xii BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



of sunshine, very near the normal in temperature, and below 

 in precipitation and number of rainy days. In Boston it 

 was the dry est November since the signal office observations 

 were begun in 1871, 0.97 inch of rain falling, all during the 

 week ending the 18th. The average rainfall for November 

 for twenty years was 4.78 inches. The temperature aver- 

 aged 41.8° ; the average for twenty years being 40.3°. At 

 Amherst the total precipitation was 1.19 inches. Snow fell 

 on the 11th, 22d and 23d, — a total fall of 1| inches being 

 recorded. 



The month of December was the coldest in Boston for 

 ten years ; the average temperature being 26°. The average 

 temperature for the month for twenty years was 30.5°. In 

 Boston 3.72 inches of rain and melted snow fell ; the aver- 

 age precipitation for the month for twenty years being 3.42 

 inches. The prevailing wind was north-west. The highest 

 temperature was 56°, on the 4th; the lowest zero, on the 

 3d. At Amherst the highest temperature was 43.5° ; the 

 lowest, — 5°. The total precipitation was 1.18 inches. 

 Snow fell on the 3d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 18th, 22d, 26th, 27th, 

 29th and 30th, — total fall being 15| inches. Rain fell on 

 the 3d, 6th, 17th, 18th, 21st and 22d. 



