Massachusetts Weather. 



Meteorological Data for August, 1891. 



* Temperature data from thermometer not self-registering. 



Summary . 



Temjjerature (F.). — Monthly mean, 69.5°. Highest 

 monthly mean, 72.1° at Springfield; lowest monthly mean, 

 64.9° at Monroe ; maximum, 94° at Dudley and Framingham 

 on the 11th and Lawrence on the 10th and llth; minimum, 

 41° at Monroe and Middleborough on the 1st; range, 53° ; 

 greatest local monthly range, 49° at Framingham ; least 

 local monthly range, 27° at Nant.ucket ; greatest daily range, 

 35° at Concord on the 8th ; at Lawrence on the 3d and at 

 Middleborough on the 7th ; least daily range, 2° at Ipswich 

 on the 27th. Average temperature for August at Spring- 

 field for twenty-four years, 70.5° ; average for August, 1891, 

 72.1° ; departure, +1.6°. Average temperature for August 

 at Boston for twenty-one years, 69.1° ; average for August, 

 1891, 70.0°; departure, +0.9°. 



Precipitcdion. — Average, 3.07 inches ; greatest, 5.22 at 

 Framingham ; least, 1.99 at Princeton. Average for August 

 at Springfield for forty-four years, 4.52 ; for August, 1891, 



