rainfall. During the first decade there was very little rain, 

 but on the 14th and 15th a downpour that has been but 

 seldom equalled, with almost an entire absence of rain dur- 

 ing the remainder of the month. The temperature records 

 also show pronounced extremes. The maxima ranged in 

 the 80s on a number of days, with muggy, oppressive 

 temperature, and on the 22d and 23d dropped suddenly to 

 points ranging from slightly above freezing in some sections 

 to several degrees below in others. The monthly mean 

 temperature did not depart greatly from the normal. Not- 

 withstanding these unusual conditions September, considered 

 as a whole, was a pleasant month. 



Weather of October, 1904. 

 The opening days of October and until the 8th of the month 

 were generally pleasant and with abundant sunshine. A week 

 of overcast weather followed, during wliich more or less rain 

 fell in about all sections. Fair weather, mostly with clear 

 skies again obtained, and continued through the 18th followed 

 by a wide-spread storm of much intensity on the 20th and 21st. 

 During this storm the winds along the coast attained hurri- 

 cane force and caused considerable loss of life and of ship- 

 ping, and much damage to shore and other property. The 

 weather was fair and very })leasant through most of the 

 remaining days of the month. The temperature ranged 

 below the seasonal average, with the exception of a few 

 days, until the 15th, the daily deficiency being about 3 to 4 

 degrees. There was a warm period from the 16th to the 

 2 2d inclusive, during which the mercury averaged 5 degrees 

 above normal. The weather during the rest of the month 

 was rather cooler than the average. Taking the month as a 

 whole the temperature did not de}iart greatly from the nor- 

 mal for October. While rain fell on about the average 

 number of days the monthly amounts were much below the 

 average, and in many sections were little if any above half 

 of the normal October rainfiill. Generally speaking, the 

 weather of October was favorable to farming operations, 

 ^.e., to fall plowing and seeding, and to securing and housing 

 crops. 



