during the last five days in the southern portion were near 

 or slightly above 80°. The sunshine was near the normal. 



Weeh ending September 23. — ISTew England. Boston : 

 The mean temperature was above the normal. The maximimi 

 temperatures on the 21st ranged from 78° to 88°. Light 

 frost occurred on the 19th in Vermont and New Hampshire 

 and killing frost in the interior of Maine. The weather was 

 fair, except at the beginning and the end of the week, when 

 light showers occurred. The sunshine was somewhat above 

 the normal. 



The Weather of September, 1907. 



Fair weather prevailed on the 1st of the month, but during 

 the following four days there was a heavy rainfall through- 

 out the State that effectually relieved the drought that had 

 prevailed during July and August. In no section of the 

 State was the rainfall from the 2d to the 5th less than 2 

 inches, and in some parts it was nearly 4 inches. Following 

 the 5th and until the 11th there were occasional showers, 

 which were light in the eastern portion of the State and 

 quite heavy in the central and southwestern portions, where 

 the rainfall was slightly more than 1 inch. From the 12th 

 to the 20th fair and generally clear weather prevailed. Rainy 

 weather again began on the 21st and continued until the 25th, 

 during which time from 2 to nearly 4 inches of rain fell 

 over the greater portion of the State. Fair weather pre- 

 vailed from the 25th to the 27th, with cloudy weather on the 

 28th and very heavy rains on the 29th. The temperature 

 during the first three days of the month was somewhat 

 below the normal. From the 5th until the 24th, however, 

 with the exception of three or four days, the temperature 

 was much above the normal, and much like that usual to 

 August. On about half of the days during this time the 

 temperature rose to nearly or above 80°. From the 25th to 

 the close of the month the temperature was lower and some- 

 what below the normal. In some localities frost occurred oh 

 the night of the 25th. 



So far as records are available for comparison, the present 

 summer, from the middle of June until the 2d of September, 

 has been the driest ever known in this State. 



