toeB medium ; melons small ; apples favorable ; blackberries, 

 plums and grapes abundaut ; peaches poor quality. 



Week ending September 10. — Now England. Boston: 

 Temperature seasonable; little rain, drought severe; fodder 

 light ; pastures failing ; buckwheat improving ; sweet corn 

 fair; canning in progress; apples falling more than last 

 week ; cranberries medium ; carrots, beets and onions small ; 

 tobacco curing well. 



Week ending September 17. — New England. Boston: 

 Cool week; heavy rains on 16th; much damage by high 

 winds on 12th ; large percentage of apples, pears and peaches 

 blown off trees ; growing crops suffered severely from drought 

 first of week ; buckwheat and millet light. 



Week ending September 24. — New England. Boston: 

 Cool ; much rain ; meadows revived ; pastures little bene- 

 fited ; buckwheat fair in northern part, poor in southern ; 

 turnips, pumpkins and small celery doing well ; apples below 

 average ; farmers plowing and seeding fall grain. 



The Weather of September, 1900. 



The weather of September was characterized by a high 

 average temperature, more than the usual number of clear 

 days and rainfall above the normal for the month. While 

 the temperature was in excess of that usually experienced in 

 this month, it was so equitably distributed as not to impress 

 the casual observer as being more than the average. There 

 were no excessively warm days. The highest temperature 

 registered at the office of the Weather Bureau, Boston, was 

 only 91°, and only on two days. The minimum tempera- 

 ture, however, ranged unusually and continuously high. 

 With slight exceptions it ranged in the 50s and 60s through- 

 out the month, at Boston. In the interior and western 

 portions of the State the mercury ranged much lower than 

 in coast sections. The coolest period was from the 18th to 

 the 20th, when frost occurred in many localities, and in a few 

 instances, where the conditions were especially favorable, 

 thin ice formed. The closing days of the month were cool. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that the average precipitation was 

 considerably in excess of the normal of the month, there 



