REMARKS 



The weather was near normal in most respects during 

 October. The mean temperature for the month was 49.5 degrees, 

 the normal for October being 50.5 degrees. The highest tempera- 

 ture was 81 degrees on the 19th. The lowest was 25 degrees on 

 the 4th, which is the first frost of the season. The normal date 

 for the first frost is September 21st. The heating load during 

 October was 482 degree-days, the normal for October being 456 

 degree-days. 



The total rainfall during the month was 2.18 inches. Normal 

 precipitation for October is 3.29 inches. The total precipitation 

 since January 1 to the end of October is 44.01 inches which is 

 7.10 inches above normal. There were only 139 hours of bright 

 sunshine during the month compared to a normal of 175 hours. 

 There were high winds on the 3rd and 27th, with a maximum of 

 39 miles per houi on the 3rd. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw states: "The month of October concludes the 

 crop season of 1945. The summer was unusual in some respects. 

 It was unseasonably warm in March and early April. Then came 

 cold nights with seriously damaging frosts and generally cool 

 weather that counteracted the effect of the early warm weather. 

 The season as a whole was wet, especially in May; there were 

 few, if any, periods when crops or lawns suffered from drought. 

 These conditions favored injury from many fungus diseases, but 

 there was a bumper hay crop. Apple scab was prevalent be- 

 cause the spring frosts and ensuing cool weather resulted in the 

 smallest apple crop in many years, and many growers thought 

 it not worth while to spray their orchards. 



"Conditions that injure some crops are favorable for others. 

 On the whole, the season of 19-15 was neither bad nor especially 

 good. ' 



