REMARKS. 



The month has been extremely dry, only thirty-one one-hun- 

 dredths of an inch of rain having fallen. The normal precipitation 

 for August for the last fifty-eight years is 4.34 inches ; therefore, 

 the past month shows a deficiency of over four inches of rainfall. 

 This lack of rain has caused great damage to farmers, streams and 

 wells are dry and a water famine almost prevails. The temperature 

 was about normal. On the 22d a light frost occurred in the lowlands 

 but little damage was done to vegetation. 



The following is furnished by the N. E. Weather Service: 



The month of August, just past, was very nearly normal in tem- 

 perature. No extremely high readings were recorded and cool nights 

 were the rule. Frost has been reported from various parts of the 

 State on the morning of the 22d, but no damage was done to vege- 

 tation. At Bostou the minimum was 47*^ on that morning which is 

 as low a reading as has ever been recorded during the month of 

 August for 24 years at that station. At Concord, the temperature 

 fell to 38" and light frost occurred in exposed places. 



The rainfall was deficient throughout the State ; ponds, wells, etc. 

 are very low. At Boston more than two-thirds of the rainfall of the 

 month fell in less than four hours on the 20th. During that storm, 

 which was accompanied by thunder and lightning, 0.50 inch fell in 

 five minutes, the largest amount that has ever been recorded at Bos- 

 ton in that space of time since records have been kept. The storm 

 was very local and did not extend many miles from the city. 



As compared with the previous month (July) a decidedly pleasant 

 change was noticeable. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 

 FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



