REMARKS 



The season's advance, so marked at the close of last month, was 

 slightly checked during April. Although the month was considera- 

 bly warmer than usual — in fact, the mean temperature was higher 

 than any previous April record at this station — variations in tem- 

 perature were rather marked, and some of the coolest days occurred 

 near the end of the month. The precipitation record, following the 

 unusually small amount of the previous month, continued light until 

 the storm of the 25th-26th, when more than one-half the total for 

 the month fell. 



Comparing the records with the normals for the station, the fol- 

 lowing features are noted : The mean barometer was practically 

 normal and the range unusually small for the time of year. Changes 

 of pressure we're generally small and slow. The wind directions 

 were more variable than usual. 



The mean temperature was about five degrees higher than the 

 normal, and the maximum and minimum both a few degrees above 

 the April normal for these records. The range was rather small. 



Although the first three weeks of the month were much dryer than 

 usual, the heavy precipitation of the last week made the total for the 

 month slightly more than normal. The mean dew point was slightly 

 below, and the relative humidity a little above the normal. 



While the total wind movement was a little more than the average 

 only a single gale was recorded. 



The amount of sunshine recorded was unusually large and the 

 number of cloudy days correspondingly small. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 C. M. DAMON, Observer. 



