The mean temperature for the month of August, at those 

 stations in Massachusetts having records for more than ten 

 years, was slightly above the normal, being somewhat in 

 contrast with the month of July in this respect. The days 

 of highest temperature were the 10th, 11th and 12th. The 

 maximum was several degrees lower than was experienced 

 in June (an unusual fact), and occurred on the 11th, except 

 along the coast, w^here a well-defined sea-breeze was felt. 

 The minimum temperature occurred generally on the morn- 

 ing of the 1st, but it was very cool on the 3d, 20th and the 

 last three days of the month. 



The number of cloudy and rainy days was in excess, 

 except at Nantucket and a few other local sections, but the 

 precipitation was nearly one inch below the average. The 

 thunder-storms were neither frequent nor unusually heavy. 



The weather for September was characterized by an excep- 

 tionally 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. 

 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 aver- 

 age of seventy-nine years. In the records at that station, 

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

 a higher mean temperature than was registered in September, 

 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 unusually 

 high. 



The total precipitation was considerably below normal, 

 although a few stations along the coast reported a slight 

 excess. The greater part of the rainfall for the month 

 occurred in the storm of the 5th to 7 th. The western sec- 

 tion received very little rain during that storm, consequently 

 the least precipitation was generally in the western part of 

 the State. 



