the close of the month the ground was generally bare, snow 

 being found only in the woods and protected places. 



The weather during March was very pleasant, although 

 unseasonal, and some of its elements were phenomenal 

 and without precedent in .a century of authentic meteoro- 

 logical records. The precipitation was largely in excess, 

 the monthly amounts being from iy2 to 2 inches above the 

 normal. The snowfall was, however, unusually light, and 

 at the , close of the month there was none on the <rround. 

 The temperature conditions of March were by far the most 

 interesting, and abnormal features of the month. The 

 monthly mean temperature was the highest of official rec- 

 ords, covering a period of thirty-two years, and averaged 

 about 10° above the normal for March. According to au- 

 thentic records, covering a period of one hundred years, the 

 month was the warmest of its name within a century. As 

 a result, vegetation and farming operations were reported 

 from two to four weeks in advance of the average season. 



The weather of April was uneventful, and generally char- 

 acteristic of the season. The tem})erature was somewhat in 

 excess, ranging about 1.5° above the monthly normal. The 

 precipitation was near the normal, the departures generally 

 being from one-quarter to one-half below the usual monthly 

 amounts. Generally speaking, April was a pleasant month. 

 At its clo.se the season was estimated to be from a week to 

 ten days in advance of the normal. 



Tempekatukp: and Rainfall for the "Whole Coitntry. 



[From United States Climate and Crop Bulletins.] 

 Week endimj May 4. — The week averaged slightly 

 warmer than usual over portions of California and the north 

 Pacific coast, over the east portion of the Lake region and 

 in the Middle Atlantic States. Throughout the central 

 vallej's, southern States and Rocky Mountain districts the 

 temperature averaged below normal. The mininmm tem- 

 peratures Avere unusually low in the middle and northern 

 Rocky Mountain regions, and in all districts eastward to 

 northern New England. More than the average amount of 

 rain fell over an area extending from Kansas north-east- 



