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Week ending June 18. — New England. Boston : Weather 

 very favorable ; showers near close of week very beneficial, 

 but rain still needed in many sections of southern portion ; 

 average hay crop assured ; fruit and vegetables promising ; 

 tobacco satisfactory. 



Week ending June 25. — New England. Boston: Fore 

 part week dry, abundant sunshine, heavy rains in southern 

 and eastern portions ; Friday, rain much needed northern 

 and western portions ; hay crop short ; corn and potatoes in 

 good condition, hoed once in northern and twice in southern 

 district ; apples abundant ; peaches plentiful in Connecticut. 



The Weather for June, 1900. 

 The month opened with warm weather, the average 

 temperature for the first two or three days ranging above 

 the normal of the season. This was followed during the 

 latter part of the first week by one or two cool days. 

 Showers, timely and welj distributed, afforded sufficient 

 moisture. The second week of the month was continuously 

 warm. The temperature, however, was not excessive, and 

 the maximum did not exceed 90 degrees. In addition to the 

 equitable distribution through the several days, there were 

 no sharp contrasts in the thermal conditions of the days and 

 nights. There was much sunshine during this period, with 

 an average of four clear days. The rainfall was light, in the 

 form of showers, which fell chiefly on the 8th and 9th. 

 There was a continuation of fine weather through the third 

 week, with cloudless skies on an average of three to four 

 days. The rainfall was light, although it was well dis- 

 tributed over the State. There was no marked change in 

 the temperature, which ranged near the average for the 

 season ; it was, however, slightly lower than for the pre- 

 ceding week. The closing week of the month was devoid 

 of unusual features. The temperature did not vary greatly 

 from the normal, and there were no remarkable extremes 

 in the maxima and minima. The precipitation was deficient 

 and irregularly distributed. Excepting in coast sections, 

 where copious local showers were reported on the 23d, 

 the rainfall was light. There were fewer thunder storms 



