REMARKS. 



Contrary to current opinion, which has characterized the past 

 month as rainy, cold and unseasonable, record shows the mean tem- 

 perature of the month to have been less than one degree below 

 normal and the amount of sunshine in excess of the mean for May. 

 Yet the current opinion is not unfounded but is to be accounted for 

 by the facts that the range of temperature has been unusually small, 

 the highest and mean maximum daily temperatures exceedingly low, 

 and the precipitation large. The wind movement too has been very 

 large, — the highest on record for May at this station, — and several 

 severe storms causing considerable damage to trees and plants were 

 recorded, that of the 10th instant being the most severe. 



The dull and rainy weather has been generally unfavorable to the 

 rapid growth of garden truck and the crops. Corn is yellow and 

 backward, as are onions. The asparagus crop has been light and 

 poor. Potatoes are looking well however, and the pastures and 

 grasslands are in prime condition, the grass being unusually heavy. 

 Strawberries and lettuce are doing well and transplanted plants gen- 

 erally have rooted well, though they have not grown much. 



The wind-storms damaged the newly-planted fields and the tender 

 plants considerably in certain sections. 



LEONARD METCALF, Meteorologist. 

 JAMKS L. BARTLETT, Observer. 



