REMARKS 



August was slightly cooler than normal, had less rain than 

 usual and had an unusually large amount of sunshine. The mean 

 temperature for the month was 67.1 degrees which is 1.5 degrees 

 cooler than normal. The highest temperature during the month 

 was 91 degrees on the 8th and the lowest 41 degrees on the 18th. 

 The mean temperature for the three summer months, June, July 

 and August, was 68.5 degrees, while the normal mean temperature 

 for these months is 68.7 degrees. The highest temperature during 

 the summer was 94 degrees on June 27. The total rainfall during 

 August was 1.79 inches, the normal being 4.08 inches. The total 

 rainfall since January 1st is 20.81 inches while usually we get 29.38 

 inches during this period. There were ?)?>2 hours of bright sunshine 

 compared to a normal of 237 hours. This is the largest amount of 

 sunshine ever recorded in August at this station. The nearest ap- 

 proach to this high amount was 317 hours in 1921. The mean rela- 

 tive humidity was 66.3 per cent, the normal being 70.2 per cent. 

 The total wind movement was 4030 miles. The normal wind move- 

 ment for August is 3127 miles. The highest wind velocity was 

 40 miles per hour on the 12th. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw makes the following report : "The progress of 

 vegetation during August has been about normal. The effects of 

 the early start in the spring are still seen in the early ripening of 

 most varieties. There are still some signs of a low water supply 

 but not more than in most seasons. Apple scab is less prevalent 

 than usual, partly because of little weather favorable to infection 

 last spring. Vegetative growth of most fruit plants through the sea- 

 son has been better than usual. This suggests that a dry spring fol- 

 lowed by adequate summer rainfall is favorable to fruit plants, if 

 not for the hay crop." 



