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the normal fall for tho month. Clear to partly cloudy 

 weather followed to the lOtli, after which there was a week 

 of cloudiness, rains and fogs, with light rainfall. The tem- 

 peratures of the month did not depart greatly from the Sep- 

 tember averages. The day readings were somewhat below 

 seasonal, while the nights were generally warmer than usual. 

 Cool spells were general on the 14th and 15th and also the 

 26th and 27th, with light frosts in the interior. As a whole, 

 the weather was very unpleasant for September. 



The weather throughout October was unusually pleasant, 

 and in some of its elements quite abnormal. There was 

 almost continuous sunshine, there being only four days on 

 which the skies were wholly overcast. Light showers oc- 

 curred in some part of each week, but rainfall was small in 

 about all instances, and in many localities the amounts were 

 too small to measure. At Boston it was the smallest, with a 

 single exception, 1897, of any October in the past thirty- 

 three years. Taking the month as a whole, the temperatures 

 ruled high, and the average daily excess was about 2°. Dur- 

 ing the period from the 15th to the 20th the mercury ranged 

 uiuisually high, reaching the 80's in some localities. The 

 closing decade was, however, quite cool, with the tempera- 

 tures on several days decidedly below the seasonal average, 

 during which killing frosts occurred, and in many sections 

 freezing weather was experienced. Generally speaking, the 

 Aveather of the month was of the type [)opularly known as 

 "Indian sunmier," i.e., warm and sunny, with light winds, 

 clear to hazy skies and beautiful sunsets. 



November, like October, was characterized by remarkably 

 pleasant weather, with an abundance of sunshine. There 

 Avas a general and quite marked deficiency in the prccii)ita- 

 tion, which was, however, well distributed through the 

 month and over the territory. During the passage of cold 

 waves on the 13th and 14th and the 29th and 30th the tem- 

 perature fell unusually low for the time of year, and the 

 monthly means, as a rule, were somewhat below normal. 

 The chief storm of the month was that of the 2<Sth and 2i)th, 

 during which general copious rains occurred in most sections, 

 and high winds and gales prevailed along the coast, with 



