REMARKS 



The weather during September while generally pleasant was con- 

 siderably cooler than usual, and the precipitation was comparatively 

 light. While the first frost was about a week earlier than the aver- 

 age date for this locality, it was much more severe than the ordinary 

 first frost of a season, and the resulting damage caused, especially to 

 corn on account of the generally backward condition of growth, was 

 much greater than is usually the case. Other crops were damaged 

 to some extent, but the loss was much less than that of the corn. A 

 comparatively small wind movement with many calm periods caused 

 an unusually abnormal wind direction and a much varied record of 

 daily prevailing directions. The precipitation record showed a pe- 

 riod of nearly three weeks without a measurable amount of rain. 



The records of the several weather elements compared with their 

 respective normals show the following features of more or less inter- 

 est : The mean barometer was higher than the normal and the range 

 considerably more than usual. During much of the period of high 

 barometer the wind movement was very small, resulting in a total 

 wind movemeat of but little more than one-half the usual amount. 



The mean hourly temperature was more than four degrees lower 

 than the normal, and the maximum and minimum were both about 

 two degrees lower than their normals. 



The mean dew point was about four degrees lower than usual, and 

 the relative humidity considerably higher than the average value. 



The total precipitation was about sixty per cent, of the normal 

 and nearly all of it occurred during three showers of moderate 

 intensity. 



The amount of sunshine was considerably more than normal, and 

 only six cloudy days were noted. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 

 H. B. MILLARD, Acting Observer. 



