fall Ix'ing remarka])ly heavy, exceeding in most instances 



