REMARKS 



During the month the weather was exceptionally pleasant for the 

 time of year. With but three cloudy days during the month and 

 those at the beginning and ending of the period, an unusually long 

 interval of fair weather occurred. 



An unusually light precipitation, in fact, the smallest for March 

 since 1889, was a very noticeable feature ; especially as nearly the 

 whole of it occurred during the first week of the month. The transi- 

 tion from Winter to Spring was practically completed during the 

 month, and when the month closed the season was about three weeks 

 in advance of normal conditions. 



The records of the various weather elements show the follov/ing 

 features : The mean pressure was high, and the range considerably 

 less than usual. The fluctuations were not large for this season of 

 the year. While the total wind movement was about normal, the 

 changes of direction were more numerous than usual. 



The mean temperature was about six degrees higher than the nor- 

 mal, and the range considerably greater than usual. Several of the 

 daily maximums near the end of the month were unusually high; the 

 highest of these — ^78 degrees — has been succeeded but once in 



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March during the past twenty years. The minimum for the month 

 was nearly eight degrees above the normal. The mean dew point 

 was nearly three degrees above the normal, and the relative humid- 

 ity slightly lower than usual. 



The total precipitation was about one-third of the normal, and all 

 of it occurred as rain. There was a thunder storm on the evening 

 of the 6th and morning of the 7th, and since that time but little pre- 

 cipitation has been noted. 



The number of hours of bright sunshine was the largest for March 

 on our records here. The large difference between this record and 

 the amount of cloudiness observed is largely due to the fact that the 

 mornings and evenings, when the observed cloudiness is taken, were 

 much more cloudy than during the middle of the day. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 C. M. DAMON, Observer. 



