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The Weather. 

 Meteorological Data for September. 



* 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, 48.7° ; highest 

 monthly mean, 51.0°, at Boston ; lowest monthly mean, 43.6°, 

 at ^Monroe ; maximum, 81°, at Taunton on the 1st ; minimum, 

 24°, at Monroe on the 22d ; range, 57° ; greatest local monthly 

 rano-e, 51°, at Taunton ; least local monthly range, 33°, at 

 Provincetown ; greatest daily range, 36°, at Taunton on the 

 1st; least daily range, 2°, at Ipswich on the 2d, 17th, 20th. 

 Average temperature for October, at Springfield, for twenty- 

 three years, 50.8° ; average for October, 1890, 50.4° ; depart- 

 ure, — 0.4°. Average temperature for October, at Boston, 

 for twenty years, 51.4° ; average for October, 1890, 51.0° ; 

 departure, — 0.4°. 



Precipitation. — Average, 7.30; greatest, 9.23, at Taun- 

 ton; least, 5.63, at Boston. Average for October, at 

 Springfield, for forty-three years, 4.22 ; for October, 1890, 

 6.70 : departure, -f 2.48. Average for October, at Boston, 

 for twenty years, 4.12 ; for October, 1890, 5.63 ; departure, 

 + 1.51. 



Prevailing Wind. — North-west. 



Thunder-storms. — Uh, 19th, 30th. 



Snoiv.— Monroe, 23d, 24th, 29th; Taunton, 24th, 26th. 



