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was much more than the usual amount of cloudiness, and 

 very few days when the sky was wholly unobscured. The 

 rainfiill was also considerably in excess of the normal amount 

 for the month. This was, however, fairly well distributed 

 through the period. There was a general storm on the 3d, 

 during which rain fell in about all sections of the State. 

 The amounts were very large in coast sections. General 

 moderate showers occurred on the 8th and 9th. A " spell " 

 of unsettled conditions prevailed from the 15th to the 21st, 

 during which there were showers on each day in parts or the 

 whole of the State. The rainfall during the 19th was gener- 

 ally heavy. The average temperature for the month was 

 considerably below the normal, the daily deficiency amount- 

 ing to about 1° per day. With the exception of an unusually 

 warm day on the 15th, when the mercury rose to 93^ at 

 Boston, the temperature was uniformly cool. Killing frosts 

 were of general occurrence on the 10th and 11th, and in 

 many localities where the conditions were favorable, thin 

 ice formed. The lowest temperature recorded at Boston 

 was 33°, on the 11th. With two exceptions. May 3, 1874, 

 when the temperature was 32°, and again on the 3d in 1881, 

 when it fell to 31°, the 15th of the month was the coldest 

 in the past twenty-eight years at Boston. The month was 

 marked by a prevalence of easterly and northerly winds. 



June opened with warm weather, the average temperature 

 for the first two or three days ranging above the normal of 

 the season. This was followed during the latter part of the 

 first week by one or two cool days. Showers, timely and 

 well distributed, afforded sufficient moisture. The second 

 week of the month was continuously warm. The temper- 

 ature, however, was not excessive, and the maximum did 

 not exceed 90°. There was much sunshine durin<»: this 

 period, with an average of four clear days. The rainfall 

 was light, in the form of showers, wliich fell chiefly on the 

 8th and 9th. There was a continuation of fine weather 

 through the third week, with cloudless skies on an average 

 of three to four days. The rainfiill was light, although it 

 was well distributed over the State. There was no marked 

 change in the temperature, which ranged near the average 

 for the season ; it was, however, slightly lower than for the 



