New York Weather Bureau. 79 



cf nearest approach were the 4th, 10th, 13th, 18th, 20th and 21st, 

 24th, 27th to 28th, 30th and 31st. The maximum pressure and 

 coldest weather were due to the first, third and sixth of the series, 

 all of which followed the passage of severe cyclonic storms, thus 

 giving steep pressure gradients and very high westerly winds. 



Snow melted rapidly during the warm waves of the 7th, 19th 

 and 22d, but notwithstanding, the greater part of the State was 

 well covered until near the close of the month, and even then 

 much remained in northern New York, and in the wooded high- 

 lands of other s-ections, frequently making it difficult to carry on 

 the maple sugar harvest. 



Robins commonly made their appearance between the 26th and 

 30th, and blue birds were also seen at a few southern stations 

 on the latter date. 



Wedgwood reported a heavy deposition of ice upon tree 

 branches on the 1st. 



