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Agricultural Experiment Station, 



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OCTOBER, 1886. 



Meteorological Summary for the four months ending October 31, 1986. 



July. August. September. October. 



Highest temperature, 93.0° 90.0° 83.8° 77.9'' 



Lowest temperature, 41.0° 39.0° 31.6° 17.0° 



Mean temperature, 68.8° 66.3° 59.5° 48.9° 



Total rainfall, 3.82 in. 2.60 in. 5.48 in. 2.97 in. 



Prevailing winds, S. S. to S.E. S. to S.E. N. toN.W. 

 No. of days on which 0.1 



inches or more of rain 



fell, 8 10 11 8 

 No. of days on which 



cloudiness averaged 8 or 



more on scale of 10, 4 3 6 9 



The warmest weather of the season occurred during the first part 

 of July, the drouth at this time becoming moderately severe. Show- 

 ers were frequent during the latter part of that month, and the rain- 

 fall quite copious. August was cool nearly the whole month, and the 

 rainfall well distributed. 



The first frost of the season occurred on low grounds, September 

 2d ; the first one to injure farm crops, was on the 21st. 



The rainfall during September was nearly double the average for 

 that month during the past fifty years. 



The most serious frost of the season occurred October 2d, 17* F. 



