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REMARKS. 



The weather has been exceptionally warm and dry, the mean tem- 

 perature was about 5° above the normal, while the mean precipita- 

 tion was nearly three inches below the normal for a period of sixty 

 years. Very little rain fell before the 22d and crops and vegetation 

 suffered not a little. The following is furnished by the N. E. W. 

 Service : 



The weather for New England for the month of July, 1894, was 

 influenced by the passage of six cyclonic and the same number of 

 anticyclonic areas. All but one of the former passed easterly to the 

 north of Massachusetts, and most of them well over Canada giving 

 us only their southerly edge and accompanying thunderstorms. One 

 storm passed over our district from west to east and then moved 

 southeasterly off the coast. 



At Boston the temperature was above the normal for the first few 

 days of the month, then varied above and below until the 24th at 

 which date it was one degree below for the month as a whole ; on the 

 17th the temperature averaged 11 "^ below the normal. From the 24th 

 to 31st the heat was very great and averaged 79° a day or almost 

 8.0'' a day above the normal ; so, for the mouth as a whole the mean 

 temperature has been nearly 2° a day warmer than usual. Since 

 January 1st the excess of temperature at this station has been 594", 

 or about 2.8° per day warmer that the average for 24 years. 



The precipitation has been .50 inch below tiie average for the 

 month at Boston, and for the seven months since January 1st there 

 has been a deficiency of 7.32 inches. The total rain at this station 

 for July was 3.09 inches, 2.80 inches of which fell since the 21st. 

 The total rainfall between May 24th and July 20th was less than the 

 amount from July 21st to 31st. This rain ended a very severe and 

 prolonged drought over the northeastern part of the state, which has 

 done a great amount of damage to all ciops. Corn withstood it 

 better than other crops but that has suffered quite a good deal. In 

 the southeastern part of the state on the Cape the drought continues 

 and is almost unprecedented in length and severity. In Western 

 Massachusetts much more rain fell during the first part of the month 

 and crops have suffered little if any until the present time when a 

 rain would be ver}' beneficial. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 

 FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



