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June . — A remarkably fine, warm and dry month, the first ten 
days being absolutely without rain at most places. During this 
period forest fires were very destructive. The rainfall, which was 
abnormally light fell chiefly in showers and varied greatly with 
localities. Frosts were general on the 2nd, but did little damage: 
coast fogs were exceptionally infrequent, but smoke from forest 
fires was, at times, quite thick. Owing to the warmth and timely 
showers of the last ten days, crops made remarkable progress. 
The highest temperature was ninety, at Moncton, on the 25th; 
lowest, twenty-five, at Dalhousie and St. Stephen, on the 2nd. 
July . — The weather for the greater part was fine and warm, 
with frequent light showers and no heavy rainfalls. Thunder- 
storms were numerous, but not severe, and coast fogs were much 
below the average. The highest temperature was eighty-eight, 
at Fredericton, on the 28th ; the lowest, thirty-nine, at Dalhousie, 
on the 6th. 
August . — A month of fine and exceptionally warm weather, 
with a marked deficiency of fogs near the coast. Rainfall varied 
with locality, some places being below and others much above the 
average. Moncton reported the heaviest rainfall for any month 
during the past thirteen years. Frosts were reported from the 
river counties on last days of the month. On the night of the 10th 
a local northeast gale of unseasonable severity was the cause of 
some damage to small pleasure crafts on the lower portion of the 
St. John River. In this district it was accompanied by the heaviest 
rainfall of the month. The highest temperature was ninety-three, 
at St. Stephen, on the 8th; lowest, thirty-one, at St. Stephen, on 
the 31st. 
September . — Exceping the 1st and 6th, when rain fell heavily, 
the weather was generally fine and seasonable up to the 23rd, when 
a period of comparatively high temperatures and excessive rain- 
fall set in and continued until the close of the month. Rivers and 
springs were swollen to spring freshet level; interval lands were 
under water with serious damage to crops in some places. Travel 
by rail and highway was interrupted by washouts and flooding. 
This was the heaviest autumn rainfall and freshet since October. 
