. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WEATHER WATCH ... (continued from page 13) 9th and 16th. Colder than average were the 10th, 11th, 18th, 20th and 29th. Precipitation totaled inches or about V4 inch above normal. There were only eight days with measurable precipitation, with the greatest storm on the 8th and 9th, when inches were recorded. For the year 1978, the temperature averaged a frigid degrees below normal. This was the coldest year since 1967 and the 4th coldest in our records, exceeded only by 1967, 1940 and 1926. The only warmer than normal m
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WEATHER WATCH ... (continued from page 13) 9th and 16th. Colder than average were the 10th, 11th, 18th, 20th and 29th. Precipitation totaled inches or about V4 inch above normal. There were only eight days with measurable precipitation, with the greatest storm on the 8th and 9th, when inches were recorded. For the year 1978, the temperature averaged a frigid degrees below normal. This was the coldest year since 1967 and the 4th coldest in our records, exceeded only by 1967, 1940 and 1926. The only warmer than normal month was December. Months that were much below normal were January, February, March, April, July, September (record cold at East Wareham), October and November. Maximum temperature for the year was 92 degrees on July 23 and the minimum was minus 2 degrees on Feb. 11. Precipitation for 1978 totaled , less than Va inch above normal and about 13 inches less than in 1977. The largest total precipitation from one storm was inches on Jan. 13-14. The months with substantially above normal precipitation were January (a record at East Wareham), May, July and August. Months with substantially below normal precipitation were Feb- ruary, March, April, June, September and November. The storm of Aug. 6-8 that brought rain amounting to 10-14 inches in parts of southeastern Massachusetts and flooded many cranberry bogs in Carver, Lakeville and Plymouth amounted to only inches in East Wareham. Snowfall for the year totaled inches (a record at East Wareham). The largest storm was inches on Feb. 6-7. This was the notorious "Blizzard of '78," when towns within 15 to 20 miles of East Wareham measured from 26 inches to 4 feet. While only emergency travel was allowed in the hard hit areas, we were driving on dry roads. NEW JERSEY December was quite mild and wet in the cranberry region of New Jersey. Temperatures were in the 50's on eight days, in the 60's on
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