REMARKS. 



The temperature was slightly below normal, the weather was 

 windy and disagreeably cool, and several frosts occurred during the 

 first part of the month. 



A bi'illiant aurora was observed on the 18th which was followed 

 by a sudden fall in temperature, heavy rains and snow, the latter 

 being visible on the surrounding hills the 20th and 21st. 

 The rain fall was much above normal. 



A record of official and local weather forecasts was begun at the 

 observatory on January 1 of the present year, for the purpose of as- 

 certaining the percentage of accuracy as regards this location ; these 

 printed forecasts compared with the observatory records show 71% 

 of the government and 80.6 "/(, of the local forecasts to have been 

 correct. 



The following is a brief summary furnished b}' the New England 

 Weathe'r Service which co-operates with this observatory : 



The weather for the month Avas intiuenced by the passage of 

 seven cyclonic areas, or storuis, and six anticj'clonic areas, or 

 areas of fair cool weather. They were not generall}' marked in 

 energy nor of rapid movement. 



The temperature for the month was slightly below the normal ; 

 the highest was a few degrees over 80 at most stations and occured 

 on the 3 1 st ; the lowest was from 2.') to 80 and occurred on the 1 st. 

 The precipitation was above the average and there was an im- 

 usuall}' heavy excess of clouds and number of rainy days. Very 

 heavy rain fell throughout all the central and western districts from 

 the 20th to 23d. In the extreme west the temperature on the 20th 

 was near the freezing point of water and considerable snow fell. 

 • It is not thought that fruit was injured to any extent by the cold 

 weather. The season is generally about one week behind the 

 average at the end of the month, but with the present promise 

 of warm weather it will rapidly recover. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 

 A. T. BEALS, Assistant. 



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