REMARKS 



The season at the end of March is well advanced around 

 Amherst. There was very little snow on the ground at the 

 beginning of the month and it was practically all removed by the 

 rain on the 6th and 7th. The frost went out of the ground early 

 and country roads are fairly well dried out by the end of the 

 month. Only 4.5 inches of snow fell during the month, while 

 the normal snowfall for March is 8 inches. In 1899 and 1921 

 27 inches of snow fell in March. The total precipitation for the 

 montli was 3.20 inches, and the normal is 3.68 inches. The 

 number of hours of bright sunshine was only 156.7, while the 

 normal amount for March is 201 hours. The mean temperature 

 for the month was 37.8 degrees which is 3.6 degrees higher than 

 normal. The highest temperature was 67.5 degrees on the 13th 

 and 31st. The lowest was 3.5 degrees on the 10th. The wind 

 movement was 6087 miles which is slightly higher than normal, 

 the normal being 5738 miles. The prevailing direction was west 

 southwest. The barometer showed a range of 1.41 inches com- 

 pared witli a normal of 1.35 inches, the maximum and minimum 

 both being slightly lower than normal. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 L. O. JONES Meteorologist. 



Observer. 



