X BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



There were seven cyclones and nine anti-cyclones. The 

 storms were not severe, with the possible exception of the 

 thunderstorm of the 7th. The storm of the 29th was accom- 

 panied by liglit snow in the Berkshire Hills. Rain fell at 

 the same time and the snow melted in a very short time. 

 The last part of the month was unsettled, but no general 

 storms occurred. The prevailing wind direction was west- 

 erly. There were light frosts at Concord and Fitchburg on 

 the 3d, and killing frosts at Amherst on the 27th, 28th and 

 29th. 



The temperature during the month of October was alcove 

 the normal in all portions of the State. The frosts were not 

 ' as severe as usual during October and held oft' remarkably ; the 

 first killing frost did not occur until the morning of the 17th. 

 The precipitation was about normal or slightly above in 

 western and central Massachusetts, but a deficiency was 

 generally reported throughout the eastern district. Wells 

 and streams were very low during the first twenty days of 

 the month, but the copious rains of the 23d, 24th, 27th and- 

 28th relieved the drought to some extent. With one excep- 

 tion the storms of the month were not severe, and were of 

 short duration, as the number of rainy days will show. The 

 storm of the 14th was accompanied by high southerly gales, 

 but no great amount of damage was done. At Boston the 

 wind attained a velocity of 49 miles from the south during 

 that storm. The amount of cloudiness during the month 

 was much below normal ; sixteen days were practically 

 cloudless at the Boston station. 



November was dry, with the temperature slightly above 

 the normal in the eastern part of the State and below in the 

 western part. The highest temperature occurred on the 2d 

 or 3d, generally on the latter date, and varied from 57° at 

 Monroe, in the northwestern part of the State, to 72° at 

 Vineyard Haven, in the southeastern part. The lowest was 

 on the 27th, and varied from 4° above zero at Monroe to 27° 

 above at Nantucket. Thus the range for the month was 

 unusually large. The precipitation was from 1|- to 2^ inches 

 below the average for the month in other years. It was well 

 distributed and came in lioht amounts throuo-hout the- 



