peratures, followed bj a cool spell from the 4th to the 9th, 

 during which the temperatures ranged from 2° to 10° below 

 the average. With slight exceptions the daily temperatures 

 during the rest of the month were above the average, the 

 excesses being quite marked from the lYth to the 19th, and 

 from the 24th to the 29th, the highest temperatures of the 

 month occurring during the latter period. The rainfall was 

 well distributed through the month and over the State, and 

 the monthly amounts ranged from near the average to from 1 

 to 2 inches above. Eain fell on an average of twelve days. 

 Thunderstorms of considerable severity occurred on several 

 days, generally in eastern sections. There was less than the 

 average amount of sunshine. Generally speaking, the 

 weather of the month was not very favorable to outdoor pur- 

 suits, and at the close the season was from a week to a fort- 

 night later than the average. 



June: The past spring has been one of the wettest in the 

 last ten years, the rainfall for the months of March, April 

 and May exceeding that of any other similar period since 

 1901. Since the 1st of June, however, there has been no rain 

 other than scattered light local showers, the total amounts of 

 which have generally been less than one-half inch, making it 

 the driest June in this section during the past forty years. 

 The ground being so saturated with water at the beginning 

 of the month, together with higher temperature and abundant 

 sunshine, made the conditions very favorable for growth, and 

 most favorable for the hay crop. There was some damage 

 from frost to garden truck and on cranberry bogs during 

 the first half of the month. At the close of the month the 

 ground was becoming dry and rain was generally needed, 

 except in low land. The amount of sunshine was much 

 greater than usual. 



July : The weather conditions of July were near the aver- 

 age, with the mean temperature slightly above the normal, 

 and the rainfall, over the greater portion of the State, below 

 the July average. The temperature, from the 3d to the 16th 

 was generally above the normal, the daily excesses ranging 

 from 2° to 15°, and from the 4th to the 11th it rose to 90° 



