REMARKS 



The outstanding feature of June weather was the excessive 

 rainfall. Rain fell on 17 days with a total of 7.67 inches. This 

 rainfall for June has been exceeded only three times since the 

 station was established in 1889: In June 1903 with a rainfall of 

 7.79 inches, in 1922 with 9.68 inches, and in 1938 with 8.45 inches. 

 Only once was this June rainfall exceeded during the period from 

 1836 to 1888. In 1862 the June rainfall in Amherst was 11.69 

 inches. The normal rainfall for June is 3.75 inches. The normal 

 total rainfall for April, May and June is 10.70 inches. This year 

 the rainfall for these three months is 19.55 inches. This has never 

 been reached since records have been taken since 1836. Nor- 

 mally rain falls on 34 days during the three spring months. This 

 year rain fell on 46 days. 



The mean temperature for the month was 66.1 degrees, the 

 normal being 65.7 degrees. The highest temperature was 92 

 degrees on the 15th and 30th. The lowest temperature was 37 

 degrees on the 1st and 7th. The heating load during the month 

 was 105 degree-days compared to a normal of 68 degree-days. 

 This brings the total heating load for the season to 6664 degree- 

 days, the normal being 6846 degree-days. The heating load for 

 the season was therefore slightly less than 3 percent below nor- 

 mal. There were 242 hours of bright sunshine compared to a 

 normal of 257 hours. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw makes the following statement: "Excessive 

 rainfall continued through June but with a change to hot, humid 

 weather. The hay crop is heavy but freguent rains have de- 

 layed harvest and injured guality. Peaches and pears have set 

 a good crop, but a severe local hailstorm on the afternoon of 

 June 15 caused injiiry and broke a large percentage of our green- 

 house glass, although there was little or no hail damage a mile 

 or two away. The strawberry crop was good but suffered from 

 rot because of wet weather. The raspberry crop will be good 

 but blueberries will be short. Some varieties of apples set well 

 from late bloom in spite of April freezes but, in our own orchards, 

 suffered from hail damage. Mcintosh, our main variety, failed 

 to set well from the uninjured blossoms and the crop will be 

 very small. Few of our mature trees will yield a bushel each. 

 The apple crop in this vicinity will be the smallest in many years 

 and of poor quality because of scab, frost russeting, and, in our 

 own orchards, hail damage. Last month's estimate of half a crop 

 was over optimistic, largely because of a poor set of Mcintosh. 

 Present indications suggest a quarter of a crop is a more reason- 

 able expectation." 



