1893.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 337 



METEOROLOGY. 



1892. 



The meteorological observations have been continued as 

 in previous years. The temperature, the force and the 

 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 Avet-bulb thermometer takes 

 place at the same times. Records are also taken of maxi- 

 mum and minimum temperatures, rainfall, and of casual 

 meteorological phenomena. 



Monthly and annual reports are sent to the headquar- 

 ters of the signal service at Washington, D. C, and to the 

 New England Meteorological Society. During the summer 

 months partial monthly reports have been furnished also for 

 the use of the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



At the ])eginning of the year there was no snow on the 

 ground. After January 1 the total snowfall of the season 

 amounted to thirty-four inches. The heaviest snow-storm 

 during that time occurred on January 15, measuring seven 

 inches. A storm oivino- six inches of snow occurred on 

 February 11. The last storm, which was only a trace, fell 

 on April 10. 



The last frost of the season was on May 10, when the 

 minimum thermometer registered 35° F. 



The mean temperature during the tirst four months was 

 31.43° F., beins: a little over one deo:ree lower than that of 

 last year. The absolute minimum temperature was — 10°, 

 occurring on January 15. 



The mean monthly range for the four months was 18.84° F. , 

 being 14.16° lower than that of the first four months of 1891. 

 The prevailing wind was N. N. E. for January and FeT)ruary, 



