there were no unusual ranges in the maxima and the minima 

 of the month. The weather of the month will seldom be 

 equalled in February. 



March like the preceding month, was unusually pleasant, 

 as compared with the average month of this name in New 

 England. While the weather was marked by much cloudi- 

 ness, and the monthly precipitation was in excess of the 

 average, there were but 12 stormy days. The precipitation 

 was mostly in the form of rain, and was well distributed. 

 The large amount of water was needed, and was therefore 

 of much and general benefit to the manifold interests of the 

 State. The temperature was near the seasonal average, the* 

 slight departure being above the normal. There were no 

 severe or protracted storms. 



April was cloudy, wet and cold. The skies were wholly 

 overcast on an average of 19 days and rain fell on 15 days. 

 The precipitation was excessive in all sections, and averaged 

 nearly double the normal amount. To add to the uncom- 

 fortable conditions of the weather was much fog in coast sec- 

 tions and almost continuously easterly winds throughout the 

 State. The mean temperature averaged about 1° below the 

 normal for the month. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending May 6. — The week was decidedly warm 

 throughout the central valleys and Lake region, the interior 

 portions of the Atlantic coast and Gulf States, and over the 

 central and northern portions of the eastern Rocky Mountain 

 slope. Over the western portions of the Plateau region, in 

 the Pacific Coast States, southern Florida, on the North 

 Carolina coast and in New England the week averaged cooler 

 than usual. In the central Missouri valley and over com- 

 paratively limited areas in the upper Lake region, southern 

 New England, portions of southern New York and northern 

 Pennsylvania, in central Illinois, south-eastern Kansas and 

 north-eastern Texas there was more than the average weekly 

 rainfall. The week was, however, drier than usual over 

 much the greater part of the country, nearly the whole of 



