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. 



September: The weather of the month was very near the 

 seasonal average, with the exception of the rainfall, which 

 was from 25 to 40 per cent below the September average. 

 While the month was somewhat warmer than usual, the daily 

 temperatures averaging about 1° above the normal, there 

 were no very warm days, and very few on which the maxi- 

 mum temperature rose to 90° or above. The first few days 

 were cool, followed by daily mean temperatures ranging from 

 1° to 10° above the September average from the 4th to the 

 19th inclusive, so that at the end of the third week there was 

 an accumulated excess of temperatures,, as compared with 

 the normal, of from 60° to 70° ; but during the last decade 

 there was almost a daily falling off of from 2° to 8°, making 

 the monthly average but little above the normal. The rain- 

 fall, while considerably below the normal, was quite well dis- 

 tributed through the month, resulting in little complaint from 

 the dry weather and the deficiency in precipitation. Severe 

 local storms occurred in some sections, but there was an ab- 

 sence of prolonged storms of heavy rains and high winds 

 that are in some years characteristic of the month. Dense 

 fogs were infrequent, and the percentage of easterly winds 

 was low. ISTotwithstanding the small rainfall of the month 

 the cloudiness was up to the average. The weather as a 

 whole was very favorable to outdoor work and to agricul- 

 tural pursuits, and, owing to its mildness, there was no gen- 

 eral damage to crops from frost. 



Weathek of October, 1912. 

 October was abnormally warm, and very dry, the mean 

 temperature being about 5° above the normal, and the pre- 

 cipitation from 30 to 50 per cent below the October average. 

 The excess in the temperature was not due to any unusual 

 maxima temperatures or hot spells, but to uniformly moder- 

 ately high temperatures on nearly all days, and moderate 

 nights through the month. In numerous sections frost did 



