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Massachusetts Weather. 

 Meteorological Data for August^ 1892. 



[Furnished by New England Weather Service.] 



* Data from thermometer not self-registering. 



Sumtnary. 



Temperature. (F.). — Monthly mean, 69.4°; highest 

 monthly mean, 74.3°, at Hyannis ; lowest monthly mean, 

 65.1°, at Monroe ; maximum, 97°, at Taunton on the 10th ; 

 minimum, 48°, at Monroe on the 7th ; range, 49° ; greatest 

 local monthly range, 46°, at Framingham ; least local 

 monthly range, 34°, at Provincetown ; greatest daily range, 

 36°, at Monroe on the 11th ; least daily range, 2°, at Boston 

 on the 27th. Average temperature for August at Springfield 

 for twenty-five years, 70.5° ; average for August, 1892, 

 71.4°; departure, -1-0.9°. Average temperature for August 

 at Boston for twenty-two years, 69.2° ; average for August, 

 1892, 70.2°; departure, H-1.0°. 



Precipitation. — Average, 5.26 inches; greatest, 8.12, at 

 Royalston ; least, 2.08, at Hyannis. Average for August 

 at Springfield for forty-five years, 4.56 ; for August, 1892, 



