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show that the damage was local and confined to small limits. 

 From the 11th to the 14th there were very strong ranges of 

 temperature with steadily increasing heat each day, until on 

 the latter date it rose to 90° and over, at all stations except 

 at some of those very near the coast ; thus the range for the 

 month was unusually large. 



The precipitation was about one inch below the normal on 

 the southern coast, but considerably above the average in 

 the northern and western districts. The greater part of the 

 precipitation in the latter sections came in heavy local show- 

 ers, when some damage was done by the heavy downpour of 

 rain washing crops and roads, and also by high wind, light- 

 ning^ and hail. The heaviest hailstorm occurred on the 14th 

 and did the most damage in the upper Connecticut Valley at 

 Greenfield ; thousands of dollars of damage was done to win- 

 dows, and in other towns farther east much glass was broken. 



The season is about up to the average with hoed crops, 

 but the continued rains and cloudy weather during the last 

 part of the month have delayed haying. The observer at 

 Fitchburg reports that " a certain stage of the Concord grape 

 occurred on the 27th, one day later than in 1891, but six 

 days earlier than the average for thirty-five years." 



July Weather. 



We compile tlie following from the records at the Boston 

 station for twenty-one years : the mean or normal tempera- 

 ture is 72°. The warmest July was that of 1872 with an 

 average of 75°, and the coldest 1884 with an average of 68°. 

 The highest temperature during any July was 101° on the 

 10th in 1880. The lowest temperature occurred on the 22d 

 in 1874 ; it was 4(5°. 



The average precipitation for the month of July is 3.58 

 inches, and the average number of rainy days 11. The 

 greatest precipitation fell in 1880, — 6.86 inches; the least 

 in 1885, — 1.44 inches. The greatest amount recorded in 

 any twenty-four consecutive hours was 2.38 inches on July 

 30-31, 1876. 



