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Week ending May 29. — Temperature and sunshine 

 normal ; precipitation below normal ; favorable weather, 

 and farm work being pushed ; a great deal of planting yet 

 to be done ; apple blossom below average ; pear and peach 

 blossoms full. 



Massachusetts Weather. 



Meteorological Data for May, 1893. 



[Furnished by New England Weather Service.] 



Summary. 



Temperature (F.). — Monthly mean, 56 3°; highest 

 monthly mean, 58.2°, at Springfield; lowest monthly mean, 

 54.4°, at Provincetown ; maximum, 94°, at Lowell on the 

 23d ; minimum, 31°, at Amherst and Framingham on the 8th ; 

 range, 63° ; greatest local monthly range, 00°, at Lowell ; 

 least local monthly range, 37°, at Provincetown ; greatest 

 daily range, 43°, at Amherst on the 11th ; least daily range, 

 2°, at Provincetown on the 3d. Average temperature for 

 May at Springfield for twenty-six years, 59.2°, average for 

 May, 1893, 58.2°; departure, — 1.0°. Average tempera- 

 ture for May at Boston for twenty-three years, 56.2° ; 

 average for May, 1893, 56.4°; departure, +0.2°. 



