5 ae @ STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
for the past twelve years has been 146 days. An unusually severe 
freeze occurred October 2, and another October 3, small pools of 
water being frozen over one-third of an inch in thickness and ~ 
potatoes which were not harvested were considerably frozen. 
With the exception of the severe freeze just referred to the 
fall months were mild and very favorable for the harvesting of 
crops. The first snow occurred November 14, but remained 
on the ground only a few days, and the fields were bare most 
of the time until the close of the year. 
Through the kindness of the New England Meteorological 
Society we are able to publish the rainfall records from ten of 
their stations in Connecticut. Table 53 gives the rainfall as 
recorded for the six months ending October 31 for twenty-one 
localities in the State, and Table 54 gives the summary of 
observations made by the Station at Storrs. 
TABLE 53. 
Rainfall during six months ending October 31, 1899. 













INCHES PER MONTH. 
LOCALITY, OBSERVER. | ; i ue 
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Canton, - ay 0 os a ee - |2.09/6.44'6.83|3.00/4.83 2. kolas. 6g 
Clark's Falls, - | E. D. Chapman, - /|2,30|/2.74/5.00/2.96/2.93|1.87|17.80 
Colchester, - - |S. P. Willard, + |2.11|2.82)§ 38/4. 21/3.47|£.21|19.20 
Cream Hill, - ol.G2' Wed olds - |1.75/3.396.70|1.11/4.21|1.67,18.83 
Falls Village, - |M. H. Dean, - |2.68)3.99/7.09} .88/4.82/1.63/2T.09 
Gilead, F . | A.C. Gilbert, — - |1.71/3.49/4.3013.37/3.53/2.00|18.40 
Hartford, °°}. FCProty ©. tiarty - |1.71/3.07/6.23/1.92/3.60/2.98/19. 51 
Bebanon,.)) - |E. A. Hoxie, - 13.10/3.58)5.43/4.58,6.29/2.25|25.23 
Madison, - toh) ul eisey, - |2.69/2.58'5.10|] .55,3.24|1.51!15 .67 
New Haven, - | Weather Bureau, - |2.52/2:59/4.17| .65/3.33/1.78|15.04 
Newington, - = (yp sor-Kirkhamys = ieairyas 6.99 1.35 3.4.27 Qala as 
New London, - | Weather Bureau, - |2.52/2.60]5.29'2.59/4.32/1.87|19.19 
North Franklin, - |C. H. Lathrop, - |1.84/3.57 4 .82/4.12)5.25/2.30/21.90 
Norwalk, - - |G, S. Comstock, -. |2.05/3.06/5.91| .37/4.80|1.42|17.61 
Southington, - | Lumen Andrews, - |1.75/2.23/5.62| .45|4.13/2.35|16.53 
South Manchester, | K. B. Loomis, - |2.22/2.21 4.73|1.36 3.02 2.66 16.20 
Storrs. : - | Experiment Station, |1.27/3.72/5.55/3.27|3.31/1.54|18.66 
Voluntown, - - | Rev. C. Dewhurst, |1.52/2.59/4.58/2.22/8.41/1.43/20. 75 
Waterbury, - - |N. J. Welton, - |2.07/2.32/6.02/1.03/5.30/2.42/19.16 
West Simsbury, - |S. T. Stockwell, - |2.04/6.71/6.60|3.79/4.29/1.87/25.30 
Winchester, - - |W. L, Wetmore, - |1.66)/2.62/6.19)1.44/3.37|1.67|16.95 
Average, - - (2.05/38 .25/5.64 2.154.271.9719 .34 
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