No. 4.J MASSACHUSETTS WEATHER. xxiii 



being t'roiii oiuMiiitirtcr to one-half ])cl{)\v the usual monthly 

 amounts. (Jenerally s})ealving, April was a pleasant month. 

 At its close the season was estimated to be from a week to 

 ten days in advance of the normal. 



INIay was distiniiuished by a preponderance of sunny 

 weather and a marked deficiency of ))recipitation. The, 

 tem})erature conditions presented no unusual features, ex- 

 cept some noticeable extremes during the first week of the; 

 month, which ranged from sununer heat to winter cold. 

 There was a general freeze on the morning of the 2d, Dur- 

 ing the third week of the month the temperature conditions 

 were characteristic of mid-summer weather, the mercury 

 ranging Avell into the 80's. By the middle of the month 

 rain was much needed, and to>vard the close vegetation 

 show^ed the etiect of the drought, and streams, lakes and. 

 wells were becomini^ low. The rainfall was from 2 to 8 

 inches below the normal for the month. 



During the first three days of ,June the skies Avere clear, 

 Avith summer-like temperatures. During the nine days fol- 

 lowing the skies were overcast, with the daily temperatures 

 ranging from 4° to 6° below the seasonal average. On the 

 8th the first rain of the month fell, beoinnins: the breakin": 

 of the long drought, which commenced soon after the middle 

 of April. From the loth to the 25th the Aveather Avas 

 characterized by abnormally Ioav temperatures, continuous 

 cloudiness and almost daily rains. The rainfall of the 

 month AA^as unusually large, the amounts ranging from tAvo 

 to three times the normal of June. With slight exceptions 

 during the opening and closing days of the month, the 

 temperature Avas continuously beloAv the average, and the 

 month one of the most unpleasant of its name. 



The Aveather of July Avas uneventful, and for the greater 

 part of the mid-sunmier tj^pe. The opening days were 

 overcast, Avitli occasional shoAvers and seasonal temperatures. 

 Little rain fell from the Gth to the 18th, and from the 8th 

 to the 12th a Avarm Avave of considerable intensity prevailed. 

 The chief storm of the month began the 18th, o-ivinof oreneral 

 and quite heavy rains. A season of showers and local storms 

 followed. The closing Aveek Avas pleasant, the weather, 



