REMARKS 



The weather during June was cooler than usual and less 

 than the normal amount of rain fell in Amherst. The mean 

 temperature for the month was 62.9 degrees. The normal 

 temperature for June is 65.4 degrees. The highest temperature 

 was 89 degrees on the 4th and 5th, while the normal is 91.1 

 degrees. The lowest temperature was 36 degrees on the 8th 

 with a frost. The temperature dropped to 38 degrees on the 

 24th. This is the lowest temperature on record for this late 

 date, and while there was no frost at the location of the weather 

 instruments, frost was reported in the town. The total rain- 

 fall for the month was 2.62 inches, the normal for the month 

 being 3.54 inches. The total rainfall since January 1 is 17.23 

 inches and the normal for this period is 20.89 inches The 

 heaviest rain during the month was on the I6th and 17th, when 

 1.50 inches fell. Very much more rain fell in Holyoke and 

 Springfield at that time. The total wind movement during the 

 month was 3671 miles, which is 87 miles more than normal. A 

 velocity of 40 miles per hour was recorded on the evening of the 

 23rd. There was more than the normal amount of sunshine, 

 being 261.1 hours as compared with the normal of 257.4 hours. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 F. R. SHAW, Meteorologist 



Observer 



450-1932-^098 



