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Massachusetts Weather. 

 Meteorological Data for October, 1891. 



* Temperature data from thermometer not self-registering. 



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Temperature (F.). — Monthly mean, 49.7°. Highest 

 monthly mean, 51.9° at Provincetown ; lowest monthly 

 mean, 47.4° at Fitchburg; maximum, 91° at Taunton on 

 the 4th; minimum, 18° at Concord on the 29th; range, 

 73° ; greatest local monthly range, 69° at Concord ; least 

 local monthly range, 41° at Provincetown ; greatest daily 

 range, 40° at Middleborough and Taunton on the 2d ; least 

 daily range, 2° at Ipswich on the 12th and 20th and at 

 Royalston on the 24th. Average temperature for October 

 at Springfield for twenty-four years, 50.7° ; average for 

 October, 1891, 50.3°; departure, — 0.4°. Average tem- 

 perature for October at Boston for twenty-one years, 51.6° ; 

 average for October, 1891, 51.6°; departure, 0.0°. 



Precipitation, — Average, 4.14 inches; greatest, 5.82 at 

 Provincetown ; least, 2.50 at Royalston. Average for Octo- 

 ber at Springfield for forty-four years, 4.20; for October, 

 1891, 3.39 ; departure, — 0.81. Average for October at 

 Boston for twenty-one years, 4.19 ; for October, 1891, 5.56 ; 

 departure, -(-1.37. 



