470 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



METEOEOLOGY 



C. H, Johnson. 



1894. 



The meteorological observations have been continued as 

 in previous years. The temperature, the force and the 

 direction of the wind and the amount of cloudiness, are 

 recorded each day, at 7 a.m., 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. During 

 the summer months the reading of a wet-bulb thermometer 

 takes place at the same time. Records are also taken of 

 maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall, and of casual 

 meteorological phenomena. 



jNIonthly and annual reports are sent to the headquarters 

 of the New England Weather Service at Boston. 



The most conspicuous meteorological phenomena of the 

 past year (1894) will be briefly considered here, while the 

 following tables will show the average monthly temperature, 

 precipitation, prevailing direction of the wind, etc. 



The mean temperature for January, February and INIarch, 

 viz., 28.03^, was above the normal, and 6. 15"^ above that 

 for the first three months of 1893. The precipitation, viz., 

 6.28 inches, was about 4 inches below normal, and 5.59 

 inches below that for the same season in 1893. 



There were 4 inches of snow on the ground at the begin- 

 ning of the year, but this had nearly all disappeared by the 

 loth of January. On the 27th of January 5 inches of snow 

 fell, and on the 29th and 30th tiiere was a storm giving 10 

 inches, so tliere were 13 inches of snow on the ground at 

 the end of the mouth. 



The daily mean temperature for Januar}', viz., 25.43°, 

 was about 5° above the normal, and was 10.95° above that 

 of January, 1893, as recorded at this station. The precipi- 

 tation was much below the normal. 



