340 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1891. 



The meteorological observations have been continued as 

 in previous years. The temperature, the force and the 

 direction of the wind and the amount of cloudiness are 

 recorded each day at 7 a.m., 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. During the 

 summer months the reading of a wet-bulb thermometer takes 

 place at the same times. Records are also taken of maxi- 

 mum and minimum temperatures, rainfall, and of casual 

 meteorological phenomena. 



Monthly and annual reports are sent to the headquarters 

 of the signal service at Washington, D. C, and to the New 

 England Meteorological Society. During the summer 

 months partial monthly reports have been furnished also for 

 the use of the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



At the beginning of the year there were nine inches of 

 snow on the ground. The total snowfall of the season after 

 January 1 amounted to fifty-eight inches. The heaviest 

 snow-storm during the time occurred January 25, measuring 

 thirteen inches. A storm giving twelve inches of snow 

 occurred on the 3d and 4th of March. The last snow of this 

 part of the season fell on the 2d and 3d of April. Sleighing 

 was good most of the time until the 10th of March. A snow- 

 storm on the 26th of November amounted to one and one- 

 half inches. The snowfall during December was very light. 

 The precipitation of moisture (rain and snow) during the 

 year was below the average and unevenly distributed. 



The largest amount of water falling in one month was 

 (3.61 inches, January; the smallest amount 1.98 inches, 

 November. The heaviest storm of the year occurred from 



