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or above on nearly every day. During the rest of the month 

 the weather was somewhat cool for the season, with tempera- 

 ttires from 2° to 4° below the seasonal average, the nights 

 cool, and very few days when the temperature rose above 80°. 

 The rainfall was quite unevenly distributed, the monthly 

 amounts ranging in some sections from less than 2 inches to 

 more than 5 inches in others. Generally speaking, nearly 

 all of the rain fell between the 11th and the 21st, and on the 

 last three days of the month. Amounts of an inch or more 

 in twenty-four hours occurred in numerous sections in both 

 periods, and, in some, more than 2 inches fell in the time 

 mentioned. Rain fell in varying amounts on an average of 

 ten days. In some localities severe thunderstorms occurred 

 during the first half of the month, with considerable damage 

 resulting from lightning and from high winds. At the close 

 of the month the ground was sufficiently moist for general 

 needs, and the conditions were excellent, excepting the need 

 of somewhat higher temperature. 



August : The month as a whole was drier than usual, with 

 the monthly mean temperature very near normal. Not- 

 withstanding 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 2 2d 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 " 



