REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON EKUITS. 107 



Mean temperature in Boston of the year beginning December 1, 1872, and end- 

 ing Xuvember £0, 1873, of each month therein, and its variation from its 

 average temperature in forty-nine years; also, the fail of rain (includ- 

 ing melted hail or snow) in each month, and the excess or deficiency 

 thereof, and at the end of the year: 



Thermometer highest, July 15, 93i°. 

 " lowest, December, 34°. 

 " annual range . . 97°. 



Barometer, January 15, 30.83 

 " November 



18, (lowest, since No- 

 vember, 1846) . . 28.63 



2.30 in. 



The year has been a cold one, and only three months above the average 

 temperature (and one of these May, very slightly), and the other nine 

 below it. December, 1872, was the coldest December since 1837; and No- 

 vember, 1873, was the coldest November, at Boston, within the last half 

 century, without exception. The spring was very backward, and on 1st of 

 May there was not a fruit tree in blossom at Newark, N. J. ; in the vicin- 

 ity of Boston, the Peach and Cherry were in bloom on May 4th, and the Apple 



