REMARKS 



June weather was warmer than usual, with more precipitation 

 and sunshine than normal. 



The mean temperature for the month was 67.2 degrees, gDm- 

 pared to the normal for June of 65.7 degrees. The highest temper- 

 ature was 94 on the 27th and the lowest, 44 on the 12th. Two warm 

 spells occurred during the month, the first from the 19th to the 23rd 

 and the second from the 26th to the end of the month. Most of the 

 daily maximum temperatures during these warm spells ranged in 

 the 90's. While these periods were very warm, they were not as 

 prolonged and as humid as the 8-day heat wave of June, 1938, and 

 the 10-day period in 1933. The domestic heating load for the 

 month was 60 degree-days. The normal for June is 69 degree-days. 

 The total load for the heating season was 6861 degree-days, while 

 the normal for the period is 6854 degree-days. 



The total rainfall during the month was 6.13 inches which 

 reduced to some extent the large deficiency in rainfall which has 

 prevailed since the first of the year. The normal for June is 3.75 

 inches. The total rainfall since January 1 is now 14.98 inches, 

 while the normal for this period is 21.20 inches. There were 328 

 hours of sunshine. This record has been exceeded only twice in 

 June — 360 hours in 1923 and 362 in 1908. The normal for June 

 is 257 hours. The total wind movement for June was slightly 

 higher than normal, although the four-day wind travel from the 

 8th to the 11th was unusually high and steady. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw, research pomologist, gives the following re- 

 port on the progress of vegetation : "A few timely rains maintained 

 soil moisture and increased the hay crop above the prospects in 

 early June. Yet there was not enough continued wet weather for 

 extensive apple scab development, so that control was much easier 

 than last year. Apples set well and the Mcintosh crop promises to 

 be good, but Baldwins are reported a light crop due to light bloom. 

 The strawberry harvest is about over and the crop was average. 

 The progress of vegetation during June was not far from normal." 



