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the warmest spells being on the 9th-llth, and the coldest 

 on the 26th-27th. On the last-named dates were killing 

 frosts on all low lands. The prevailing wind was south- 

 west. Thunder-storms occurred on the 10th, 15th, 16th, 

 17th. A heavy thunder and wind storm passed easterly 

 across the northern part of the State on the 10th. A storm 

 on the 30th whipped off many apples along the coast. 



Meteorological Data for October, 1894. 



SiimmarT/. 

 Temperature (F.). — Monthly mean, 51.5°; highest 

 monthly mean, 54.0°, at Boston ; lowest monthly mean, 

 45.6°, at Monroe; maximum, 80°, at Lowell on the 20th; 

 minimum, 28°, at Monroe on the 16th and at Framingham 

 on the 19th; range, 52° ; greatest local monthly range, 48°, 

 at Framingham and Taunton ; least local monthly range, 

 36°, at Provincetown and Springfield ; greatest daily range, 

 37°, at Framingham on the 8th and at Lowell on the lyth; 

 least daily range, 2°, at Provincetown on the 30th. At 

 Springfield the mean temperature averaged 1.8° above the 

 normal ; at Fitchburg it was 1.5° above, and at Boston 2.5° 

 above. 



