generally much above. Warmer weather aud sunshine are 

 needed. 



Week ending May IS. — iN'ew England. Boston: The 

 mean temperature was above the normal, the excess ranging 

 from 3° to 5°. The minimum on the 15th was near freezing 

 in the interior of Maine, l^ew Hampshire, Vermont and 

 parts of Massachusetts. The precipitation was light and 

 beneficial, the ground being wet from the rains of previous 

 weeks. The sunshine was above the average. 



^Weeh ending May 25. — ]*^ew England. Boston : The 

 weather was cloudy and showery from, the 20th to the 23d. 

 The beginning and the end of the week were clear. Heavy 

 showers occurred on the 23d in Rhode Island, Connecticut 

 and southwestern Massachusetts. The rainfall was deficient 

 in Maine, Vermont, northern !N^ew Hampshire and eastern 

 Massachusetts, where the total for the week was between .1 

 and .3 inch. Excessive rains occurred in Rhode Island, Con- 

 necticut and southwestern Massachusetts, where between 1 

 and 2 inches fell. The mean temperature was somewhat 

 above the normal, and the sunshine somewhat below. 



WeeTc ending June 1. — ISTew England. Boston: The 

 weather conditions were generally favorable. The mean tem- 

 perature was above the normal, the nights being warm. The 

 maximum temperatures were generally near or above 80° 

 during the beginning and end of the week. There was but 

 little rain until the 30th, when copious showers fell through- 

 out the section, except in Plymouth County, Mass. The total 

 l^recipitation was near the normal in the interior of Maine 

 and in central Vermont and northern I^ew Hampshire, and 

 much above the normal in the remainder of the district, ex- 

 cept in eastern Massachusetts. The sunshine was somewhat 

 below the normal. 



The Weathee of Mat, 1908. 



The opening week of the month was generally cloudy, with 



frequent light to moderate rains and low and unseasonable 



temperatures. In some sections frosts were reported in the 



earlv davs of the week. Bv the 10th the weather became 



