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and the damao-es from hi<>li watrr not oreat or i»encral. Tlie 

 monthly i)recipitation was nearly 2 inches above the normal. 

 The tcmi^erature ranged near the seasonal average, without 

 notable features in the extremes. 



March was generally unseasonable, some of the weather 

 elements departing greatly from the monthly average. The 

 most important departures were in the temperature and the 

 precipitation. The monthly mean of the former was 8° 

 above the normal, and in some localities the excess amounted 

 to 10*^. The excess in precipitation was less marked, al- 

 though general in all sections. The snowfall, as in the 

 preceding month, was light. At the close of the month 

 the season was, according to the general estimate, from ten 

 days to three weeks in advance of the average. 



Generally speaking, April was a pleasant month. The 

 weather was mild, wnth the temperature above the average, 

 the excess amounting to about 2°. There was less than the 

 customary amount of sunshine, but notwithstanding the ex- 

 tensive cloudiness, rain fell on an average of but nine days. 

 The monthly precipitation was somewhat above the normal, 

 the amounts ranging from 1 to 2|- inches. There was no 

 snowfall worthy of mention, the amounts being generally 

 too small to measure. Thunderstorms were of general 

 occurrence on the 26th and 30th. 



May opened with an excess of cloudiness, and the rainfall 

 for the first week averaged more than an inch. Owing to 

 the general dampness, the week seemed cool, though the 

 average temperature was several degrees in excess of the 

 seasonal. A cool wave occurred on the 10th and 11th, and 

 caused very general frosts, which, owing to high winds, were 

 not generally destructive. The precipitation during the sec- 

 ond Aveck was below the averao-c. The nights of the third 

 week were notably cool, with light frosts in many sections. 

 There Avas, however, an abundance of sunshine and a cor- 

 responding deficiency in the amount of rainfall. The weather 

 during the closing days of the month was without special or 

 unusual features. The nights were cool in the first part 

 of the period, but these were followed by some warm days, 

 the temperature on the 23d rising to almost unparalleled 

 fiofures for the season. 



