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June Weather. 



The following data compiled from the records of the 

 Weather Bureau station at Boston for a period of twenty- 

 one years may prove of interest, showing as they do the 

 average and extreme conditions of some of the more special 

 features and variations of our weather, and the range within 

 which such variations may be expected to keep during the 

 month of June. 



The warmest June was that of 1883, with an average 

 of 69°. The coldest was in 1881 ; average, 61°. The high- 

 est temperature was 98° on the 29th in 1874, and the lowest 

 42° on the 2d, 1884. 



The average precipitation for the month of June is 3.28 

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

 greatest amount fell in 1881, 7.79 inches: the least in 

 1873, 0.54 inch. The greatest amount recorded in any 

 twenty-four consecutive hours was 5.35 inches on June 

 9-10, 1875. 



Weather Forecasts. 



The sixth question asked was, "What are the views of 

 the farmers in your vicinity in regard to the value to them 

 of the daily weather forecasts, as printed in the daily papers ?" 

 Most of the correspondents express an appreciation of the 

 weather forecasts, as printed in the daily papers. It is true, 

 however, that, owing to distance from a post-office, many 

 farmers are unable to reap the full benefits of these forecasts. 

 Some farmers condemn them because of alleged inaccuracy, 

 forgetting that they are made for a section of country and 

 not for a single locality. Many farmers, on the other hand, 

 especially at critical periods, place great reliance upon them, 

 and when they open their morning paper look first to see 

 what is said of the probable weather. Charles L. Flint, the 

 long time honored secretary of this Board, wrote in 1854 

 ("Agriculture of Massachusetts," 1854, Ft. I., p. 29): 

 ' ' From the nature of his occupation, the farmer, like the sailor, 

 must direct his course somewhat by his judgment of the future. 

 Indeed, so many of the daily operations of the farm are 

 dependent on the state of the weather, that he is of necessity 



