erally throughout the Lake region, Ohio, upper Mississippi 

 and lower Missouri valleys, the rainfall was very heavy, the 

 greater part of these districts receiving more than 1 inch. 



Special Telegraphic Reports. 



[Weather Bubeau, Boston.] 



Week ending May 5. — New England. Boston : Sun- 

 shine deficient ; rain excessive north, and, while retarding 

 planting in all sections, was favoral)le to growing crops in 

 south portion ; grass excellent ; tobacco and garden crops in 

 good condition, but making slow growth; fruit prospects 

 very promising. 



Week endiiui May 12. — New England. Boston : Weather 

 favorable for work, but too cool for growth ; general frost, 

 10th, damaged garden vegetables and probably injured fruit ; 

 to])acco plants in good condition and nearly ready for trans- 

 planting ; forest fires damaged some cranberry bogs ; grass 

 excellent ; good progress with planting. 



Week ending May 19. — New England. Boston : Weather 

 favorable for farm work, but too cool for crop growth ; nights 

 exceptionally cool ; frost in many sections, pro1)a])ly dam- 

 aged fruit to a considerable extent ; crops in fairly satis- 

 factory condition ; season a])out average ; rain needed. 



Week ending May 26. — New England. Boston : Cool 

 first part of the week, with frost in north ; latter part of 

 week warm ; ground dry ; grass suffering for rain ; crops 

 fairly satisfactory, Avith normal growth ; apples promising 

 except Baldwins, which have not bloomed well ; other fruits 

 good. 



The Weather of May, 1902. 



The month opened with an excess of cloudiness, and the 

 rainfall above the average. The rainfall for the first week 

 averaged somewhat more than an inch. Owing to the small 

 amount of sunshine and the general dampness, the weather 

 seemed cool, although the average tcm})erature was sc\cral 

 degrees in excess of the seasonal. The second week pre- 

 sented some extremes in temperature, the weekly average 

 l)eing fully up to, and in some instances above, the normal, 

 while the minima were near or l)olow freezing. A cool 

 wave occurred on the 10th and 11th, and caused very general 



