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frost occurred September 20th, and the first killing frost on 
September 24th, thus giving a growing period of 144 days 
after the last severe frost in the spring. The average growing 
season at this Station for the past eight years has been 145 
days. ‘The fall months were unusually wet, and unfavorable 
for harvesting corn. 
Through the kindness of the New Kngland Meteorological 
Society we are able to publish the rainfall records from twelve 
of their Stations in Connecticut. 
Table 75 gives the rainfall as recorded for the six months 
ending October 31st for twenty localities in the State, and 
table 76 gives the summary of observations made by the 
Station at Storrs. 
TABLE 75. 
Rainfall during six months ending October 31, 1896. 














INCHES PER MonrtTu. 
Locatity. OBSERVER. | | F 8 es 
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ed S = Q ~ re 
Se a View. tk en ules 
Falls Village, - | M. H. Dean, -./3.39/2.53/6.67/4.25/6.25 3.10|26.19 
Norwalk, - - | G. C. Comstock,* - /5.33)4.26/4.71/2.53/5.42/2.22/24.47 
Bridgeport, - - | Wm. Jennings,* - |4.81/3.88)3.45/2.19/5.40/2.45/22.18 
Waterbury, - - | N. J. Welton,* 2.34/5.71/3.16|2.67/5 .01/2.77/21.66 
Canton, - ee Wc Grs Os (ASG, 6 = - |2.93/3.80)3.39/4.12/6.58/3.73/24.55 
West Simsbury, - | S. T. Stockwell,* - |2.863.63 4.57.3.02/5.96/3.16 25.20 
Southington, - | Lumen Andrews,*- |2.91/5.30/3.23|3.20|6.13|3.30|24.07 
New Haven, ~— - | Weather Bureau,* - |3.67 2.96/3.86/2.57/3.42/2.91|/19.39 
Newington,- - J. S. Kirkham,  - |2.62'5.41/2.39 3.04/2.8513.85/20. 16 
Hartford, - - | Prof. S, Hart,*  - |2.51/4.63/2.40|4.84| — |3.65| — 
Vernon Centre, -|E.H. Lathrop, - |2.15'4.26/3.61/3.24/4.15 4.54/21 .95 
South Manchester, | K. B. Loomis, - |2.40/3.43/2.85/3.54/5.21/4.00/21.43 
Middletown, - | C. W. Hubbard,* - |3.00| .36/2.72/2.59/5.26|4.31/22.24 
Madison, - cai) ot)» eelsey. - |4.09/3.25|4.35/3.37/5.34/3.57/23.97 
New London, - | Weather Bureau,* - |2.17/1.72/3.64/3.60|2.49/3.37|16.99 
Colchester, - aioe be Willard;* « “= 44.97/3.00 2.45'4.05'6.60/4.65/25.72 
Lebanon, - - | E. A. Hoxie, - |4.49/3.48/2.26/6.8616.26, — | — 
Northybtanklin, w-e si. Lathrop, ~=-15 .52 2.29 1.59/3.70/4.58/3.62\21.30 
Storrs, - - - | Experiment Station, |2.72/1.78)3.22/2.71/7.03/3.60\/21.06 
Voluntown, - - | Rev. C. Dewhurst,* 2.39/2.473.89/2.77/6.25/3.05/20.82 
Average, - - - - - 3.35 3.603.42 3.445.293.4729 30 
* New England Meteorological Society Observer. 
