REMARKS 



The outstanding feature of August weather was the unusually 

 high temperature. The mean temperature for the month was 73.3 

 degrees. This is the highest mean temperature for August since weather 

 records have been taken at Amherst, beginning in 1837. The nearest 

 approach to this high mean was 72.3 degrees in 1917. The highest 

 temperature was 95 degrees on the 20th and the lowest 50 degrees 

 on the l6th. The mean relative humidity for the month was 75.1 

 per cent, while the normal is 69.6 per cent. This is the highest relative 

 humidity for August during the last ten years. The mean temperature 

 for June, July and August for the current year is 70.6 degrees, while 

 the mean normal is 68.1 for this period. This is the highest mean 

 temperature for these three months since 1876 when the mean tem- 

 perature was 71.8 degrees. In 1917 the mean temperature for the 

 three summer months was 70.4. The rainfall for the month was 4.91 

 inches compared to a normal of 4.24 inches. The rainfall since Janu- 

 ary 1 is now 34.62 inches, the normal for this period being 29.-46 

 inches. There were 216 hours of bright sunshine, compared to a 

 normal of 237 hours. The total wind travel for the month was 2870 

 miles, while the normal velocity for August is 3099 miles. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw of the Pomology Department comments as 

 follows on the fruit crop: "Wet weather continued through August. 

 There is considerable brown rot on peaches, although the crop is 

 otherwise good. Apples do not seem to be sizing up well and show 

 much russeting due to humidity and heavy spraying to control scab. 

 The blueberry crop was heavy. There is promise of good pear and 

 plum crops." 



