REMARKS 



The weather during the month of March has been unusually 

 clear, and there has been a large amount of wind and an absence 

 of snow. While the lack of snow may have given the impression 

 that we were experiencing an early spring, we find the season in 

 a normal stage of advance at the end of the month. The mean 

 temperature during ths month was practically normal, being 35 

 degrees and the normal being 34.2 degrees. The highest temp- 

 erature was only 56 degrees on the 13th, while the normal max- 

 imum is 63.9 degrees. The lowest temperature was 14 degrees 

 on the 3rd, and the normal minimum is 5.7 degrees. It is inter- 

 esting to note that in April 1906 the thermometer recorded -7.5 

 degrees. We are informed by the Department of Pomology that 

 there has been no injury to peach buds, except possibly on low 

 orchards. The total rainfall for the month was 3.95 inches. The 

 normal rainfall for March is 3.68 inches. No snow fell and the 

 ground was bare throughout the month. The normal snowfall 

 for March is 8.11 inches. In March 1899 there was a total snow- 

 fall of 27 inches. In only one year previously has there been no 

 snow during March. This was in 1921. Rain fell on 10 days, 

 while the normal number of days of rain during March is 11. The 

 amount of sunshine during the month was unusually high, being 

 236.1 hours. The normal is 201 honrs. There were 16 clear 

 days, 9 fair days and 6 cloudy days. The total wind movement 

 was 6828 miles, the normal being 5738 miles. The highest vel- 

 ocity was observed on the 13th with a maximum of 30 miles per 

 hour. The mean relative humidity for the month was 61.6 per 

 cent. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 D. F. MURPHY, Meteorologist 



Observer 



