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ture of the month was about 2 degrees below the average, con- 
stituting the fifth cold August in succession, and was 59.9 degrees 
against 58.4 degrees in 1885, 61.5 degrees in 1886, 60.4 degrees in 
1887, and 58.2 degrees in 1888. Harvest commenced in Norfolk 
about the 6th day, but was much hindered by the damp gloomy 
weather. 
September. 
The fine weather which set in at the close of August continued 
with but little intermission until the middle of September, 
accompanied by high temperature (thermometer 79.2 degrees on 
the 11th, and above 70 degrees on several days) and a drying 
atmosphere, enabling farmers to make great progress with the 
harvest, and in most cases to complete it. The latter part of the 
month was a complete contrast to the former, being unusually cold 
for the season, and heavy rains at times. The mean temperature 
of the third week was 10| degrees colder than the previous week, 
and on the morning of the 22nd the thermometer in the screen fell 
to 32 degrees, a very unusual occurrence in September. The mean 
temperature of the entire month was nearly 3 degrees under the 
average, and was 54.9 degrees against 55.2 degrees in 1885, 
58.9 degrees in 1886, 54.2 degrees in 1887, and 56.3 degrees 
in 1888. 
October. 
The main features of this month wore its great uniformity of 
temperature, and its proximity to the average, the excess of rain, 
and the unusual absence of sunshine. The range of temperature 
was exceedingly small, no day being really warm, and on no night 
did the screened thermometer fall to the freezing point. The 
maximum reading • of the month (59 degrees on the 15th) was 
unusually low for October, but, with one exception, there was no 
day upon which the thermometer did not exceed 50 degrees. The 
period from the 19th to the 30th was of almost unbroken cloud, 
with rain daily. A thunderstorm occurred on the 23rd, and 
