78 Eighth Annual Report of the 



The most frequent snow and rain storms and the maximum 

 cloudiness obtained from the 1st to the 11th, after which time 

 auticyclonic conditions and brighter but windy weather pre- 

 vailed. Heavy freshets due to the melting of the heavy snowfall 

 of March, and that which had accumulated through the wooded 

 r.plands in February, occurred several times during the month, 

 causing much damage to property along the banks of the Gen- 

 esee, Hudson and other river systems. 



Nine areas of low pressure, or about the usual number for 

 March, passed in the vicinity of New York during the month. 

 Three well-developed storms passed centrally within the limits 

 of the State on the 1st, 7th and 19th ; the first and second of the 

 series bringing high winds and heavy rain turning to snow, while 

 the snowfall accompanying the third storm was the heaviest of 

 the season, and was badly drifted by westerly gales. A cyclone 

 which passed northward along the coast on the 11th developed 

 the lowest pressure of March in that region, and during its pas- 

 sage a severe blizzard was felt throughout the State. Three 

 energetic depressions of a third class passed centrally over east- 

 ern Canada on the 22d, 26th and 30th, bringing moderate rains 

 for the State at large, high winds and warmer weather, espe- 

 cially on the 30th, which was much the warmest day of the 

 month. The above includes the principal cyclones of March, but 

 in addition two broad and less sharply defined low areas ap- 

 peared over the Central States and Lake Region on the 10th and 

 16th, the former bringing a moderate and the latter a heavy 

 snowfall in this State. 



The high pressure systems, nine in number, generally took a 

 northerly course toward the Atlantic coast, so that their maxi- 

 mum pressures were felt in the vicinity of New York. The dates 



