REMARKS 



The weather during the month of April was shghtly colder 

 than usual, with the exception of the last ten days of the month when 

 the weather was almost continuously warm and pleasant. The mean 

 temperature for the month was 45 degrees, the norm.al being 45.8. 

 The highest temperature was 86 degrees on the 27th and the lowest, 

 23 on the 4th. The normal maximum temperature for April is 79.5 

 degrees and the normal minimum, 21.6 degrees. The highest tempera- 

 ture observed in April at this station is 88.5 degrees in 1896. The 

 total heating load for the current year to the end of April is 6487, 

 the normal being 6466. Last year the heating load for this period was 

 7145. The total precipitation during the month was 2.54 inches; the 

 normal, 3.27 inches. The total precipitation since the first of the year 

 is now 11.48 inches. The normal for this period is 13.72 inches. 

 There was 1 inch of snow on the 17th. The greatest snowfall at the 

 latest date in the spring was 6 inches on April 12 and 13, 1933. 

 There was less sunshine than usual, with 191 hours. The normal for 

 the month is 221 hours. The total wind movement was 5197 miles 

 with a normal of 5436 miles. The highest velocity was 40 miles an 

 hour on the 18th, 25th and 28th. This is the highest wind velocity 

 recorded at the station for the month of April. 



A. H. Madden, Observer C. I. Gunness, Meteorologist 



