the normal, and in some localities the excess amounted to 10°. 

 The excess in precipitation was less marked, although gen- 

 eral in all sections. The snowfall, as in the preceding 

 month, was light. 



Generally speaking, April was a pleasant month. The 

 weather was mild, with the temperature above the average, 

 the excess amounting to about 2°. There was less than the 

 customary amount of sunshine, but notwithstanding the ex- 

 tensive cloudiness, rain fell on an average of but nine days. 

 The monthly precipitation was somewhat above the normal, 

 the amounts ranging from 1 to 2yo inches. There was no 

 snowfall worthy of mention, the amounts being generally too 

 small to measure. Thunder-storms were of general occur- 

 rence on the 2Gth and oOth. 



May opened with an excess of cloudiness and the rainfall 

 for the first week averaged more than an inch. Owing to 

 the general dampness the week seemed cool, though the 

 average temperature was several degrees in excess of the 

 seasonal. A cool wave occurred on the 10th and 11th, and 

 caused very general frosts, which, owing to high winds, were 

 not generally destructive. The precipitation during the sec- 

 ond week was below the average. The nights of the third 

 week were notably cool, with light frosts in many sections. 

 There was, however, an abundance of sunshine and a cor- 

 responding deficienc}' in the amount of rainfoll. The weather 

 during the closing days of the month was without special or 

 unusual features. The nights were cool in the first part of 

 the period, but these were followed by some warm days, the 

 temperature on the 23d rising to almost unparalleled figures 

 for the season. 



June opened with several warm days, and the weather 

 conditions were very favorable and seasonal. The tempera- 

 ture during the first and second days ranged in the 90's in 

 many sections. Before the close of the first week, how- 

 ever, there was a sharp drop in the mercury, and the weather 

 was cooler than is usual for the season for the remainder of 

 the month. The nights were, as a rule, exceptionally cool, 

 and there were reports of light frosts in some localities. 

 During the first ten days of the month the rainfall was quite 



