. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 20 inches from tlie previous two drought years left cran- berry water resources in a very critical condition. The copious rainfall which occurred in Sep- tember and Otober ( in- ches) was a godsend to the cranberry area in New Jersey. Reservoirs and ground water resources on almost all cran- berry bogs in the state are now at near capacity. 1966 In Review Summarizing 1966 tempera- ture records we find that the year was slightly cooler than normal. The average tempera- ture was degrees F, about degree below normal. Onl
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 20 inches from tlie previous two drought years left cran- berry water resources in a very critical condition. The copious rainfall which occurred in Sep- tember and Otober ( in- ches) was a godsend to the cranberry area in New Jersey. Reservoirs and ground water resources on almost all cran- berry bogs in the state are now at near capacity. 1966 In Review Summarizing 1966 tempera- ture records we find that the year was slightly cooler than normal. The average tempera- ture was degrees F, about degree below normal. Only 4 months, March, July, August and November were warmer than normal. January, April, May and September wer very much colder than normal. It was by far the coldest April on record at the weather station and the third coldest May. The two months together made it the coldest spring ever recorded here. Some of the extreme weather conditions which occurred in 1966 are notewothy. A very destructive frost on May 11th, when temperatues in low lying blueberry fields plunged to 18 to 20 degrees, caused serious damage to the early varieties of blues. Three successive days of 100 degrees weather in July on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the midst of the severe drought caused agricultural losses. An old fashioned "northeaster" in September dumped inches of rain and brought relief from the drought. A storm on Janu- ary 30th left IIV2 inches of snow and generally paralyzed traffic for a while. The mini- mum temperatures on the of- ficial weather bureau shelter in 1966 was 3 above zero on February 20th. Teacher: "Do you know Lin- coln's Gettysburg Address?" Johnny. "No completely, but the ZIP Code is ; EIGHTEEN MASSACHUSETTS The month of December was dry in the Massachusetts cranberry area. The precipi- tation stood at inches which was approximately 1% inches below the normal for this month. It was warm with average daily temperatures iy2 degrees above
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