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Weather in Massachusetts during August, 1895. 



There has been some complaint of dry weather in western 

 counties, checking crop growth and causing short feed in 

 pastures, but generally the weather throughout Massachu- 

 setts during August has been very favorable for vegetation 

 and for farm work; Unusually low minimum temperatures 

 have been recorded, and the maximum has not been so high 

 as is usually experienced in August, but the mean tempera- 

 ture for the month as a whole has been slightly above the 

 normal. At Fitchburg this excess amounted to only 0.2° a 

 day, but at Springfield it was 1.7° and at Boston 1° a day 

 warmer than usual. At the Weather Bureau Office in Bos- 

 ton the temperature was below the normal on the 1st to 3d, 

 12th, 13th, 20th to 22d and on the 30th, and was above on 

 all the other days. The warmest • spells were from the 4th 

 to 11th and from the 23d to 28th. The lowest temperature 

 was on the 22d, when light frosts were general in low lands 

 all over the State. No damage has been reported from it 

 except on the Cape, where slight injury was done to cranber- 

 ries. The temperature went below 40° at most places, while 

 at Concord a terrestrial radiation thermometer in the grass 

 registered 32°. 



There has been plenty of sunshine, few severe thunder- 

 storms or heavy damaging rains, and a rainfall slightly be- 

 low the usual amount for August at most places. At Boston 

 the deficiency amounts to about one and one- fourth inches, 

 but at Springfield to only three-fourths inch. At the former 

 station only three thunder-storms were noted, while the mean 

 cloudiness was 4.7 on a scale of ten, and there were only 

 three cloudy days. Crops have ripened well, and the con- 

 ditions have been very favorable for harvesting and for sum- 

 mer ploughing and seeding. Pastures have gipnerally kept in 

 good condition and the second crop of grass has started wxll. 

 Late forage crops have had excellent conditions for growth. 



