Prevailing wind. — South-west. 

 Thunder-storms. — Q\h, 13th, 14th, 29th. 

 i^ros^.— Taunton, 9th, 10th, 15th, 20th. 

 Auroras, — Amherst, Fitchburg, Ipswich, Taunton, 9th; 

 Amherst, 10th. 



Remarks. 



The weather in Massachusetts for September, 1891, was 

 characterized by an exceptionally high temperature, high 

 barometric pressure, a decided excess of sunshine, a light 

 wind movement, a small amount of cloudiness and number 

 of rainy days, and a deficient rainfall. 



The pressure was nearly one-tenth inch above the normal, 

 and was due to the prevalence of anti-cyclonic or high-pressure 

 fair weather areas as compared with the cyclonic or low- 

 pressure areas. The temperature was from three to five 

 degrees above the normal, with few excessive ranges or rapid 

 changes. The mean temperature at New Bedford was 5.3° 

 above the average of seventy-nine years. In the records at that 

 station, September, 1819, 1822, 1826, 1846, 1865, and 1881, 

 shows a higher mean temperature than was registered in Sep- 

 tember, 1891. The highest temperature occurred generally 

 on the 18th under clear skies and with hot southerly winds. 

 Slight frosts occurred in low lands on the 9th, doing little or 

 no damage, but generally the night temperatures were un- 

 usually high. 



The total precipitation was considerably below normal, 

 although a few stations along the coast report a slight excess. 

 The greater part of the rainfall for the month occurred in 

 the storm of the 5th to 7th, when from two to three inches 

 fell at many places in eastern Massachusetts. The western 

 section received very little rain during that storm, conse- 

 quently the least precipitation fell generally in the western 

 part of the State. Only light local showers have occurred 

 since that date, and a severe drought is being experienced. 

 Springs and wells are giving out in many sections and 

 streams are very low. 



The observer for the New England Meteorological Society 

 at Randolph, Mass., reports that strawberries and rasp- 

 berries were picked on the 25th fully ripe, on vines that had 

 already borne one crop. 



