REMARKS 



The weather during the month of September has been more 

 nearly normal than the previous months. The severe drouth of 

 the summer months has been broken, although the rainfall for 

 the summer is still much less than normal. The rainfall during 

 September was 3.62 inches compared with a normal of 3.79 

 inches. The total rainfall since May 1st is 13.09 inches, while the 

 normal precipitation for that period is 19.53 inches. The rain- 

 fall in April, however, was 6.89 inches compared with a normal 

 of 3.27 inches. For many crops the rainfall during June, July 

 and August is of great importance. It is interesting to note that 

 the rainfall during these months for the past summer was 5.30 

 inches. The normal for that period is 12.11 inches. In 1894 

 the rainfall during these same months was only 4.99 inches. 



The temperature was considerable higher than normal, the 

 mean being 63.1 degrees as compared with a normal of 61.6. 

 degrees. The highest temperature was 97 degrees on the 4th. 

 This has been reached only once before during the montli of 

 September during the last 40 years. A temperature of 97 

 degrees was recorded in September 1895. The normal maximum 

 is 87.4 degrees. The lowest temperature was 33 degrees on the 

 23rd and 24th. The normal minimum is 32.8 degrees. A tem- 

 perature of 24.5 degrees was recorded in 1914. The first light 

 frost was observed on low land on the 19th. This is the normal 

 time for the first frost in this vicinity. It is interesting to note 

 that the first frost in 1894 and 1895 was on August 22 and in 

 1909 the first frost recorded was on October 13. There has 

 not been a general killing frost during the month. The amount of 

 bright sunshine was less than normal, being 175.3 hours. The 

 normal number of hours of sunshine is 202.5. The total wind 

 movement for the month was 3184 miles which is practically 

 normal. The highest wind velocity was 26 miles per hour on 

 the 11th. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 D. F. MURPHY, Meteorologist 



Obsen'er. 



