REMARKS 



July was both hotter and drier than normal. The mean of 

 73.2 degrees equals 1935 and has been exceeded only by 1921 and 

 1911. The normal maximum temperature, however, was not 

 reached with 91 degrees on the 30th. Precipitation was recorded 

 on 14 days but most of it fell in two storms on the 16th and the 

 22d, leaving the month 1.37 inches short and the year 1.51 inches 

 below normal at the month's end. There was more wind movement 

 than normal and more than in any year since 1932. Hours of bright 

 sunshine were more than normal. These things all combined to the 

 benefit of the tobacco harvest but lawns, gardens and field crops 

 dependent on July moisture showed the effects of greater than 

 normal temperatures and the deficiency in normal precipitation. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw, research ponuJogist, makes the following 

 statement: "The progress of vegetation during July was generally 

 normal. All fruit crops progressed as usual and consecjuently 

 there is nothing special to be put on record. Our own apple crop, 

 especially Mcintosh, will be short while that of the state is re- 

 ported to be above that of last year. It will be spotty, some 

 orchards yielding very well and others poorly. The apple crop in 

 the Appalachian region was badly injured by spring frosts, while 

 there was little injury further north. In general the fruit crop of 

 the country seems to be at least up to normal and we may expect a 

 good supply in 1947." 



