“°,8° inches a vear. The nean averages for each month of tue 
year fcr she same time show: 
January 2.165 inches July 5,86 inches 
February 2,57 " August “09 " 
March 0 s Seplemver. 27k " 
Aprit 2 ead " October 2 4) i 
May 3.30 " Neveriber: 2,17 u 
June oy " December 2,20 i 
This shows a well distributea annual rainfail, with a 
maximum during the su;nmer months and a mininun during the 
winter months. The actual number vf days throught the year 
1999 upon which rain fell was 11”. 
During the leng period cf vears in which observations 
have been recorded,  seaasnalle frosts have rarely been 
known, and when they have occurred, thay were, with fev exe 
ceptions, net of sufficient severity to endanger tne apple 
erep. 28 leoking to tne future, it is a safe assertich tras 
the trees will never be endangered, Judging from the recsrds 
of the past thirty seven vears, late spring frosts way vccur 
at. very rere intervals anc endanger thé fruit crap, but this 
is a condition that is common to all fruit srowing sections, 
(~22-) 
