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much cloudiness and rain. The storm of the 15th was 

 quite general, giving copious rainfalls in nearly all parts 

 of the State. During no week of the season was there 

 so much precipitation. Comparatively low temperature 

 accompanii.d the foul weather. The weather for the re- 

 mainder ^f the month was generally fair, the exceptions 

 consisting of local storms, usually attended by thunder and 

 light rainfall. From the 20tli to the 2od a moderate cool 

 wave prevailed, and this was followed by several of the 

 warmest days of the season. The highest temperatures of 

 the season were recorded from the 25th to the 27tli, when 

 the figures ranged from 90^ to 110^. The weather of August, 

 as a whole, did not depart greatly from the average for this 

 month. 



The weather of September was characterized by a high 

 average temperature, more than the usual number of clear 

 days and rainfall above the normal for the month. While 

 the temperature was in excess of that usually experienced in 

 this month, it was so equitably distributed as not to impress 

 the casual observer as being more than the average. There 

 were no excessively warm days. The highest temperature 

 registered at the office of the Weather Bureau, Boston, was 

 only 91"^, and only on two days. The minimum temperature, 

 however, ranged unusually and continuously high. With 

 slight exceptions it ranged in the 50's and 60's throughout 

 the month, at Boston. In the interior and western portions 

 of the State the mercury ranged much lower than in coast 

 sections. The coolest period was from the 18th to the 20th, 

 when frost occurred in many localities, and in a few instances, 

 where the conditions were especially favorable, thin ice 

 formed. The closing days of the month were cool. Not- 

 withstanding the fact that the average precipitation was con- 

 siderably in excess of the normal of the month, there were 

 more than the usual number of clear days, and the per cent 

 of sunshine was also in excess of the average. The rainfall 

 was chiefly the result of two general storms, during which 

 the precipitation was very heavy. At Boston 3.70 inches 

 of water fell from the IGth to the 18th inclusive, which is an 

 inch in excess of the normal rainfall of September at that 

 point. The severe wind storm of the 12th was a conspicuou3 



