and Rhode Island, to replenish wells and streams, which are 

 very low. The temperature was low during the first half 

 of the week, light frosts occurring in places on the 5th and 

 killing frosts in central New Hampshire. The mean tem- 

 perature was above the normal during the latter part of the 

 week. There was abundant sunshine. 



Week ending September 17. — New England. Boston: 

 Scattered showers occurred in Maine and Vermont on the 

 9th and 10th, in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con- 

 necticut on the 13th, and in parts of the sections on the 14th ; 

 on other dates there was abundant sutshine. Except in 

 eastern Rhode Island, where heavy rains occurred, rain is 

 badly needed. Some interior stations reported light frosts 

 on the 15th and 16th. Freezing temperature occurred in 

 northern Vermont on the 15th. 



Week ending September 2^. — New England. Boston : 

 Copious showers occurred in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

 Connecticut, Vermont and southern New Hampshire, and 

 very light showers occurred in Maine on Friday and Satur- 

 day; otherwise, the weather was generally clear. Rain is 

 much needed in Maine and northern New Hampshire, where 

 the weather continues very dry; drought has been relieved 

 over the remainder of the section. The temperature was 

 much above the normal, and maximum temperatures above 

 90° occurred on the 19th in the southern portion of the 

 section. 



The Weather for September, 1906. 



The month opened with several days of rather cool weather, 

 and temperatures ranging from 2° to 6° below the seasonal 

 average. On the 3d light to moderate showers were quite 

 general. From this date to the 12th inclusive there was 

 almost an entire absence of rain, and there were few cloudy 

 days. The temperatures during this time were generally in 

 excess of the average, ranging as high as 90° during the 

 midday hours in many sections on several days. Showers, 

 mostly light, were prevalent on the 13th and the 14th, and 

 these were followed by fair weather, with seasonal tempera- 

 tures till the 19th inclusive. The 18th and the 19th were 

 warm days, the temperatures rising to or above 90° in nearly 



