REMARKS 



The weather during March was cold and wintry with snow on 

 the ground throughout most of the month. The mean temperature 

 for the month was 30.9 degrees, the normal for March being 34.4 

 degrees. It is interesting to note that the mean temperature for 

 February of this year was 27.8 degrees while the mean temperature 

 during March is normally 10.7 degrees higher than in February. 

 The domestic heating load for March was 1057 degree-days while 

 the normal for March is 949 degree-days. The total heating load 

 for the winter to the end of March is 5640 degree-days, the normal 

 for this period being 5919 degree-days. 



A total of 20 inches of snow fell during the month. The storm 

 on the 11th, 12th, and 13th was generally recognized as the heaviest 

 snowfall in March since the great storm of 1888. Twelve inches of 

 snow fell during the days mentioned and this was preceded with 6 

 inches on the 9th. The total precipitation during the month was 

 4.49 inches, the normal being 3.70 inches. There were 217 hours of 

 bright sunshine which is well above the average of 199 hours. A 

 high wind velocity of 48 miles per hour was recorded on the 7th. 



