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normal with no very high records. ‘The hay crop was heavy 
and nearly all early cut fields gave a large second crop. Sep- 
tember and October brought mild weather and the conditions 
were most favorable for harvesting. ‘The first light frost was 
on September 18th and the first killing frost September 28th. 
The growing season was therefore 159 days, from the last 
severe frost in the spring. The average growing season at this 
Station for the past ten years has been 146 days. 
Through the kindness of the New England Meteorological 
Society we are able to publish the rainfall records from thirteen 
of their stations in Connecticut. Table 61 gives the rainfall as 
recorded for the six months ending October 31st for twenty- 
one localities in the State, and table 62 gives the summary of 
observations made by the Station at Storrs. 
TABLE 61. 
Rainfall during six months ending October 31, 1897. 
















INCHES PER Montu. 
Locatiry. OBSERVER, Ae Gres L 
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Falls Village, =a Vek ise wean - 3.73 5. 22|10.5714.7713.81| .78128.08 
Cream Hill, ee 1G Golde eo P= 14 (2215). 15), 947115. 2812 851 b. Os 2606 
Norwalk, - ait, © Comstock, 17 13412. O7(10. 121318 |2 (24 te go areas 
Bridgeport, - - |Wm. Jennings,*- (6.62/3.41/18.77|4.11/1.97/2.11/36.99 
Waterbury, - - |N. J. Welton,* - |5.34/3.77|/18.10|3.51/2.18/1.08/33.98 
Canton, - Sai Gry, pease cs - |4.96)4.92/16.96/6.56)2.09|/1.14/36.63 
West Simsbury, - |S. T. Stockwell,- (4.74/4.82/16.45|5.o9)/1.82|/1.13/34.05 
Southington, - |Lumen Andrews,* |5.50/4.55)19.90|6.33/2.65| .85/39.78 
New Haven, - |Weather Bureau,* (|5.03/2.47/10.03|6.81/2.42|1,25/28.o1 
Newington, - - |J.S. Kirkham, - |5.46)4.18)13.71|/5.53/2.10) .57/31.53 
Hartford, .- se J ETO on tlarty re 530519603 Pe—— 1924012039 ieee 
Windsor, - - |H.H. Moore,* - |5.47/4.53/15.29|8.19|1.56) .54/35.58 
Vernon, . - jE. H. Lathrop, - |5.04/4.25/11.08)/5.49|4.15| — | — 
So. Manchester, - |K. B. Loomis, - 5.24/3.20)11.88/6.13|2.15|1.09|29.69 
Middletown, =) iC. W:Hubbard,* 15.0013 252/13 .3517.4212 adlras5i32756 
Madison, - - {J. D. Kelsey, - /4.51/3.47| 9.53}/5.27|2.54) .88/26.20 
New London, - |Weather Bureau,* [4.76|2.48) 6.22/5.06/3.74|1.20/23.46 
Colchester, - - |S. P, Willard,* - |5.01/2.64/10.82|8.67|2.85]1.37/31.36 
Lebanon, - Set, FLOxIe,§ --. 14.4712 385) 92'7545. 00) 2.08 |e 
Storrs, - - |Experim’nt Station,)4.44/2.79|12.24|/5.23/1.39) .92/27.01 
Voluntown, - - |Rev. C. Dewhurst,* 4.46 3.66] 8.53/5.58/1.82| .80/24.85 
Average,-  - 5.10 3.73)12.685.78 2.46)1 09/30 .84 


* New England Meteorological Society observer: 
