early fields, fair crop. Onions almost a failure ; early 

 apples quite plentiful. 



WeeJv ending August 20. — Weather favorable, except 

 too little rain in many central and soutliern sections ; low 

 temperature favorable to potatoes in preventing rust and 

 decay ; potato crop very light in south ; cranberries very 

 light crop and injured by fruit worms. 



Week ending August 27. — General frost on the 22d, 

 doinof slight damage in lowlands: killino; frost on the 27th 

 in valleys in central New Hampshire and Vermont ; drought 

 slightly reliev^ed in the south, but continues serious else- 

 where; apples, pears and grapes promise well. 



Massachusetts Weather. 

 Meteorological Data for August, 1894. 



[Furnished by the New England Weather Service.] 



* Maximum on 7th, 8th, 24th. 



t Maximum on 8th, 23d, 24th, 25th. 



Summary . 

 Temperature (F). — Monthly mean, 67.0° ; highest monthly 

 mean, 70.2° at Hyannis; lowest monthly mean, 61.3° at 

 Monroe; maximum, 94° at Lowell on the 24th; minimum. 



