REMARKS 



The outstanding feature of the weather during September was 

 the unusually large rainfall. A total of 12.34 inches of rain fell 

 during the month. This is the greatest rainfall which has been re- 

 corded in Amherst in any one month since 1836 except for that of 

 July 1897, when 14.51 inches fell. During that month 8 inches 

 fell in one storm extending over a 44-hour period. During the past 

 month 6.75 inches fell from the 14th to 17th inclusive. A total of 

 6.32 inches fell during an 18-hour period from 9:30 P. M. on the 

 15th to 3:30 p. m. on the 16th. This is the heaviest rain which 

 has ever been recorded at this station for such a period. An inch 

 of rain fell during half an hour about 10 A. M. on the 16th. It may 

 be of interest to recall that the rain causing the flood in November 

 1927 gave a total of 5.63 inches during the three days November 

 2, 3, and 4. The total precipitation for the year to the end of 

 September is 42.43 inches, the normal for this period being 33.25 

 inches. There were 159.4 hours of bright sunshine during the 

 month, the normal being 202.5 hours. The mean temperature for 

 the month was 62.7 hours, which is 1.1 degrees higher than normal. 

 The highest temperature was 85 degrees on the 27th and the 

 lowest 35 degrees on the 12th with alight frost. The normal date 

 for the first frost is September 19, There were no high winds 

 during the month. The total wind movement was 3236 miles 

 which is practically the normal amount. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 HERBERT JENKINS, Meteorologist 



Obsen'er 



450-1933-6861 



