March was a stormy, disagreeable month, although it is 

 true that there was no great storm. In the first half of the 

 month precipitation was measured on nine days, but the 

 storms were moderate. Fair weather prevailed from the 

 15th to 18th, followed by the second storm period, which 

 lasted until the 27th, with heavy rains on the 24th. The 

 closing days were fair and remarkably pleasant. The pre- 

 cipitation was but slightly below normal. The average 

 snowfall was but 4 inches. At the end of the month the 

 ground was bare and rivers and ponds were in general free 

 from ice. The month opened with a temperature ranging 

 nearly as low as on any day of the winter. Low morning 

 temperatures continued through the first ten days, and 

 another cold period prevailed from the 13th to 18th. From 

 the 18th to the close of the month the weather was almost 

 uniformly mild. 



The monthly mean temperature for April was above the 

 normal by 2.3°. The highest temperatures were mainly 

 recorded on the 25th and were above 80° as a rule. The 

 feature of the month with regard to this element was the 

 sudden and most decided fall on the 20th, amounting almost 

 to a cold wave. South-westerly winds on the 19th made 

 that a mild day, but all the time a large body of cold air was 

 proceeding eastward from the lake regions, following closely 

 in the rear of a storm which was moving down the St. 

 Lawrence valley. By the morning of the 20th the fall in 

 temperature amounted to from 40° to 50°, and the mercury 

 registered below freezing all over the State. The cold 

 was all the more bitter for being so unseasonable. No 

 particular damage was caused by this freeze, as vegetation 

 had not advanced suflSciently. 



Te3iperature axd Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Weather-Ceop Bulletins.] 



Week ending May 10. — Week slightly cooler than usual 

 in the South Atlantic and east Gulf States and over portions 

 of the Middle States and New England. Elsewhere gener- 

 ally over the country the week averaged warmer than usual. 

 More than the usual amount of rain fell over limited areas in 



