12th. From that date to the 24th the weather was decidedly 

 cool, the daily mean temperatures ranging from 2° to 10° 

 below the normal. From the 25th to the close of the month 

 higher temperatures prevailed. Frosts occurred from the 

 14th to the 24th, with some damage to tender vegetation. 

 There was much cloudiness and unsettled weather, but also 

 a marked and general deficiency in rainfall, it being but 

 little over half of the normal amount for May. High winds 

 also prevailed, adding to the droughty conditions. 



During the first five days of June the nights were cool, 

 with only moderate day temperatures and little or no rain- 

 fall. From the 6th to the 8th cloudy weather and general 

 rains prevailed, but the temperature continued low, with 

 light frosts on the 9th. Following the 9th the temperature 

 was higher and the nights were seasonably warm. On the 

 18th a period of cloudy weather began, extending through the 

 22d, with heav}- rainfall, 2 inches or more in some sections. 

 The temperature remained low, but with clearing weather 

 rose to slightl}^ above the normal. Considering the month 

 as a whole, the temperature averaged below normal, the 

 rainfall nuich above normal, and the sunshine slightly below 

 the usual amount. 



Cool weather prevailed during the first four days of July, 

 with showery, unsettled weather, but from the 5th to the 

 20th high temperatiu-es prevailed, both for the days and 

 nights, with humidity from 15 to 20 per cent above the 

 average. The warm weather was broken on the 21st and 

 comfortable conditions prevailed until the end of the month. 

 The rainfall was exceptionally light, except in a few instances 

 of severe local storms, when heavy downpours of rain oc- 

 curred. The month as a whole was very near the normal as 

 regards temperature, the cool weather of the opening and 

 closing days ofi'setting the warm period. The rainfall ot 

 the month was one of the smallest of record for July. 



August opened cool and cloudy, with local showers. 

 Following the 2d there was nearly a week of fair weather, 

 with temperature ranging from 80° to 87° during the day. 

 From the 8th to the 13th unsettled conditions prevailed, 

 with local showers and thunderstorms. The 13th and 14th 



