REMARKS 



The weather during the month of May was warmer than usual 

 with shghtly less rain and more sunshine than normal. The mean 

 temperature for the month was 59-3 degrees, the normal being 56.8 

 degrees. The highest temperature was 86 degrees on the 22nd. The 

 lowest was 32 degrees on the 9th and 13th. There were frosts on the 

 8th, 9th and 13th. The normal date for the last frost is May 12. The 

 heating load for the season, Sept. 15th to May 31st, was 7319 degree- 

 days as against a normal of 6720 degree-days. This is 9 per cent 

 higher than normal. 



The total precipitation for the month was 3.42 inches as com- 

 pared with a normal rainfall of 3.63 inches. The total rainfall since 

 January 1 is now 17.78 inches, the normal for this period being 

 17.35 inches. There were 289.1 hours of bright sunshine, while the 

 normal sunshine for May is 250.1 hours. There were 16 days recorded 

 as clear, the normal for May being 10 clear days. There was slightly 

 less wind than usual, the total wind movement being 4360 miles. 

 The normal is 4540 miles. The highest wind velocity was 35 miles 

 per hour on the 22nd. 



The unusual meteorological phenomena of the month was the 

 dust storm on the 11th carrying dust particles from the Middle West. 

 In the morning the dust in the air produced a haze but later in the 

 day it gave the same appearance as a local dust storm. 



Dr Shaw makes the following observations on the fruit situation: 

 "Warm weather in early May hastened bloom to nearly the normal 

 time. Owing to cooler weather later the bloom period was prolonged 

 and only fairly favorable to a heavy set. Effect of the severe winter 

 cold continued to appear. Gravenstein apple trees which bloomed well 

 have failed to set fruit, and similar, though far less severe, injury 

 appears in Baldwin. Pear trees seem to have bloomed and set better 

 than expected considering the severe discoloration of the wood. Severe 

 injury to peach trees has appeared and the crop is a complete failure." 



C. I. GuNNESS, Meteorologist 

 Herbert Jenkins, Observer 



