. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. MASSACHUSETTS January temperatures averaged exactly one degree above normal. The past three Januaries have been very cold and, in the past 21 years, this is only the seventh above normal ^ 8 January. Maximum temperature was 55 degrees on the 2nd and 21st, minimum was 2 degrees on the 19th. Warmer than average days were the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 14th, 21st and 25th. Cooler than normal periods occurred on Jan. 4, 4-6,9-12, 15 and 18-20. Precipitation totaled inches, a record which broke the one set last January at inches. Th
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. MASSACHUSETTS January temperatures averaged exactly one degree above normal. The past three Januaries have been very cold and, in the past 21 years, this is only the seventh above normal ^ 8 January. Maximum temperature was 55 degrees on the 2nd and 21st, minimum was 2 degrees on the 19th. Warmer than average days were the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 14th, 21st and 25th. Cooler than normal periods occurred on Jan. 4, 4-6,9-12, 15 and 18-20. Precipitation totaled inches, a record which broke the one set last January at inches. The new record is inches above normal. There was measurable precipitation on 17 days with inches on the 25 th to 27th as the largest single storm. Snowfall fell in very small quantities on four days and totaled inches, which is less than average. NOVA SCOTIA In contrast to the mild weather of January, the weather of February has been cold with dessicating winds. The rainfall at Kentville tor the month of January was mm compared with the 50 year average of WASHINGTON January temperatures averaged degrees cooler than normal. Maximum temperature was 50 degrees on the 21st and minimum was 15 degrees on the 1st and 31st. The average high was degrees, the average minimum was This compares with the temperature in 1969, just 10 years ago, when a lower overall average of degrees was reached, compared to the 1979 January average of degrees. Rainfall totaled inches, which is inches below normal. There was measurable rain on 16 days with inches on the 10th as the largest storm. Some areas nearby suffered extreme periods of glaze ice and heavy ice buildup, causing severe power outages. Cranberry area in Long Beach had only one glaze ice day-with several heavy frost periods. Bogs have had ample hours of 40 degrees and below to be in dormant period, following harvest. WISCONSIN The Wisconsin Agriculture Report
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