REMARKS. 



The weather for the month was seasonable in most respects and 

 vegetation made good progress, although still considerably backward. 

 The most noticeable characteristics were a rather large precipitation 

 and more than the average amount of sunshine. 



A comparison of the records with those of previous years shows 

 the following features of more or less interest : the mean barometer 

 was nearly normal and the range was less than usual. The pressure 

 was generally unsteady throughout the month although the fluctua- 

 tions' were in most cases quite small. 



The total wind movement was about 15 per cent less than usual, 

 much of it coming from the South. 



The mean temperature was three degrees above the normal, — the 

 first time it has been above the normal since last October — and the 

 range was much less than usual owing to an unusually high minimum. 

 The minimum was the highest on our records here for May. The 

 mean dew point was nearly normal and the relative humidity about 

 3 per cent higher than usual. 



The total precipitation was about 20 per cent more than the 

 normal, more than half the amount occurring during the last week of 

 the month. The showers on the afternoon of the 2 6tli were the 

 most severe that have occurred in this locality for several years. 

 Several distinct storms occurred in rapid succession, the first being 

 accompanied by a moderate amount of hail. Heavy thunder and 

 intense lightning was prevalent for more than three hours and the 

 rainfall amounted to more than one and three-fourths inches. 



No frosts were noted during the month. 



J. E. OSTRANDER. Meteorologist. 

 F. F. HENSHAW. Observer. 



