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eighth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, twenty-first, and 

 twenty-eighth — 13 days; and sprinkled on the ninth, tenth, and sixteenth. 

 Rainfall for the month, 8.93; for the year, to date, 9.95; season, to date, 

 13.66. Prevailing winds, southerly. There were six frosts during the 

 month; killing frosts on the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-fifth; ther- 

 mometer at 32° each morning. On the twenty-seventh heavy frost; 

 thermometer at 34°. Light frost on the eighteenth and twenty-sixth; 

 thermometer at 35° and 36°. 



March. 1887. — The mean was ahout an average for March — 61.13°. Al- 

 though the months of March, 1885 and 1886, were extraordinary for 

 extremes in mean temperature, yet the present month shows a fair average; 

 March, 1884, the mean was 59.08°; 1885, 68.18°; 1886, 55.18°; 1887, 61.13°; 

 average, 61°. The maximum was 84° — about 4° above the average; 1884 

 il was 80°; 1885, 86°; 1886, 70°; 1887, 84°; average, 80°. The minimum 

 was nearly 4° below the average— 1884, 40°; 1885, 46°; 1886, 40°; 1887, 

 37°; average, 40.3°. Clear days, 26; cloudy, 3; fair, 2; for the year, to 

 date, 65. It rained on the second, third, fourth, and seventeenth. Rain- 

 fall for the month, 0.98 of an inch; for the year, 10.93; for the season, 

 to date, 14.64. Prevailing wind, southerly. Two slight frosts this month — 

 one on the eighteenth, thermometer 39°; and on the nineteenth, thermom- 

 eter 37°. 



April, 1887. — The mean compared with the previous Aprils was about 

 an average— in 1884, 60.53°; 1885, 64.75°; 1886,60.27°; 1887, 62.12°. The 

 average would be 62°. The maximum was 2.5° above the average — 1884 

 the highest was 80°; 1885, 84°; 1886, 84°; 1887, 86°; average, 83.2°. The 

 minimum was nearly 4° below the average. April, 1884, the lowest was 

 46°; 1885, 42°; 1886, 44°; 1887, 38°; average, 42.5°. On the twenty-first 

 a heavy northwest wind set in and continued till the twenty-sixth, increas- 

 ing the temperature 6°. On the twenty-ninth, a light shower of rain passed 

 over the town from the northwest, accompanied with thunder and light- 

 ning: duration about fifteen minutes. At the same hour a double rain- 

 bow with brilliant colors appeared in the east. .07 of an inch of rain fell 

 during this shower. Clear days, 21; cloudy, 7; fair, 2; for the year to 

 date, 86. Rain fell on the sixth, eighth, ninth, thirteenth, nineteenth, 

 twentieth, twenty-ninth, and sprinkled on the tenth. Rainfall for the 

 month, 2.81 inches; for the year, 13.74 inches. Prevailing winds, north- 

 erly. One light frost this month, on the eleventh, thermometer 38°. 



May, 1887. — This month showed the greatest extremes between the 

 maximum and minimum temperature I have any record of. The month 

 opened with the usual mildness for May. Between the first and ninth the 

 readings of the maximum temperature was from 82° to 66°, and the mini- 

 mum, same dates, from 60° to 48°. On the tenth and eleventh a great 

 change in the temperature was noticed, and the thermometer fell to 40° 

 and 39° each morning. A light frost was noticed on these mornings: it 

 was not generally distributed over this section of the country, but seemed 

 to do considerable damage in some gardens and in the adjoining one none. 

 Grapes, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, melons, and cucumbers 

 received considerable blight, while in other parts of the same garden no 

 damage was done. Fruits of all varieties were too far advanced to be 

 injured by these light frosts. Notwithstanding the extremes between the 

 maximum and minimum, the mean for the month was a fair average com- 

 pared with the last three Mays— 1884, 68.82°; 1885, 72.13°; 1886, 68.45°; 

 1887, 70°; average, 69.85°. In regard to the maximum temperature, 

 this month shows the highest of any of the four Ma vs. about 8° above the 

 average— 1884, 88°; 1885, 96°; 1886, 90°; 1887, 102°; average, 93.58°. 



