xiv BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The maximum temperature, 58°, at Boston on the 30th, was 

 the lowest in the past decade of years, except the years of 

 1890 and 1892, which gave the same maximum. The highest 

 temperature was almost uniformily registered on the 30th. 

 The periods of low temperature were distinctly marked, and 

 the lowest of the month occurred universally on the 14th. 

 On that morning the range of temperature was from — 10° 

 to — 16° in the interior and western part of the State to 

 about zero on the eastern coast, and 2° to 10° above zero on 

 the south-eastern coast and the islands. This cold wave was 

 followed within twenty-four to thirty hours by a rise of from 

 30° to 50°, and this rapid recovery was in turn followed by 

 a fall of as many degrees during the night of the 15th-16th. 

 For several days thereafter the daily minima were low, with 

 strong daily ranges. The storms of the month were nearly 

 all general, and they came in regular periods. The first, 

 that of the 4th-5th, was a severe storm in central and west- 

 ern portions. Violent easterly winds unroofed buildings, 

 toppled over chimneys and blew down large trees. The 

 second storm period was on the 12th and 13th, the precipita- 

 tion falling as snow. The third period comprised the 20th 

 to the 23d, resulting in light snow on the 20th and moderate 

 to heavy rainfalls on the 22d and 23d. The fourth period 

 included practically the last five days of the month, although 

 the precipitation was not general until the 31st. The storm 

 began as rain and turned to snow. The total snowfall of the 

 month was in general less than 10 inches, — much less than 

 the average. 



