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Week ending Auijust 12. — ISTew England. Boston: The 

 weather was fair, except for moderate showers the last of the 

 week. Temperature was somewhat higher than during the 

 preceding week, and was seasonable. 



^Yeeh ending August 19. — ISTew England. Boston: Mod- 

 erate to copious rains fell during the week and the tempera- 

 tures were moderate. High temperature and more sunshine 

 are needed. 



Week ending August 26. — 'New England. Boston : The 

 temperature was seasonable and there was sufficient rainfall. 

 Favorable conditions prevailed throughout the week. 



Weather of August, 1912. 

 The month as a whole was drier than usual, with the 

 monthly mean temperature very near normal. IsTotwith- 

 standing that the precipitation in some sections was 50 per 

 cent below the August average, it was so well distributed 

 through the month in the form of light to moderate showers 

 that there was little complaint of the dry weather. At 

 Boston the total rainfall of the month was 1.94 inches, while 

 the normal for the month is 4.03 inches. Severe local storms 

 in some localities, that were attended by heavy downpours 

 of rain, reported monthly precipitation considerable in ex- 

 cess of the average, but otherwise the month was considered 

 dry. The month opened and closed with unseasonably cool 

 weather, the daily temperatures during the time ranging from 

 3° to 8° below the average; but warm spells that prevailed 

 from the 8th to the 15th, and from the 22d to the 25th, with 

 daily temperature from 4° to 10° above the normal, counter- 

 balanced the cool weather during the rest of the month, and 

 gave a mean for the month that was practically normal. 

 While there were a number of oppressive days during the 

 month, weather conditions popularly known as " dog days " 

 were much less marked than usual in August. The sun- 

 shine was about the average, and, generally speaking, the 

 weather of the month was unusually pleasant for the season. 



