the greatest ever recorded there in fourteen years of observa- 

 tion, while the minimum on the 6th was the lowest ever 

 registered there in that time. The precipitation was gener- 

 ally in the form of snow, except in the extreme south-east, 

 and most of it came in the storm of the 7th-8th. This 

 storm was extremely severe, and great damage was done 

 along the coast by the high tide and terrific winds. The 

 tide and winds probably did more damage to wharves, ship- 

 ping, etc., along our coast than in any one storm for years. 

 Several buildings were blown down or badly damaged in the 

 vicinity of Amesbury, Mass. The ground was mostly well 

 covered with snow throughout the month. There was some 

 injury to peaches by the cold spell, and the very high wind 

 drove the cold into many cellars that were considered frost- 

 proof. 



The weather for March did not depart far from the normal 

 in any respect, though it was slightly cooler and drier than 

 March generally gives in some places. The storms were not 

 so severe as are many times experienced, and the snow gave a 

 good covering on the fields and pastures, except along the 

 immediate coast, until near the end of the month. The 

 season opened slowly, and was later than usual at the end 

 of the month. 



April departed very little from the normal in temperature, 

 although it was slightly warmer in central counties ; but an 

 excess of rain came, except in the extreme south-east. The 

 storms of the 8th-9th and 13th-15th filled the ground and 

 reservoirs ; and the intervales on rivers rising in the north 

 were badly washed by the floods that came from the melting 

 snow and extremely heavy rainfalls which fell there. In the 

 Berkshire hills the highways were badly blocked by snow- 

 drifts till after the 15th of the month. The ground was cold 

 and the season backward, and no great amount of seed had 

 been put into the ground in any section at the end of the 

 month. 



New England Weather and Crops. 



From United States Weather-Crop Bulletins. 



Week ending May 6. — Warmer than usual over greater 

 portion of country. On north Pacific coast, in central Cali- 

 fornia, over Utah, Arizona and New Mexico and over limited 



