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Summary. 



Temperature (F.). — Monthly mean, 57.5" ; highest monthly 

 mean, (]0° at Springfield; lowest monthly mean, 55. ()° at 

 Provincetown ; maximum, 90° at Taunton on the 2d; mini- 

 mum, 28** at Amherst on the 15th; range, 62^; greatest 

 local monthly range, 59" at Taunton ; least local monthly 

 range, 44" at Pittsfield ; greatest daily range, 44" at Taunton 

 on the 15th and IBth ; least daily range, 2" at Hyannis on 

 the 24th. At Springfield the mean temperature averaged 

 1° per day above the normal ; at Fitchburg it was 1.2" above, 

 and at Boston 1.4" above. 



PrecipUation. — Average, 3.93 inches; greatest amount, 

 4.63 at Worcester ; least amount, 3.51 at Provincetown. At 

 Springfield the total precipitation was 0.57 inches below the 

 usual amount, and at Fitchburg it was 0.51 below, while at 

 Lowell it was 0.61 inches and at Boston 0.55 inches more 

 than the normal amount for this month. 



Prevailing Wind. — South-west. 



Thunder-storms. — 2(\, 4th, 7th, 18th, 19th, 28th. 



Hail. — 4th at Dudley. 



Frost. — 11th, 12th, 15th, IGth, 17th, 22d. 



PemarTcs, 



The month as a whole has been favorable for cultivation 

 and growth of crops. The season was early at the start and 

 the generally dry, pleasant weather enabled rapid work to be 

 done on the land and all vegetation to push along quickly. 

 But by the second week some fields were too dry to put in 

 seed and those already planted were coming slowly. Begin- 

 ning with the 18th the drought was effectually broken by 

 rain and for the rest of the month mostly cloudy, cool weather 

 prevailed with frequent rains. Some seeds on low lands 

 have been injured by the rains and while the weather has 

 been very favorable for grass it has not been warm and sun- 

 shiny enough for corn and like crops. Quite a good deal of 

 damage has been done in eastern sections by high winds, and 

 in all sections by frosts. The highland district in southern 

 "Worcester county seems to have escaped the frost more than 

 any other in the State. 



