192 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
rain during July greatly retarded haying, so that in many sec- 
tions of the State much hay was injured by over ripeness and 
rain during harvesting. The average temperature for January 
was about 2° below the normal, for February it was normal, 
for March and April considerably above normal. May and 
June were about normal, while July, August, September, and 
October were slightly below the normal. November was about 
5° above, with December 6° below, the average for the last 
fourteen years. 
The last killing frost at Storrs occurred May 28th, and the 
first one in the fall October roth, giving a growing season free 
from frosts of 135 days, which is 12 days less than the average 
for the past fourteen years. In many parts of the State the 
last injurious frost in the spring was May roth, while at New 
Haven there was no frost after April 5th. Ina small section 
in the east end of the State the first injurious frost in the fall 
occurred September 5th, but throughout the greater part of 
the State vegetation was not injured until the general frost of 
October roth. 













TABLE 4I. 
Rainfall during six months ending October 31, 1902. 
INCHES PER MONTH. 
LOCALITY. OBSERVER. a 3 D 2 
Meeker 
= 5 =| S ww ~ 
Ww 
Canton, - - Af Orca Bead Tr a - |1.44/4.20/7.71)3.73/7.15/6. 11/30. 34 
GClark’sialls,*- - | E. D. Chapman, - | — |4.54/3.26/1.12|3.77; — | — 
Colchester, - - |S. P. Willard, - 11.55)/3.65/4.75|2.10|6.98|5.78/24.81 
Cream Hill) .- wy Weel Gold, - |2.99|5 .06/9.40 4.-70|7.83/5 .42135.40 
East Windsor, cei PANG Patts, - |1.67|3.60 4.89'5.94/4.74, — | — 
Falls Village, - | 3VD. EL Dean; - |2.65|4.83/7.40/3.24/8.44/4.96/31.52 
Grove Beach, - t —_—_ 2.01|4.15|3.20/2.4315.47/5.10/22. 36 
Hartford, - - | H.-H.-Moore, - |1.59/5.18/6. 8516. 11/6: 54/0078 32.95 
Hawleyville, - - | E. N. Hawley, - |2.36/4.19|5.08/3.14|6.25/6.33127.35 - 
Middletown, - - | A. P. Bryant, - }0,80/4.33/4.28) — | — | — ]| — 
New Haven, - - | Weather Bureau, |1.61/4.35|/3.26/2.14/5.84/6.41/23.61 
New London, Pa] ROA - |1.76|2.77/2.23/1.63|4.63|4.21117.23 
N. Grosvenor Dale, | Grosvenor D. Co., |1.45/3.91/7.34/3.59/3.94|5 . 66 25.89 
Norwalk, 2 - | G, C. Comstock, - |2.60|4.72/2.45|3.09/7.87/7.64|28 .37 
Southington, - - | L. Andrews, - |1.65/3.70/5.65/3.25/7. 70/6. 10/2805 
Storrs, : 4 - | Agr. Exp. Station, |1.59/3.24/7.48/2.17/7.05/5 .68|27.21 
Torrington, - - — 2.01/4.52/8. 22/5 .39/5.99|/5.91|32.04 
Voluntown, - - | Rev, E. Dewhurst,|1.21/3.97|4.19/1.67|5.36|4.67|21.07 
Waterbury, - - | N. J. Welton, - /2,01/5.16|4.58|/2.82/6. 42/6. 19/27. 18 
W. Simsbury, - | 8. T. Stockwell, - |1.61)/3.52/7.23|3.50/5.78/6.15]27.79 
Lebanon, : - | E. A. Hoxie, - 10.85|4.26 — | — | —}| — |] — | 
Average, - - —_ T.78/4.22/5 .37|3.25/6.20|5 .82|/27. 21 







