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both during the late spring and the early fall. At New 

 Bedford the rainfall for the month was over three inches ; 

 two inches and over fell in the south-eastern part of the State 

 and in the extreme west, while from one to two inches only 

 was registered in all the central districts. Thunder-storms 

 were few, but that of the 26th was very severe and did con- 

 sideraljle damage. 



The weather for the month of October was unusually mild 

 and pleasant. The highest temperature occurred on the 8th 

 or 14th, and the lowest on the 2;3th, 28th or 29th. The 

 maximum was not unusually high, and the minimum was not 

 so low as is generally recorded. At Newburyport no general 

 killing frost had occurred, and at Leominster the first frost 

 to injure vegetation on hiiih lands was on the 28th. The 

 observer at Chestnut Hill reported that wild violets were 

 picked on the 25th. The observer at Taunton reported that 

 the weather continued unusually mild, and in many places 

 dandelions and roses were in blossom. The number of rainv 

 and cloudy days was small, and the amount of sunshine was 

 in excess. The precipitation was much below the usual 

 amount in all parts of the State. At Springfield it was the 

 least ever recorded in October in forty-five years of obser- 

 vation. At Clinton the fall for the month was only 0.39 inch. 

 This lack of precipitation, coming after several months of 

 small rainfall, caused a general drought. A thunder-storm 

 on the IGth was quite severe in the vicinity of Mansfield. 



November was wet, with a nearly normal temperature. 

 The temperature ranges were neither large nor rapid ; the 

 maximum was slightly over 60°, and occurred on the 17th. 

 The minimum was generally on the 24th, and ranged from 

 10° to 20° below the freezing point of water. The pre- 

 cipitation was above the normal, being quite heavy on the 

 southern coast. Durins; the storm of the 9tli-10th the rain- 

 fall at Springfield was 2.58 inches; at Westborough, 2.55 

 inches ; and at Wood's IToll, 2.54 inches. On the 15th-16th 

 2.70 inches fell at Adams and 2.73 at Monroe. On the 

 29th-30th the fall at Ilyannis was 2.75 inches. Severe wind 

 storms occurred in the western part of the State on the 18th, 

 doinfj much dama":c to trees and buil(lin<i:s. On the 30th 

 the north-east storm did much damage along the coast. The 



