1891.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 313 



METEOROLOGY. 



1890. 



The meteorological observations have been continued as 

 in previous years. The temperature, the force and 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 is taken at these times. 

 Instruments recording the maximum and minimum tempera- 

 tures, and measuring the rainfall, are also used. 



Besides our regular observations, records are made of 

 casual meteorological phenomena, and the condition of farm 

 crops, trees, etc., as affected by the weather or season. 



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 we have sent weekly weather 

 crop reports to the latter society, and have furnished a partial 

 monthly report for the use of the secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture. 



The weather during January and February was exception- 

 ally mild, even more so than during 1889. Considerable 

 difficulty was experienced in getting ice. In this vicinity 

 none was cut until February, when it reached a thickness of 

 from six to eight inches. 



There was hardly enough snow for good sleighing at 

 any time during the winter. A snow-storm on the 20th of 

 February gave sleighing for two or three days, and one on 

 the 6th of March gave fair sleighing until the 10th. The 

 temperature for March was lower than for either of the 

 preceding months. 



The total snow fall for March is recorded as seventeen inches, 

 but with one exception it disappeared soon after falling. 



The last heavy frost, during the spring, occurred April 29. 

 Light frosts were reported on the 17th and 23d of May. 



The weather during the early part of the season was, on 



