REMARKS 



The weather during the month of April has been sHghtly 

 colder than usual. The mean temperature for the month was 



44.4 degrees, while the normal for April is 45.8 degrees. The 

 highest temperature was 75 degrees on the 22nd and the lowest 

 24 on the 5th. The normal maximum temperature for April is 



79.5 degrees and the normal minimum is 21.6 degrees. The 

 highest temperature observed in April at this station was 88.5 

 degrees in 1896 and the lowest 8.5 degrees in 1923. Dr. J. K. 

 Shaw reports that both apple and peach buds have come 

 through without injury and prospects at this stage are for a 

 heavy apple crop. He also reports that vegetation was in a 

 normal state of advance at the end of the month. 



The total precipation for the month was 2.33 inches, the 

 normal being 3.27 inches. The total precipitation since January 

 1 is now 12.94 inches. The normal for this period is 13. 72 

 inches. There were only traces of snow during the month. The 

 normal snowfall for April is 2.32 inches. In 1891 eleven inches 

 of snow fell in April. The total wind movement during the 

 month was 5,956 miles, the normal being 5,436 miles. The 

 highest wind velocity recorded was 39 miles per hour on the 

 17th. The prevailing direction was west northwest. The re- 

 lative humidity was 60.1 per cent. There were 211.8 hours of 

 bright sunshine compared with a normal of 221 hours, 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 K. M. WHEELER, Meteorologist 



Observer 



450-1932-4098 



