



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. Ay) 
A study of this table shows the fact that the rainfall varied 
greatly at different parts of the state, frequently being less than 
half as much at some places as at others. It is also an inter- 
esting fact to note that certain sections normally receive a much 
smaller rainfall than certain other sections. This is especially 
marked in the case of New London. ‘The average difference 
between the places receiving the largest and smallest rainfall is 
12.38 inches for the fifteen years. The average rainfall, taking 
the state as a whole, is quite accurately represented by the 
24.60 inches given as the average for the last column. 
The mean temperature for the year was 44.8°, which is 2.2° 
lower than the average for the past sixteen years. This is the 
lowest mean temperature recorded at Storrs since the Station 
began in 1888. The year which approached most nearly to 
this was 1893, which had a mean temperature of 45.1°. The 
unusually low average for the year’s temperature was brought 
about by the severe cold in January, February and March, the 
means for those three months being 18°, 19° and 34° respect- 
ively, while the averages for the past sixteen years for the 
same months are 25.7°, 25.2° and 36.9°. The extremely cold 
weather of the winter months was followed by continued cool 
weather throughout the year, there being only two months 
when the temperature rose to the normal for those months. 
May was o.1° and July 0.6° above the average for the past 
sixteen years. 
In spite of the fact that the season was cool, killing frosts 
did not occur in the spring later than usual. ‘The dates at 
different parts of the state varied from April 20 at New Haven 
to May 3, at which date frost occurred at a number of places 
throughout the state. The first killing frosts in the fall oc- 
curred on September 21 and 22, covering the larger part of the 
state. New Haven and New London escaped frost until Octo- 
ber 27 and 28. At Storrs the last killing frost in the spring | 
occurred April 24, and the first one in the fall came with the 
general frost of September 22, giving a growing season of 150 
days free from frosts. This is three days longer than the av- 
erage for the preceding sixteen years. 
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