Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather Bureau, Boston.] 



Week ending June 28. — New England. Boston; Gen- 

 eral situation improved by several warm, sunny days, and less 

 rain ; haying well under way in south and started in north ; 

 corn still backward; early oats heading in south; rye and 

 wheat filling well. 



Week ending July 5. — New England. Boston: Week 

 generally warm and favorable ; corn improved perceptibly ; 

 haying progressing ; potatoes light crop in Maine, fair else- 

 where ; tobacco all set with good standing, but uneven ; large 

 showing of peaches in the south. 



Week ending Juhj 12. — New England. Boston : Intense 

 heat and bright sunshine produced rapid and healthy growth ; 

 heavy local showers in north and west on 6th and 7th, no 

 extensive damage ; corn and tobacco growing fast ; hay crop 

 heavy ; rye and oats being harvested in extreme south. 



Week ending July 19. — New England. Boston: High 

 winds and tremendous rains on 13th and 14th prostrated 

 crops over large part of district, actual precipitation 6 to 9 

 inches in many localities; grass greatly damaged, and hay 

 on lowlands washed away by floods; oats and rye badly 

 lodged ; corn little damaged ; fine growing weather last week, 

 and cultivated crops making quick recovery. 



Week ending July 26. — New England. Boston: Gen- 

 erally unfavorable week owing to frequent rains with severe 

 local storms ; practically no harvesting ; oats, rye and pota- 

 toes damaged ; hay crop seriously injured by rains ; second 

 growth of grass good ; corn making rank growth. 



Weather for July, 1897. 

 This month has been characterized by meteorological 

 features which will cause it to be long remembered. The 

 excessive heat during the first decade, the abnormally heavy 

 rains of the 13th and 14th, unequalled for many years, the 

 occurrence of severe local storms, and the spell of gloomy 

 and unseasonably cool weather at the close of the month con- 

 stituted a chain of conditions which illustrate the variability 

 of New England climate. 



