REMARKS 



September weather was not violently extreme but it avoided 

 the normal in almost every category. While the mean temperature 

 for the month held 1.2 degrees above normal, 184 degree-days of 

 heating load were accumulated against a normal of 149 for the 

 largest September heating load since 1938. Recording a maximum 

 temperature of 89 degrees on the 12th and 13th at 1.3 degrees 

 above normal, the 29-degree minimum on the 27th and 28th gave 

 the month's greatest range and lowest minimum since 1942. With 

 the mean date of first frost September 21, September 27 recorded 

 the first frost of this season for the earliest date since 1940. 



Precipitation continued the trend of the past three months 

 with a below normal 2.84 inches for the month and a below normal 

 28.32 inches accumulated for the year. Normal for the month 

 shows a deficiency of 1.40 inches, and the year short of normal by 

 5.30 inches. The storm of the 2d yielded 1.21 inches and there 

 was measurable precipitation on six other days of the month. High 

 winds occurred on the 29th with the maximum velocity recorded 

 at 40 miles per hour. 



W. H. Thies, Extension Professor of Horticulture, contributes 

 the following report: "The Mcintosh apple harvest which nor 

 mally begins around September 15 is delayed this year for at least 

 two reasons. In the first place, bloom was about 10 days late last 

 spring, and since approximately the same number of days elapses 

 between bloom and maturity, later maturity might be expected this 

 year. Then, too, weather conditions in early September were un- 

 favorable for the coloring of apples. In fact, less color was apparent 

 on September 25 than we commonly find on September 15. Not 

 until the last week in September, v/hen clear days followed cold 

 nights, did the coloring process procesd normally. In spite of 

 this delayed coloring, apples have hung on the tree unusually well 

 this fall. As a result, more Mcintosh will be harvested during the 

 first week in October than in the last twenty-five years." 



