Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending July 1. — New England. Boston: Crops 

 improved ; weather very warm and dry, and unless rains 

 come soon crops will sulier ; haying begun, generally average 

 or above average crop ; pasturage drying in central-southern 

 portion, and dairy interests suffering. 



Weeh ending July 8. — New England. Boston: High 

 temperatures and showers improved crops, especially corn 

 and potatoes ; haying continued in southern and beginning 

 in northern States, large crop promised ; apples promise 

 small yield, especially winter varieties, other fruits plentiful. 



Week ending July 15. — New England. Boston : Cloudy, 

 with showers first part of week, fair last three days ; crops 

 improved, especially corn, potatoes and tobacco, but hay 

 harvesting retarded ; small fruits plentiful ; peaches good in 

 some sections ; apples small crop ; rain needed in Vermont 

 and southern States. 



Week ending July 22. — New England. Boston : Weather 

 very warm ; favorable for all crops ; excellent for haying ; 

 corn late but promising ; potatoes late, short crop ; tobacco 

 fair, condition improving, some injury from hail ; small crop 

 of apples promised, dropping continues ; other fruits plen- 

 tiful ; rain needed in southern section. 



The Weather of July, 1901. 

 The excessive heat which prevailed at the close of June 

 continued through the first three days of July, making eight 

 days during which the maximum temperatures rose to 90 

 degrees or above. According to the official reports of the 

 Weather Bureau at Boston this excelled all previous records, 

 covering a period of twenty-nine years, the largest number 

 of successive days heretofore with a like range of the mer- 

 cury being six, from June 24 to 29, inclusive, in 1880. The 

 temperature ruled high throughout the month, and was by 

 far the most conspicuous feature of the weather of the month. 

 From the 4th to the 13th the daily means did not depart 

 greatly from the average for that period of the month, but 

 from the 14th to the 24th the dailv excesses ranged from 6 



