REMARKS 



The weather during June was unusually hot with less rain than 

 normal. The mean temperature for the month was 71.1 degrees 

 which is the highest mean temperature for June recorded at this 

 station. The normal mean temperature is 65.7 degrees. The nine 

 days of June 20th to June 28th had maximum temperatures in the 

 nineties except for two days when the maximum was 86 and 88. 

 The highest temperature was 95 degrees which occurred on the 

 26th and 28th. In spite of the high temperatures throughout the 

 month, there were 8 days when the mean temperature was less 

 than 65 degrees. The heating load for the month was accordingly 

 33 degree-days. This brings the total heating load for the season 

 to 7011 degree-days. The normal heating load for the year is 

 6846 degree-days, so the past season was 2.4 percent colder than 

 normal. 



The rainfall during June was 2.38 inches compared to a normal 

 of 3.75 inches. The total rainfall since January 1 is now 19.28 

 inches, the normal for this period being 21.20 inches. There was 

 a total of 356 hours of bright sunshine compared to a normal of 

 257 hours. 



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

 ment regarding vegetation: "The cool, wet weather of this spring 

 came to an end for the last ten days of June and was succeeded 

 by an unusually hot period with little or no rain. The sudden 

 change to hot, sunny days caused shoots of succulent foliage to 

 wilt and even show dry, dead areas. However, the injury is not 

 enough to affect crops. Most fruit crops continued to make normal 

 progress. The strawberry crop was a little late and below normal. 

 Raspberries will also be light due to winter injury to the canes. 

 The wet, cool spring favored a heavy hay crop and so far, har- 

 vesting weather has been favorable. Fruit trees show consider- 

 able wood injury from the severe cold of last winter, yet few have 

 been entirely killed. The wood of peach trees in the nursery is 

 almost completely dead, but most of the trees are growing vigor- 

 ously. Evidently the cambium layer was not injured and plenty 

 of rain enabled the trees to start a good recovery. The same is 

 true of many varieties of sweet cherries, but recovery is not so 

 good. While cold injury is rather more severe than usual, no 

 great damage is yet apparent except for the loss of the peach 

 crop." 



