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Massachusetts Weather. 

 Meteorological Data for August, 1893. 



[Furnished by the New Englaud Weather Service.] 



Summary. 



Temperature (F.). — Monthly mean, 69.6°; highest 

 monthly mean, 73.3°, at Hyannis; lowest monthly mean, 

 67.6°, at Adams; maximum, 97°, at Lowell, 10th; mini- 

 mum, 40°, at Amherst, 14th ; greatest local monthly range, 

 49°, at Adams, Great Barrington and Concord ; least local 

 monthly range, 30°, at Provincetown ; greatest daily range, 

 42°, at Concord, 3d ; least daily range, 2°, at Lowell, 21st. 

 Average temperature for August at Springfield for twenty- 

 six years, 70.6° ; average for August, 1893, 72.3° ; depart- 

 ure, +1.7°. Average temperature for August at Boston for 

 twenty-three years, 68.5° ; average for August, 1893, 69.6° ; 

 departure, -4-1.1°. 



Precipitation. — Average, 5.28 inches; greatest, 8.95, at 

 Fitchburg ; least, 3.09, at Amherst. Average for August at 

 Springfield for forty-six years, 4.53 ; for August, 1893, 3.12 ; 

 departure, — 1.41. Average for August at Boston for 



