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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 241 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STORRS 
AND GENERAL WEATHER AND 
CROP REVIEW. 
REPORTED BY W. A. STOCKING, JR. 
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The Station has continued its meteorological observations dur- 
ing the year, as in past years. The equipment at the Station 
remains practically the same, and consists of the ordinary in- 
struments for recording temperatures, atmospheric pressure, 
atmospheric moisture, rainfall, and snowfall. ‘These instru- 
ments are similar to those used by the Weather Bureau of the 
United States Department of Agriculture. Observations are 
made three times each day—at 7 A. M., 2 P. M., and 9 P. M. 
The summaries given in the following tables are made up from 
the results of these daily observations. In Table 94 is given a 
summary of the observations made at Storrs during the year 
1903. 
The amount and distribution of precipitation during the 
growing season is one of the most important factors in crop 
production, and in order to get more general information upon 
the rainfall in various parts of the State, this Station has for 
several years codperated with men in different parts ofthe 
State. [he Station furnishes the necessary apparatus, and 
these men in return send to the Station each month the record 
of the rainfall for their sections. These records, together witha 
number furnished by the New England section of the Weather 
- Bureau, are given in Table 95. 
The total precipitation for the year as recorded at Storrs was 
48.45 inches. ‘This was about 3.5 inches less than for 1902, 
but about an inch above the average for the past fifteen years. 
The total rainfall during the growing months, May to October 
inclusive, was 23.42 inches. The rain was quite evenly dis- 
tributed throughout the year, with the exception of the spring 
and early summer. ‘The total for April was 2.81 inches, which 
