REMARKS 



The month was generally pleasant and seasonable with fewer 

 sultry days than usual. Abnormal features were wanting with the 

 exception of a heavy rainstorm about the middle of the month. 



Comparing the records with the twenty years' summary just pub- 

 lished the following features are noted : The mean pressure was 

 slightly higher than the average and the range large for August. 

 The maximum was slightly higher and the minimum considerably 

 lower than normal records. The wind movement was about ten 

 per cent, above the normal and quite variable in direction. 



The maximum temperature was over three degrees above the 

 normal and the minimum nearly five degrees lower than usual giving 

 a range of nearly eight degrees more than the August average. The 

 maximum record ig thus far the maximum for the year. The mean 

 temperature was slightly below the normal. The low temperature 

 on the morning of the 31st was very close to the frost line and while 

 no frost was noted at the station, light frost was reported from some 

 low lands in the vicinity. 



The relative humidity was practically normal and the mean dew 

 point about two degrees lower than usual. 



The total precipitation was about ninety per cent of the normal 

 and about two-thirds of it occurred during a single storm. 



The amount of bright sunshine was slightly above the average ; 

 distant thunder was noted on a single date. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 R. C. LINDBLAD, Observer. 



