MASSACHUSETTS STATE 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 



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OCTOBER, 1S85. 



Meteorological Summary for fioo months ending September 30th. 



Highest temperature, 



Lowest temperature, 



Mean temperature. 



Mean relative humidity. 



Total rainfall. 



Prevailing winds. 



No. of days on which .01 in. of 



rain fell, 13 5 



No. of days on which cloudiness 



averaged 8 or more on scale 



of 10, 9 4 



The rainfall in August was greater than in the corresponding 

 month for eighteen years past. September presents the opposite 

 extreme for a period of twenty years. A light frost was reported on 

 low lands August 27th, and others occurred September 3d, 6th, 11th, 

 12th, 2lst and 24th, but at the close of this month no serious damage 

 had been done, and only slight effects of frost were visible. 



