Summary. 



Temperature (F.). — Monthly mean, 6JI.3° ; highest 

 monthly mean, 74.8° at Provincetown ; lowest monthly 

 mean, 64.9° at Dudley; maximum, 97° at Lowell on the 

 14th ; minimum, 38° at Framingham, Taunton and New 

 Bedford on the 11th; range, 59°; greatest local monthly 

 range, 58° at Taunton ; least local monthly range, 45° 

 at Springfield ; greatest daily range, 39° at Framingham on 

 the 12th ; least daily range, 4° at Boston on the 4th. 



Average temperature for June at Springfield for twenty- 

 five years, 68.7° ; average for June, 1892, 71.7° ; departure, 

 + 3.0°. Average temperature for June at Boston for twenty- 

 two years, 66.0°; average for June, 1892, 69.6°; depart- 

 ure, +3.6°. 



Precipitation. — Ay QV2ige, ^.^0 inches; greatest, 4.44 at 

 Lowell; least, 1.50 at Hyannis. Average for June at 

 Springfield for forty-five years, 3.80 ; for June, 1892, 4.43 ; 

 departure, +0.63. Average for June at Boston for twenty- 

 two years, 3.27 ; for June, 1892, 3.05 ; departure, — 0.22. 



Prevailing wind. — Southwest. 



Thunder-storms. — 2d, 6th, 9th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 23d, 

 25th, 29th, 30th. 



Aurora. — 2d ; seen at few stations. 



Remarks. 



The Aveather for Massachusetts for the month of June, 

 1892, was characterized by a very high mean temperature, 

 with great variability, especially during the middle of the 

 month ;^ heavy local storms accompanied by thunder and 

 lightning, high winds and hail prevailing southerly winds 

 and an excess of rainy days. 



The mean temperature was from 1° to over 3° above the 

 average throughout the State. The lowest occurred on the 

 morning of the 11th, when considerable damage was done in 

 the eastern districts by frost ; some garden vegetaljles were 

 injured in the north-east and some cranberry bogs were 

 badly damaged on the Cape. The o1)server at Hyannis 

 reports that leaves on brush back from the shore turned 

 black as in winter ; other reports from the cranberry district 



