. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. iilH NEWS. NEW JERSEY Extremely hot humid and dry weather prevailed through much of the month of August in the cran- berry growing region of New Jersey. While the nearby Philadelphia Weather Bureau reported a record warm summer and the hottest August in its history the data for August at the Weather Station at the Cranberry and Blueberry Lab- oratory in New Lisbon showed un- usually hot periods but not of record status. Temperatures were in the ninety- degree range for seven successive days from the 6th through the 12th and for six
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. iilH NEWS. NEW JERSEY Extremely hot humid and dry weather prevailed through much of the month of August in the cran- berry growing region of New Jersey. While the nearby Philadelphia Weather Bureau reported a record warm summer and the hottest August in its history the data for August at the Weather Station at the Cranberry and Blueberry Lab- oratory in New Lisbon showed un- usually hot periods but not of record status. Temperatures were in the ninety- degree range for seven successive days from the 6th through the 12th and for six more days in a row from the 26th through the 30th. The total of 13 ninety degree days for the month was surpassed by the 16 recorded in 1943 and 14 in 1944. The average temperature for the month was degrees F which is only degrees F warmer than normal and not close to the record degrees F in 1955. Actually warmer Augusts have oc- curred in ten of the 44 years of weather recording history at New Lisbon. The reason for this is the unusually cool spell which occurred during the middle of this August. From the 16th to the 25th tem- peratures ranged from 73 to 83 in the daytime and from the cool 45 to 66 at night. A long wet period was ended in August and for the first time in ten months the rainfall did not exceed normal. Only inches of rain occurred, which is inches less than the average for the month. The total for 1973 now stands at inches or inches above normal for the eight-month period. Continuation of the severe hot weather into the first six days of September gave a twelve-day period of 90 degree weather which took 4 some toll of the New Jersey cran- berry crop. Some severe scalding of berries has been noted on some bogs where unshielded temperatures in the sun went well above 100 degrees on at least ten days in succession. This sun burning of berries has been observed on well sprayed bogs as well as on un- treated bogs and this damage ma
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