greatest in the northwestern portion of the State. The heavy 

 snow storms were on the 1st and 6th. Generally speaking, 

 the weather of the month was characteristic of the season. 



March: The weather was warmer and more pleasant than 

 usual, with an absence of severe storms and high winds. The 

 temperature did not fall below zero in any portion of the 

 section, and there were no marked extremes in either maxi- 

 mum or minimum temperatures. The precipitation was of 

 frequent occurrence, but with slight exceptions the amounts 

 were not excessive. The monthly amounts were deticient in 

 nearlv all sections. The snowfall of the month ranged from 

 3 to 10 inches, and at the close of the month the ground was 

 bare. 



April: The average precipitation and temperature were 

 generally below normal, though the departures were not great 

 in any section. The minimum temperatures occurred on the 

 4th and 5th, and the maximum temperatures on the 26th. 

 The precipitation was well distributed through the month, 

 there being few davs without measurable amounts in some 

 section of the State. The amounts were, however, generally 

 light to moderate, very few stations having a total amount 

 of more than 1 inch in twenty-four hours. At the close of 

 the month the season was considered somewhat later than the 

 averaa'e. 



Temperature and Eaiistfall foe the "Whole Couxtky. 



[From United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 



TFee/r endinrj Mcnj 11. — The mean tem]:)erature was 

 slightly above normal in the extreme southern portions of 

 Florida and Texas, and above the nonnal along the immediate 

 northern border from Idaho eastward to the upper Michigan 

 Peninsula. Elsewhere the mean temperature was below the 

 normal, the weather being decidedly cool throughout the mid- 

 dle Eocky Mountain slope, central valleys, and interior 

 portions of the Gulf and Atlantic coast districts. The mini- 

 mum temperatures were below freezing in the middle Rocky 

 Mountain and Plateau regions and along the extreme north- 

 ern border eastward of the upper Missouri valley. The 



