REMARKS 



September weather was warmer than usual, with a little more 

 sunshine, humidity and rainfall than normal. 



The mean temperature for the month was 63.9 degrees com- 

 pared to the normal for September of 61.7 degrees. The highest 

 temperature was 86 degrees on the 19th and 20th. The lowest 

 was 37 degrees on the 14th and consequently no frosts occurred 

 in September this year. Also no frosts were recorded in Sep- 

 tember last year. The normal date for first frost at this station 

 is September 21. 



The domestic heating load for the month was 90 degree-days 

 compared to the normal for September of 149 degree-days. 



The total rainfall for the month was 4.88 inches, while the 

 normal is 4.24 inches. Most of the precipitation fell in three 

 storms: 1.21 inches on the 8th and 9th, 1.40 inches on the 24th, 

 and 1.85 inches on the 30th. There were 242 hours of bright sun- 

 shine while the normal is 201 hours. The mean relative humidity 

 was 78.4 percent, the normal for September being 73.6 percent. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw, research pomologist, reports as follows: 

 "There is nothing extraordinary to report about the weather and 

 crops in September. Progress was normal. A good peach crop 

 was harvested from our orchards and others in good locations. 

 Our apple crop is poor in the orchards on lower elevations but 

 good in the better located orchards. Mcintosh suffered from the 

 early freezes and probably cool weather following bloom inter- 

 fered with the set of fruit, but not as much as it did in 1945. The 

 unseasonably warm weather in March, followed by cold which 

 killed many fruit buds, threatened ruin but still most orchards 

 came through with fair to good crops. Injury was severe to total 

 in orchards in frosty locations." 



