

MASSACHUSETTS STATE 



Agricultural Experiment Statio^i^. 



BXJI-.I_.ETII^T ISTo. 32. 



FEBRUARY, 1889. 



ness averaged 8 or more on a 

 scale of 10, 12 12 8 9 



No. of days on which 0.01 of 

 an inch or more of water 

 from rain or melted snow fell, 13 11 9 10 



The remarkably cool weather of the summer months continued 

 through October, its mean temperature being lower than since 1841. 



The mean temperature for November is about the average for that 

 month, while that for November and January is decidedly higher. 



Snowsqualls occurred on the ninth of October, and the first snowstorm 

 on the 25th of November. The snow disappeared quickly. It was 

 the only snow of any amount until the 20th of January. The rain- 

 fall has been about the average and was evenly distributed through 

 the four months. Southerly winds were frequent during the month 

 of December. 



