REMARKS 



The weather during the month of March has been somewhat 

 cooler than normal. The mean temperature for the month was 

 31.9 degrees while the normal temperature for March is 34.2 de- 

 grees. The highest temperature of the month was 55 degrees on 

 the 26th and 31st. The normal maximum temperature for March 

 is 63.9 degrees. The lowest temperature was 9 degrees on the 

 9th. The normal minimum temperature is 5.7 degrees. Now 

 that the end of winter has been reached it may be interesting to 

 consider the temperatures for the winter months. Temperature 

 records are available for Amherst from 1838 to date. This is the 

 first winter during this period that the temperature has not drop- 

 ped below zero. In the winter of 1889-1890 there was no zero wea- 

 ther during December, January or February, but the temperature 

 dropped to -6.5 in March. The mean temperature for the past 

 winter from November 1 to March 31 was 33.5 degrees. The nor- 

 mal mean for the same months based on a 40-year average is 29.5 

 degrees. Dr. J. K. Shaw reports that fruit buds have come 

 through the winter in good condition. The cool weather in March 

 has been favorable in that buds have been held back, decreasing 

 the danger from frost. Apparently no harm was done by the 

 warm winter weather. 



The total snowfall for the past winter was 41 inches. The nor- 

 mal snowfall is 48.38 inches. There was a total snowfall of 8.75 

 inches during the past month. The normal snowfall for March 

 is 8.11 inches. The snow storm on the 28th was unusual for this 

 late date, with a total fall of 7 inches. The total precipitation for 

 the month was 4.24 inches, the normal being 3.68 inches. The 

 total precipitation since January 1 is 10.61 inches. The normal 

 precipitation for the same period is 10.45 inches. The total wind 

 movement for the month was 7628 miles compared with a normal 

 of 5738 miles. On the 8th a maximum wind velocity of 48 miles 

 per hour was recorded. The prevailing wind direction was west 

 northwest. There was a total of 178 hours of bright sunshine 

 during the month. The normal hours of bright sunshine for 

 March are 201 hours. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 K. M. WHEELER, Meteorologist 



Observer 



450-1932-4098 



