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Massachusetts Weather. 



Meteorological Data for September, 1893. 



[Furnished by the New England Weather Service.] 



Summary. 



Temperature (F.). — Monthly mean, 58.1°; highest 

 monthly mean, 62.8°, at Hyannis ; lowest monthly mean, 

 55.6°, at Adams and Great Barrington ; maximum, 82°, at 

 Lowell on the 5th ; minimum, 31°, at Amherst on the 27th ; 

 greatest local monthly range, 50°, at Amherst; least local 

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

 40°, at Lowell on the 12th, Framingham on the 5th, Amherst 

 on the 5th and 9th ; least daily range, 2°, at Framingham on 

 the 16th. Average temperature for September at Spring- 

 field for twenty-six years, 62.8°; average for September, 

 1893, 59.1°; departure, — 3.7°. Average temperature for 

 September at Boston for twenty-three years, 62.1° ; average 

 for September, 1893, 60.0°; departure, —2.1°. 



Precipitation. — Average, 2.34 inches; greatest, 3.84, at 



