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Title: Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine
Identifier: cranberriesnatio8081port (find matches)
Year: 1936 (1930s)
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Subjects: Cranberries
Publisher: Portland, CT (etc. ) : Taylor Pub. Co. (etc. )
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weather watch MASSACHUSETTS December was another in a series of cold months, averaging 3.8 degrees a day below normal. This was the third successive month with temperatures averaging more than 2.7 degrees a day below normal. This three month period is surpassed only by the cold fall of 1976. MaxiiTium temperature was 58 degrees on the 9th and minimum -7 degrees on the 26 th. The only warmer than average days were the lst-3rd, 7th-9th, 13 th and 29th. Cooler than average periods occurred on the 4th, 5th, Uth, 14th, 15th, 17th, 20-22nd, 25-27th and 31st. Precipitation totaled 2.67 inches or about IVi inches below normal. This was the driest December since 1966 and eighth driest in our records. There were 11 days with measurable precipitation, with 0.98 inches on the 29th as the greatest storm. Snowfall totaled 3.5 inches. For the year 1980 our temperature averaged 1.4 degrees a day below normal. The only substantially warmer than normal months were July and August. Months with far below normal temperatures: January, February, March, June, October, November and December. Maximum temperature for the year was 92 degrees on June 27, Aug. 7 and Aug. 9. The minimum was minus 7 degrees at the end of the year (Dec. 26). Precipitation for 1980 totaled 33.86 inches, which is almost exactly 13 inches below normal and 22y2 inches less than in 1979. This was the third driest year in our records, with 1965 the driest and 1930 the second. Greatest precipi- tation from one storm was 1.87 inches on March 17-18. The only months with substantially above normal precipitation were March and October. Months with much below normal amounts were January, February, May, July, August, September and December. 6 Snowfall for the year totaled only 10.2 inches, which is a record low, beating out 1937 for the honor. This was only about 1/3 our usual amount. There were, of course, no large storms. I.E.D. NEW JERSEY After a very hot and dry summer, the trend of weather in the autumn of 1980 was toward moderation. During September, the heat and dryness was extended but October and November were appreciably cooler than normal and only slightly deficient m rainfall. October was the first month since April in which the precipitation was above normal. Tlie autumn weather, summarized below, shows that it was about 1.2 degrees F warmer and 1.39 inches drier than normal. Temperature: September, average degrees F, 69.2, deviation, +2.1; October, average degrees, 53.8, deviation, -2.4; November, average degrees, 42.9, deviation, -3.2. (continued on page 12)
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