REMARKS. 



The month was characterized by pleasant weather. Only six 

 days (luring the month were reported :is cloudy. The days were 

 mostly warm and nights cool, but no frosts were observed till the 

 morning of the 30th. The mean temperature was above normal. 

 The rainfall was much below the average. A severe thunder 

 storm occurred on the 2fith and several places were struck in Am- 

 herst, but no great damage was done. Of the local forecasts 96.3 per 

 cent, and of the Washington forecasts bd.G per cent, were true for 

 Amherst. The following is a summary for the state, furnished bj^ 

 the New England Weather Service : 



The month of September, 1892, will be remembered as unusually 

 free from severe storms and being characterized by generally fair 

 weather, pleasant for all out-door work or recreation. Only four 

 cyclones passed near enough to New England to influence our weather 

 and no West India hurricane reached our coast. Only five anti- 

 cyclones spread acro!*s our district but they moved very slowly and 

 so influenced our weather far more than the cyclones did. The daily 

 temperature ranges were very strong, the days being generally warm 

 and the nights cool, although only light frosts occurred in any part 

 of Massachusetts. The precipitation was below the average and the 

 number of rainy and cloudy days was unusually small. At Boston 

 the total precipitation was 1.16 inch below the average for twenty- 

 two years. At that station also the number of cloudless days was 

 21, partly cloudy days, 3 and cloudy days 6. A severe thunderstorm 

 passed easterly across southern New England on the 24th and 

 another on the 26th. Mr. Willard Nelson's house in South Monson 

 was struck by lightning and considerable damage was done. The 

 plastering in some of the rooms was torn off, in some cases within a 

 few feet of people lying in bed, the casings and boards were ripped 

 off and in one room all the tacks were taken out on one side and the 

 carpet turned half across the floor. A good deal of damage is re- 

 ported from Taunton, Mass. Many buildings were struck and sev- 

 eral burned. No one was killed although several people had verj' 

 narrow escapes. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 

 FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



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