REMARKS 



The weather during August was marked with several ex- 

 tremes. The first three weeks were very warm with 10 days on 

 which the temperature exceeded 90 degrees, the hottest being 

 99 degrees on August 12. This has been exceeded only once in 

 August in the history of this station. This was in 1918 when the 

 maximum temperature was 100 degrees. The weather cooled off 

 during the last week in August so that the mean temperature for 

 the month was 72.4 degrees. This has been exceeded only twice 

 since 1889; in 1937 when the mean for August was 73.3 degrees 

 and 1939 when it was 73.5 degrees. The mean temperature for 

 the three summer months of the past season was 70.5 degrees. 

 This equals the previous record for hot summer months which 

 was reached in 1939. 



The rainfall during the month was 4.33 inches. Of this amount 

 2.18 inches fell on the afternoon of the 14th. During part of this 

 storm rain fell at a greater intensity than had previously been 

 recorded at this station. A total of 2.02 inches fell in one-half 

 hour and 1.10 inches fell in 10 minutes. The rain on the 14th 

 was followed by another heavy rain on the 17th when 1.72 inches 

 fell. There were 301 hours of bright sunshine, the normal being 

 237 hours. The mean relative humidity for the month was 70.8 

 percent. The highest wind velocity was 36 miles per hour on 

 the 14th. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw makes the following comments: "The weather 

 during August was characterized by extremely hot periods and 

 it was on the dry side much of the time. The month closes with 

 the soil pretty dry. Timely rains broke the drought before disas- 

 trous results took place but many crops suffered injury. Fruit 

 plants stood the dry weather with little injury; and apples, 

 peaches, and other fruits are sizing and coloring well. Except in 

 orchards on low, frosty sites, where the freeze of May 19 was 

 disastrous, all tree fruits promise good crops of excellent fruit." 



