generallv covered with snow throuohout the month. This 

 month, Avith its low temperature, completed one of the 

 coldest winters of authentic record. At Boston the mean 

 temperature for the three months, — December, January 

 and February, 1904-05, — 24. (S°, is the lowest for the winter 

 months since 1871, excepting 24.4° in 1908-04 and 24.5° in 

 1873-74. 



The weather of March was exceptionally pleasant for this 

 month, there being an entire absence of the severe storms 

 frequently prevalent. The temperature was lower than the 

 average until the closing decade, when there was a sudden 

 change from winter to spring-like weather. The heavy ac- 

 cumulation of snow and ice on the ground disappeared gradu- 

 ally with the warmer weather, and no destructive freshets 

 resulted. At the close of the month the oround was gener- 

 ally bare. The high temperature and other weather condi- 

 tions were unfavorable to the flow of sap, and the maple 

 sugar crop was below the average in fjuantity. 



April was very pleasant, there being no marked departures 

 from the average in the several elements of temperature, 

 precipitation and sunshine. The day temperatures were 

 generally below the average, while the night temperatures 

 did not fall as low as usual in April. The mercury fell to 

 freezino^ or below in nearlv all sections durinoj the month, 

 and snow flurries and thin ice were reported. The [)recipi- 

 tation, while somewhat below the average, was fairh^ well 

 distributed. The weather conditions were generally favor- 

 able to farming operations. The month closed with the 

 season near the average. 



Temperature and Rainfall for the Whole Country. 



[From United States Climate ani> Crop Bulletins.] 



Week ending May 8. — The Aveek was warmer than usual 

 in the Atlantic coast and Gulf districts, the central valleys, 

 the greater part of the Lake region and the extreme north 

 Pacific coast. From the northern part of the upper Lake 

 region westward to central Montana and throughout the cen- 

 tral and southern Plateau and Pacific coast regions the week 

 was cooler than usual. Over the northern portion of the 



