MASSA 



Agricultural Experiment Station. 



BXJLI-iETIIISr IsTO. SO. 



OCTOBER, 1893. 



Meteorological Summary, for August and September, 1892-1893. 



The mean temperature for August was .35 of a degree above that 

 for August '92, and the rainfall was 2.21 inches less than that of 

 August last year. 



There were unusually heavy storms of wind and rain on the 24th 

 and 29th of August, the wind doing considerable damage to crops, 

 blowing much of the fruit from the trees. Many fruit and shade 

 trees were injured. 



The mean temperature for September was below the average, being 

 3.59 degrees below that of September '92. 



The rainfall was 1.04 inches greater than that for the same month 

 last year. 



There was a slight frost on the 3d of September which was the first 

 noticed this season. 



