. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. weather watch MASSACHUSETTS August was very wet, very cloudy and slightly on the cool side. The temperature averaged degrees a day below normal. Maximum temperature was 86 degrees on the 9th and the minimum 50 degrees on the 3rd. Warmer than average days occurred on the 9th, 14th, 27th and 28th. Cooler than average days were the Ist, 2nd, 19th, 25th and 29th-3l8t. Rainfall totaled an amazing inches, or 8-1/3 inches above normal. This ties our record for August rainfall set in 1946. What a difference a year makes! Last Aug
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. weather watch MASSACHUSETTS August was very wet, very cloudy and slightly on the cool side. The temperature averaged degrees a day below normal. Maximum temperature was 86 degrees on the 9th and the minimum 50 degrees on the 3rd. Warmer than average days occurred on the 9th, 14th, 27th and 28th. Cooler than average days were the Ist, 2nd, 19th, 25th and 29th-3l8t. Rainfall totaled an amazing inches, or 8-1/3 inches above normal. This ties our record for August rainfall set in 1946. What a difference a year makes! Last August we established our record low rainfall—less than one half inch. There was measurable rainfall on 10 days this August, with inches on the 30th-31st as the greatest storm. This was also the greatest single Autumn storm in our records. We recorded 9'/2 inches of rain during the last week of August. Plenty of water for the harvest. We are now 4 inches above normal for 1985 but 2 inches behind 1984. NOVA SCOTIA Precipitation for August was considerably higher at 121 mm than the 30 year average. As of Sept. 6 it looked as if we would be starting harvesting operations around Sept. 25. oooooooooooo OREGON August was mostly dry with precipitation amounts similar to last year. Temperat«iree< were slightly cooler. Bandon 2 NNE average temperature was actually F higher than the 30 year normal developed from stations at or near this site. But Langlos 5 NNE was F below its seven year average. And the HELICOPTER LIFT SERVICE. JOE BRIGHAM INC Growers ick Office 295-2222 D. Beaton 888-1288 COMPLETE BOG MANAGEMENT HARVESTING (Wet & Dry) IMPEX I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Portland, CT [etc. ] : Taylor Pub. Co. [etc. ]
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