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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



days and from three to thirteen clear days for the month. 

 Easterly winds, prevailing, brought fog, and low temperature 

 was the rule, the mean temperature for New England, 59.5°, 

 being the lowest for this month since the official records 

 have been kept. 



A severe storm of wind and rain occurred on the 12th. 

 The wind reached a maximum velocity of seventy-two miles 

 per hour at Block Island, and was very strong elsewhere in 

 exposed localities. There was a heavy rain on the 15th and 

 an extremely heavy and very cold easterly rain storm on the 

 21st. The 27th, 28th and 31st were generally without rain. 

 The average precipitation was greater for the month in Mas- 



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Map showing the precipitation in MassachuBctts for June, 1903. 



sachusetts (7.44) than in any other New England State 

 except Connecticut, and generally the storms in Massachu- 

 setts appear to have been more severe than in the more 

 southern State. 



A glance at the accompanying map will show that the 

 greatest rainfall occurred in Berkshire County, a part of 

 northern Worcester and Middlesex counties and the south- 

 eastern part of Worcester County, while the least occurred 

 in Nantucket and a part of Dukes County. Nantucket had 

 only 1.1 inches of rainfall for the month. This places it 

 outside the storm area. There were also cold storms in 

 Julj', but they were not so severe as those of June. 



