REMARKS. 



The month was characterized by au excessive amount of heat, a 

 small percentage of cloudiness and low humidity. Only nine times 

 during the period of fifty-five years has the maximum temperature 

 for July at Amherst reached 94° (the maximum for the present 

 month), and only seven times has the minimum temperature reached 

 42°. 



Several severe thunder showers occurred during the latter part of 

 the mouth and a number of brilliant auroras were observed. 



The rainfall was slightly below normal. 



Of the Washington forecasts 87 per cent, and of the local fore- 

 casts 88.8 per cent, were correct for Amherst. 



The following summary is furnished by the Director of the New 

 England Weather Service : 



The weather for Massachusetts for the month of July, 1892, was 

 characterized by high and extreme ranges of temperature, an abun- 

 dance of sunshine and a lack of pi'ecipitation. The weather was 

 controlled by the passage of eight cyclonic and five anticyclonic areas, 

 and while the latter were only about one-half the number of the 

 former, they were of much greater energy and duration and their in- 

 fluence prevailed during the greater part of the mouth. The local 

 storms were not abundant but were of considerable energy, and some 

 damage was done by wind and lightning. 



Unusually low temperatures occurred on the morning of the 4th 

 and 17th, with the passage of the first .and third anticyclones, res- 

 pectively. Slight frosts were reported in the northern New P^ngland 

 states, although no damage has been reported in Massachusetts. 

 From the 2nd to the 29th, excessively high temperatures prevailed 

 over the entire state, although along the coast the heat of the 28th 

 and 29t]i was tempered by an east wind. At Boston the mean tem- 

 perature for the 25th, 26th and 27th was 83.6°, while at Amherst 

 the mean for the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th was 93.1°. 



The drought during the last part of the month was sharp and 

 severe, although no serious damage is anticipated. It was broken 

 by thunder showers on the 29th and by a steady northeast storm on 

 the 31st and August 1st. At Springfield, Mass., the rainfall on the 

 29th was 2.00 inches, and at Worcester, Mflss., the fall on the same 

 day was 1.49 inches; at Amherst, 1.1 inches. 



The aurora of the 16th was one of the most marked ever noticed 

 in Massachusetts at this season of the year. It was preceded by 

 an apparent lunar rainbow, and throughout its appearance was of 

 rare beauty. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 

 FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



