REMARKS 



The weather for the month was generally seasonable. In as 

 much as there had been no accumulation of snow during the 

 winter, the spring freshets due to melting snow were lacking. The 

 precipitation during the month was 1.17 inches which is only 30 

 percent of the normal for this station. The snowfall was 12.25 

 inches which happens to be equal to the total snowfall for the 

 winter up to March 1st. 



The temperature was higher than normal in all respects. The 

 maximun was 5.8 degrees higher than normal; the minimum, 2.3 

 degrees higher than normal; and the mean 1.2 degrees higher than 

 the average temperature for March. 



The total wind movement was 6613 miles which is 17 percent 

 more than normal and more than usual was from the north west 

 quadrant. The barometric pressure was slighth^ lower than nor- 

 mal and showed less than the nornial fluctuation. 



Slightly less cloudiness than normal was recorded. There were 

 11 clear days, 12 fair days, and 8 cloudy days. The total hours 

 of bright sunshine was 214 which is 7 percent higher than normal. 

 The relative humidity was 80.2 percent which is 5.6 percent 

 higher than normal. 



C. I. GUNNESS, Meteorologist 

 H. BAUMGARTNER, Observer. 



