REMARKS 



The weather during April was normal in most respects. The 

 mean temperature for the month was 45 degrees which is .8 of a 

 degree lower than the normal. The lowest temperature was 24 degrees 

 on the first. The mean minimum for April is 21.6 degrees. The num- 

 ber of degree-days for April was 601. This makes a total of 6142 

 degree-days for the season to the end of April. The normal for this 

 period is 6542 degree-days. 



It is of interest to note that the temperature did not drop to 

 2ero during the past winter. This has happened only once previously 

 since 1837. In the winter of 1931-32 there was no zero weather, the 

 minimum being 3 above in February. This winter the minimum was 

 5 above in November. The mean temperature for the past winter, 

 however, was not as high as in 1931-32. 



The total precipitation for the month was 4.03 inches, the 

 normal for April being 3.27 inches. The total precipitation since 

 the first of January is now 15.02 inches, the normal being 13.72 

 inches. Half an inch of snow fell during the month, while the 

 average snowfall in April is 2.32 inches. The total snowfall for the 

 winter is 23.25 inches which is the least ever recorded at this station 

 since records were first taken in 1889. The nearest approach to this 

 low record was 25 inches in 1912-13. The normal annual snowfall 

 is 48.38 inches. It may be of interest to recall that in 1892-93 there 

 was a total snowfall of 81.75 inches. 



There were 208 hours of bright sunshine, while the normal 

 for April is 221 hours. 



Dr. Shaw of the Pomology Department gives the following 

 comments on the fruit crop: "Continued cold weather during April 

 has retarded the development of fruit plants but a few warm days 

 will bring trees into bloom. Considerable winter injury of blueberry 

 plants and strawberry crowns has appeared, but tree fruits show no 

 injury. Prospects are for a heavy bloom of peaches and other tree 

 fruits." 



