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The weather for Massachusetts in the month of October was 

 warmer than usual with about the average amount of precipitation. 

 There was plenty of sunshine and in most places no weather cold 

 enough to injure apples or hard}' garden vegetables. On the whole, 

 the month has been very favorable for the maturing of late fruits and 

 crops, and for harvesting and fall plowing and seeding. At Boston 

 the mean temperature averaged nearly 8'' a day above the normal. 

 The lowest temperature recorded was 38° on the 15th and 16th, and 

 the highest was TG'* on the 20th. The precipitation there was .83 

 inches above the usual amount for the month and was well distri- 

 buted. At Amherst the mean temperature was above the normal 

 and the rainfall was about an inch above the average for 59 years. 

 On the 16th ice formed, and the ground froze slightly in places. No 

 great damage has been experienced fiom severe frosts, and gener- 

 ally speaking the weather has been very favorable for farming. At 

 Boston the accumulation of tempeiature since January 1st is 133^ in 

 excess of the usual amount ; or in other words, the j^ear so far has 

 averaged nearly 2.5" a day warmer than the normal for 20 years. 

 There is a deficiency of very nearly 9 inches in precipitation at this 

 station since Januar}' 1st; and if predictions could be made from 

 averages we might look for considerable cold weather and snow for 

 the next two months. The rainfall is still insufficient for wells and 

 springs, although grass roots and newly seeded fields are having 

 enough moisture for rapid development. The month has been 

 favorable for the grass prospects in 1895. 



Eight cyclones and six anticyclones influenced the weather, most 

 of the areas of fair and foul weather being of marked development 

 and moving rapidly. Four of the cyclonic areas passed easterly to 

 the north of New England, one passed across our district from west 

 to east, one moved up the eastern coast, one moved south of us and 

 one crossed New England from south to north. The last named was 

 a West India hurricane, having moved up the Atlantic coast from 

 the Mexican gulf. It gave heavy rainfall and high gales. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 

 FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



