188 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STORRS 
AND GENERAL WEATHER AND 
CROP REVIEW. 
REPOREE DIB Y-C.2s. (PHELPS: 
The meteorological observations made by the Station during 
1900 were similar to those of previous years. The Station 
equipment at Storrs consists of the ordinary instruments for 
observing temperatures, pressure of the air, humidity, rainfall, 
snowfall and velocity of the wind, similar to those in use by 
the Weather Bureau of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. A summary of the observations made at Storrs is 
given in Table 54. 
In addition to the records made at Storrs, the rainfall for the 
summer season (May 1 to October 31) was recorded by nine 
farmers in different parts of the state in cooperation with the 
Station. ‘These measurements are given in Table 55, together 
with those supplied by thirteen stations of the New England 
Meteorological Society. 
The total precipitation at Storrs for the year, 48.6 inches, 
was about 3.2 inches more than the average for the past twelve 
years, but was very close to the general average for the state 
as computed from the records of the New England Meteorolog- 
ical Society covering periods of from five to thirty years. The 
rainfall was especially heavy in February and March. For the 
season from May 1 to October 31, the precipitation at Storrs, 
19.5 inches, was about 3 inches below the average for the past 
twelve years, and was also below the general average of obser- 
vations made in different parts of the state during the same 
years. ‘There was a general deficiency in the rainfall during 
July, August and September, which affected all those crops 
that made most of their growth during that period. Vegeta- 
bles, fruits and even corn were considerably damaged. The 
precipitation during November was heavy, so that springs and 
streams were generally well filled when winter began: and in 
