REMARKS 



The most marked feature of the weather during the month was 

 the heavy wind storm on the 8th. From 8 p. m. on the 7th to 8 p. m. 

 on the 8lh the total wind movement was 705 miles as recorded by 

 the anemometer. This exceeds any previous daily record at this 

 station. The maximum wind pressure, while high, was considerably 

 less than the station's high record. The wind did considerable 

 damage to trees in the town. The total precipitation was nearly 90 

 per cent more than the normal and only about half an inch less than 

 our maximum April record. On the evening of the 29th considerable 

 snow fell but as it melted on reaching the ground it is only recorded 

 as a trace. 



Other features of interest were not so marked. The mean barom- 

 eter was high and the maximum and minimum both considerably 

 greater than the normals. Fluctuations in pressure were not espe- 

 cially pronounced for the time of year. 



The mean temperature was but slightly less than the normal, while 

 the maximum was higher and the minimum lower than usual, giving 

 a rather large range. The last three days of the month were colder 

 than the first three. 



The mean dew point was practically normal and the relative 

 humidity nearly 10 per cent more than the average record. 



More than half the total rainfall occured during an especially 

 heavy storm about the middle of the month. 



The total wind movemsnt was about 30 per cent more than usual, 

 although it was more than 1500 miles less than for April, 1908. 



The month closed with the season considerably more backward 

 than at the beginning of the month. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 R. C. LINDBLAI), Observer. 



