mal. Local showers and thunderstorms occurred during the 

 first three days, and were accompanied in places by hail and 

 high winds. Copious rains were general during the night of 

 the 29th. The sunshine was about the average. 



Week ending July 8. — New England. Boston : The sun- 

 shine and mean temperature were nearly normal. The pre- 

 cipitation was light and scattered in Massachusetts, Ehode 

 Island and Connecticut, and copious in Vermont, New Hamp- 

 shire and the greater portion of Maine. Severe thunder- 

 storms, with heavy rain and hail, occurred in New Hamp- 

 shire and JMaine on the 7th. 



Weeh ending July 15. — New England. Boston: The 

 maximum, minimum and mean temperatures were near the 

 normal. The precipitation was deficient in Rhode Island 

 and southeastern Massachusetts; elsewhere it Avas copious, 

 from 1 to 2 inches falling in New Hampshire and central 

 Massachusetts on the 12th. The sunshine v^as about the 

 average. 



Weeh ending July 22. — New England. Boston : The 

 mean temperature and sunshine were above the normal. The 

 rainfall accompanied local thunderstorms and was unevenly 

 distributed. The weekly rainfall w^as near the normal over 

 most of New Hampshire, ^^ermont and the western parts of 

 Massachusetts and Connecticut ; it was deficient elsewhere. 

 Southeastern Massachusetts is suffering from drought. 



Tile Weather of July, 1907. 

 The seasonalw^eather that began in the second decade of 

 June and continued through the remainder of that month 

 obtained throughout July. The weather of the month was 

 characterized by abundant sunshine in nearly all sections. 

 There were no protracted atmospheric disturbances, and the 

 rainfall of the month, which was very unevenly distributed, 

 resulted from local storms, and as a rule the showers oc- 

 curred in the afternoon or at night. In a number of in- 

 stances the storms w^ere accompanied by high winds, and 

 lightning and thunder, that caused much damage to build- 

 ings and crops, and some loss of life. The temperatures 

 were uniformlv hiffh throu^'h the entire month. While there 



