
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. IQI 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STORRS 
; AND GENERAL WEATHER AND 
CROP REVIEW. 
REPORTED BY W. A. STOCKING, JR. 

During the past year the Station has continued its meteoro- 
logical observations as in previous years. ‘The equipment at 
the Station consists of the ordinary instruments for recording 
temperature, air pressure, air moisture, rainfall, and snowfall. 
_ These instruments are similar to those in use by the Weather 
Bureau of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. An anemom- 
eter has recently been added to the Station equipment, so that 
records of wind velocity will now be made. A summary of the 
observations made at Storrs during 1902 is given in Table 42. 
In addition to the records made at Storrs, the rainfall for the 
growing season, May to October inclusive, has been recorded 
by a number of farmers in different parts of the state in coop- 
eration with the Station. "The observations made by these 
men, together with a number furnished by the New England ° 
Meteorological Society, are given in Table 41. 
The total precipitation for the year, as recorded at+Storrs, 
was 52.12 inches. ‘This is a little over five inches more than 
the average for the past fourteen years. There have been 
but two years during the last fourteen when the rainfall has 
exceeded this amount. In 1897 the total precipitation was 
53.03 inches, and in 1gor it was 66.51 inches. The rainfall 
was unusually great during February, March, July, and Sep- 
tember and was unusually light during May and November. _ 
The temperature during the spring months was somewhat 
higher than the normal, and this, together with the frequent 
rains, usually in the form of showers, was exceptionally favor- 
able for early growth of farm crops, so that the season was 
somewhat ahead of the normal during March and April, but 
; the cool nights and lack of rain during May brought it back to 
about normal by the first of June. The unusual amount of 
