KJOI.] 



FATRCITILD CVCLOXIC STORMS. 



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elements. This will be shown by comparison with other typical 

 localities in the United States. 



Coast cities, as Boston and New York, while not subjected to the 

 extremes of temperature, suffer rapid and severe changes caused by the 

 sudden shifting of winds between land and water, since they lie in the 

 belt of conflict between oceanic and continental conditions. 



STATISTICAL COMPARISONS. 



Spring and Autumn Averages. 



*A lower absolute minimum was established in January, 1904, by a record of -14. 



