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The Weather. 



Meteorological Data for August. 



* Temperature data from thermometer not self-registering. 



t to 3 cloudless; 4 to 7 inclusive, partly cloudy; 8 to 10 cloudy. 



Summary. 



Temperature (deg. F.). — Monthly mean, 67.8°. Highest 

 monthlj'^ mean, 70.2°, at Sprinstield ; lowest monthly mean, 

 61.7°, at Monroe ; maximum, 94°, at Lawrence on the 5th ; 

 minimmn, 40°, at Monroe on the 16th ; range, 54° ; greatest 

 local monthly range, 46°, at Lawrence; least local monthly 

 range, 25°, at Nantucket ; greatest daily range, 32°, at Law- 

 rence on the 17th and 1 9th ; least daily range, 1°, at Ipswich 

 on the 23d. Average temperature for August at Springfield 

 for twenty -three 3'ears, 70.4° ; average for August, 1890, 

 70.2° ; departure, — 0.2°. Average temperature for August 

 at Boston for twenty years, 69.0° ; average for August, 

 1890,68.9°; departure, — 0.1°. 



Precipitation. — Average, 4.32 inches; greatest, 6 50, at 

 Monroe; least, 2.51, at Ipswich. Average for August at 

 Springfield for fort^'-three years, 4.53 ; for August, 1890, 

 5.57; departure, -|- 1.04. Average for August at Boston 



