REMARKS 



The weather during March was warmer than usual 

 with less rain and snow than normal. The normal mean 

 temperature for March is 34.2 degrees, while this year the 

 mean temperature was 37.4 degrees. The highest tempera- 

 ture was 79 degrees on the 23rd. This has been exceeded 

 only twice since 1889. In March 1907 and 1921 maximum 

 readings of 79.5 degrees were recorded. The lowest temper- 

 ature during the past month was degrees on the 4th. 

 The total heating load for the current season to the end 

 of March is 5805 degree-days, as compared to a normal 

 of 5966 degree-days for that period. 



The total precipitation during the month was 2 inches, 

 the normal for March being 3.68 inches. Only 1.25 inches 

 of snow fell during the month, the normal being 8.11 

 inches. There were 189 hours of bright sunshine compared 

 to a normal of 201 hours. There was slightly less wind than 

 usual, with a total of 5117 miles. The normal is 5738 miles. 



Dr. J. K. Shaw of the Pomology Department makes 

 the following comments: "The past winter, while more 

 severe than the previous ones, does not seem to have caused 

 much damage to fruit plants. Peach fruit buds were badly 

 killed in some orchards, while others came through with 

 plenty of live buds. It was a winter that will bring out the 

 value of good air drainage for peach orchard sites. There 

 has been some winter injury to more tender fruit plants. 

 Because the ground was bare much of the time, some in- 

 jury to strawberry crowns may appear later." 



