viii BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



April was warm and dry. Very little snow fell. The 

 prevailing wind was from the north-west. A well-marked 

 thunder-storm occurred on the 2d. 



The weather for May was characterized by an excess of 

 rainfall and number of rainy days and an unusually high 

 mean wind velocity. The mean temperature was slightly 

 below the average and the monthly range was strong. There 

 was an excess of westerly and northerly winds and less 

 southerly and easterly winds than usual. The precipitation 

 for the month was greatest in the central and western districts 

 and least on the coast. A remarkably late snow-storm 

 occurred on the 20th. This Avas felt only on the western 

 highlands, but was severe there as well as in Vermont and 

 New Hampshire. 



The weather for June was characterized by a very high 

 mean temperature, with great variability, especially during 

 the middle of the month ; heavy local storms accompanied 

 by thunder and lightning, high winds and hail, prevailing 

 southerly winds and an excess of rainy days. The mean 

 temperature was from 1° to over 3° above the average 

 throughout the State. The lowest occurred on the morning 

 of the 11th, when considerable damage was done in the 

 eastern districts by frost. From the 11th to the 14th there 

 were very strong ranges of temperature with steadily in- 

 creasing heat each day, until on the latter date it rose to 90° 

 and over, at all stations except at some of those very near 

 the coast ; thus the range for the month was unusually large. 

 The precipitation was about one inch below the normal on 

 the southern coast, but considerably above the average in 

 the northern and western districts. The heaviest hail-storm 

 occurred on the 14th, and did the most damage in the upper 

 Connecticut valley at Greentield ; thousands of dollars' worth 

 of damage was done to windows, and in other towns farther 

 east much glass was broken. 



The month of July was characterized by excessive heat, 

 great range in temperature, large amount of sunshine, low 

 luunidity, deficiency of clouds and a lack of rainfall. Un- 

 usually low temperatures occurred on the 4th, Gth and 17th, 

 light frosts being re^jorted in some low lands. High 

 temperatures were experienced from the lOtli to 15th and 



