I'JOG.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 13 



EEPOET OF THE METEOROLOGIST. 



E. OSTKANDEU. 



The attention of this division during the year has been 

 largel}^ confined to the work of making the usual observations 

 of the various weather phenomena and a proper tabulation of 

 these records, together with such computations as are found 

 necessary for the purpose of comparison. The installation 

 of some new apparatus has required some changes in the 

 manner of tabulation, but the only eft'ect on the results is to 

 render them more accurate. 



At the beginning of each month the usual bulletin of four 

 pages has been issued, giving the more important daily 

 records and monthly means, together with a summary of the 

 results. The annual summary will be issued as a part of the 

 December bulletin. In addition to issuing the bulletins, a 

 considerable number of letters have been required to answer 

 specific inquiries regarding rainfall, temperature and other 

 features of the weather. 



This station, being one of the voluntary observers' stations 

 of the United States Weather Bureau, has furnished the 

 section director at Boston with the usual monthly reports, 

 and has also agreed to furnish the weekly snow reports 

 during the winter. A phenological record has also been 

 made, and a copy furnished the section director at his 

 request. 



The local forecast official at Boston has furnished this 

 station with the local weather predictions daily except Sun- 

 days, and the proper signals have been displayed from the 

 flagstaff on the tower. It was found necessary to shorten 

 the flagstafi' a few feet, but this has not resulted in making 

 the signals less noticeable. 



