REMARKS 



The weather during the month of March was somewhat 

 colder than usual, with less sunshine than normal and slightly 

 greater precipitation than usual. The mean temperature for the 

 month was 32.9 degrees, the normal being 34 2, The highest 

 temperature was 57 degrees on the 17th and the lowest was 

 7 decrees on the 11th. The normal maximum for March is 63.9 

 degrees and the normal minimum is 5.7 degrees. The total pre- 

 cipitation during the month was 4.79 inches, the normal being 

 3.68 inches. Six inches of snow fell during the month while the 

 usual snowfall in March is 8.11 inches. There were about 5 inches 

 of snow on the ground on the 1st, This had melted by the 8th. 

 Two and one-half inches of snow fell on the 19th and this melted 

 by the 23rd. The total precipitation since the first of the year is 

 now 10.81 inches. The normal precipitation for this period is 

 10.45 inches. There were 168.8 hours of bright sunshine, the 

 normal being 201 hours. The total wind movement for the month 

 was 6988 as compared with a normal wind movement of 5738. 

 The maximum velocity was 45 miles per hour on the 9th. The 

 prevailing direction was Northwest. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw reports that peach buds have come through 

 the winter satisfactorily in spite of the warm weather during Janu- 

 ary and February. There has been some injury on low land but 

 not enough to be considered serious. 



It may be of interest to note that the total snowfall during the 

 past winter up to March 31 was 42.50 inches. The normal snow- 

 fall for this period is 46.42 inches. The mean temperature for the 

 period from November 1, 1932 to March 31, 1933 was 32.5 degrees. 

 The normal temperature for this period is 29.5 degrees. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 HERBERT JENKINS, Meteorologist 



Obsen'er 



450-1933-6861 



