pressure and sunshine, while the precipitation was above the 

 average in the central counties and at or below the average 

 in the eastern. 



The maximum temperature occurred generally on the 10th, 

 ranging from 8»° to 98'^. The minimum was felt on differ- 

 ent dates at diiferent stations, and was about 50° ; hence the 

 range for the month was not nearly so large as was experi- 

 enced in July. 



The dry weather that prevailed during the greater part of 

 July was continued through most of August in Plymouth 

 and Bristol counties, causing damage to nearly all crops 

 there ; fruit dropped badly, field and garden crops dried up 

 for want of water, and fields and pastures turned brown and 

 bare. But in the central and western parts of the State sea- 

 sonable rains fell, and all vegetation was given rapid growth. 



The local storms were heavy and frequent, and much 

 damage was done by lightning. 



The month of September had in Massachusetts very nearly 

 a normal temperature, a deficiency of rainfall except in the 

 vicinity of New Bedford, and an air pressure and amount of 

 sunshine above the average. Few storms influenced the 

 weather, it being controlled during the greater part of the 

 time by anti-cyclones or fair weather areas. At Boston 

 twenty-one days were recorded as cloudless during the month. 



The highest temperature occurred on the 19lh, ranging 

 slightly over 80°. The lowest was on the 21st or 30th, and 

 was very near the freezing point of water. Thus, while the 

 monthly range was not large, the daily ranges were very 

 strong and generally rapid. While at Taunton light frosts 

 were reported on twelve days and killing frosts on three, at 

 Fitchburg no frost had occurred at the end of the month. 

 Over the greater part of the State the damage by frosts 

 was very slight. In this respect the season has been unusu- 

 ally favorable, both during the late spring and the early fall. 



At New Bedford the rainfall was over three inches ; two 

 inches and over fell in the south-eastern part of the State 

 and in the extreme west, while from one to two inches only 

 was registered in all the central districts. Thunder-storms 

 were few, but that of the 26th was very severe and did con- 

 siderable damage. 



