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SEPTEMBER, 1889.

TEMPERATURE.

The mean temperature for the month of September, 1889, deduced from the reports of fifty stations, was 61°.9, which is about one degree above the normal, and two degrees above that of September, 1888. The greatest departures were in the southeastern part of the state. The means of the daily maximum and minimum temperatures were 70°.8 and 53°.0, respectively, making a daily mean of 61°.9, and an average daily range of 17°.8.

The highest temperatures recorded were Columbus, 92°; Lebanon, 91°; Petersburg, 90°; Greenville, 90°; New Castle, 90°, and Pittsburgh, 90°.

The lowest were Phillipsburg, 30°; Clarion, 31°; Petersburg, 31°; New Castle, 31°; Coudersport, 31°; Columbus, 31°, and Dyberry, 31°. The highest temperature occurred on the 1st and 2d, and the lowest on the 23d.

Frosts were general on the 23d.

Stations with the highest monthly averages were Myerstown, 68°.7; Philadelphia, 66°.4; Pottstown, 65°.0, and Uniontown, 64°.9.

The lowest averages were Dyberry, 57°.2; South Eaton, 57°.5; Phillipsburg, 57°.7; Eagles Mere, 58°.2, and Wellsboro', 58°.4.

BAROMETER.

The average pressure, 30.04, is slightly below the normal. The lowest occurred on the 20th and 21st. The range for the state was about one inch.

PRECIPITATION.

The average precipitation for the state, 5.05 inches, is an excess of 1.50 inches. The greatest departures were in the eastern part of the state, where the following totals in inches were reported: Kennett Square, 10.01; West Chester, 9.95; Eagles Mere, 9.35; Coatesville, 9.12; Forks of Neshaminy, 8.76, and Doylestown, 8 61. The smallest totals Wellsboro', 2.71; Altoona, 2.74; Grampian Hills, 2.76; Emporium, 2.84, and Somerset, 2.94. The heavy rains, from the 10th to the 15th, did not extend to the extreme western part of the state. A few stations reported light snow on the 19th, 20th and 21st.

NOTE.-Observers are particularly requested to enter the time of the beginning and ending of precipitation. Also to note excessive precipitation.

Excessive precipitation is an actual fall of 2.50 inches or over in twentyfour hours, or one inch or more in one hour.

WIND AND WEATHER.

The notable West Indian hurricane, which occasioned the destructive floods along the seaboard of New Jersey from the 9th to the 12th, caused high winds and heavy rains throughout the eastern and middle portions of Pennsylvania. The whole month may be characterized as wet and unpleasant. The dampness caused considerable delay in wheat seeding, and rotted potatoes so badly that only a very small crop was secured. Average Number.-Rainy days, 13; clear days, 8; fair days, 8; cloudy days, 14.

Prevailing Direction of Wind.-West.

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