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potatoes, small fruits, etc., in southeastern portion Avill 

 amount to many thousand dollars ; all crops in north doing 

 well ; hay crop very heavy in Maine. 



Week ending July 30. — Very hot ; much sunshine ; 

 heavy showers in east-central districts, with damage by 

 lightning and wind ; very little rain in southern portion and 

 all crops greatly damaged by drought in Connecticut, Rhode 

 Island and southeastern Massachusetts ; crops elsewhere 

 doing well. 



Massachusetts Weather. 

 Meteorological Data for July, 1894. 



[Furnished by the New England Weather Service.] 



* Maximum on 20th, 28, 29th. t Maximum on 13th, 20th, 29th. 



+ Maximum on 13th, 20th, 28th. 



Summary . 



Temperatwe (F.) . — Monthly mean, 72. 3° ; highest monthly 

 mean, 75.9" at Springfield; lowest monthly mean, 67.3° at 

 Monroe ; maximum, 100° at Lowell on the 20th ; minimum, 

 42° at Monroe on the 9th and at Pittsfield, on the 17th; 

 range, 58°; greatest local monthly range, 54° at Amherst; 

 least local monthly range, 27° at Nantucket ; greatest daily 



