REMARKS 



The weather during May was very nearly normal in most respects. 

 The mean temperature for the month was 55.6 degrees, the mean for 

 May being 56.8 degrees. The highest temperature was 77 degrees on 

 the 28th. This is a very low maximum for May, the normal being 

 85.5 degrees. The lowest temperature was 34 degrees on the 4th and 

 13th. There was frost on these dates as well as on May 31 when a 

 temperature of 35 degrees was recorded. The heating load for the 

 season is about 5 per cent lower than normal, being 6573 degree- 

 days to the end of May. The normal to this date is 6808 degree-days. 



The precipitation during the month was 3.81 inches, the normal 

 rainfall for May being 3.63 inches. The total precipitation since 

 January 1 is now 17.25 inches, the normal being 17.35 inches. There 

 were 262 hours of bright sunshine compared to a normal of 250.1 

 hours. The total wind movement during the month was 3797 miles, 

 the normal for May being 4540 miles. There were high winds of 40 

 miles per hour on the 13th and 15th. Many trees blew down in the 

 town on the 15th. The gusts of wind which caused this damage were 

 greatly in excess of 40 miles per hour. The anemometer used at the 

 observatory records average wind velocity during the time required 

 to blow one mile and does not indicate maximum velocity. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw of the Pomology Department makes the following 

 report: "The blossoming period of most fruit trees was about eleven 

 days earlier than normal and much prolonged. The temperature, es- 

 pecially at night, was low. There were several days in which bees were 

 active. The set of Mcintosh in our orchards is poor, and a few scat- 

 tered reports indicate that these conditions may be more or less general 

 over the state. Other varieties appear to have set heavily. There have 

 been a few nights in which frosts have occurred in low places. It 

 would not be surprising if strawberry blossoms have suffered from 

 frost. Other fruits promise normal to good crops." 



