No. 4.] MASSACHUSETTS WEATHER. xxxi 



Massachusetts Weather, 1906. 



[Compiled from Data furnished by the New England Weather Service.] 



The weather of January was generally unseasonable, with 

 few storms and high temperatures throughout the month. 

 The mild weather caused buds to start, and ice disappeared 

 on streams. The greater part of the precipitation occurred 

 as rain, and Avas fairly well distributed over the month. The 

 snowfall was light, and at the close of the month there was 

 little on the ground. 



February weather was less severe than the normal. On 

 the 9th there was a general and quite heavy snowfiill, except 

 on the immediate coast, where rain fell. The month closed 

 with a storm of moderate energy, both rain and snow fell, 

 followed by a decided fall in temperature, with high winds 

 and gales. 



March was unseasonably cold as a whole, the temperature 

 ranging at or near zero to an unusually late date. The 

 snowfall was greatly in excess of the March average, gen- 

 erally exceeding the fall of the preceding three months. 

 After the 26th the temperature was decidedly higher, and 

 the snow rapidly disappeared, with rain on the closing days 

 of the month. 



April was a seasonable month, no marked departures from 

 the normals occurring in any of the elements. The precipi- 

 tation was well distributed through the period and over the 

 State. The month as a whole was pleasant, and the season 

 near the average at its close. 



May was characterized with much pleasant weather, there 

 being an average of thirteen clear days, eleven days when 

 the sky Avas partially obscured, and but ten days without 

 sunshine. The total rainfall was, however, considerably in 

 excess of the normal, more than half the monthly amount 

 occurring in the storm of the 27th and 28th. The mean 

 temperature of the month shows the weather to have been 

 somewhat warmer than the seasonal average, contrary to 

 popular opinion. Severe local storms were less frequent 

 than usual during the month. 



During the first part of June the rainfall was copious, 



