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25tli, generally heaviest in the northern portion on the 

 former date and in the southern portion on the latter date, 

 several stations reporting more than 1 inch on both dates. 

 Occasional showers on other dates, except in Maine. 



Weather of July, 1908. 



The drought that prevailed through June continued ahnost 

 uninterruptedly until the middle of July, the only exceptions 

 being local showers in a few scattered sections. From the 

 16th to the 20th, inclusive, showers were quite general, with 

 the rainfall ranging from light to copious in amounts. 

 Again, on the 25th, showers occurred in all sections of the 

 State, with amounts ranging a quarter of an inch to near 

 two inches. The rainfall for the rest of the month was light 

 and irregularly distributed. The rains of the latter half of 

 the month, while they fell greatly short of the general needs, 

 were of great benefit to parched and stunted vegetation, and 

 served to at least temporarily break the severe drought that 

 had prevailed since the close of May. A conspicuous feature 

 of the weather of the month was the unusual prevalence of 

 sunshine, and the month will go on record as one of the most 

 sunny of record. The temperature ranged uniformly high 

 throughout the month, Avith the monthly. mean ranging from 

 2° to 5° above the July normal. On an average the maxi- 

 mum temperatures were 90° or above on from ten to four- 

 teen days. In a number of instances the maximum tempera- 

 tures were the highest of record for July. The night tem- 

 peratures were also unusually high, in numerous instances 

 the minimum temperatures falling little, if any, below 80°. 

 The winds of the month were light, and generally from south- 

 erly to westerly. The month as a whole was one of the 

 warmest and driest of record. 



In the circular to correspondents, returnable July 23, the 

 following questions were asked : — 



1. What insects are proving most troublesome in your 

 locality ? 



2. AVhat is the condition of Indian corn, and what pro- 

 portion of the crop will be put into the silo ? 



