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Dry weather during the summer of 1909 resulted in wide swings of temperatures, both daily as well as during the month. On this date thermometers raced from a comfortable 58 degrees in the morning to a blistering 100 degrees in the afternoon at St. Johnsbury, setting the record for the month of August. By the end of the month, scattered frost was reported on the 31st.