REMARKS 



The weather during the month was generally seasonable and the 

 general advance of the season, so marked during April, was some" 

 what checked. Only one frost was recorded and that was before the 

 middle of the month. The amount of sunshine was large and there 

 were but few cloudy days. The coldest day was late in the month. 

 An unusually heavy downpour of rain occurred on the 29th, and for 

 nearly two hours the streets were flooded and the roads were washed 

 out. At the close of the month the season was about ten days ahead 

 of the normal. 



A comparison of the records with the normals for this station 

 shows the following features of interest: The mean barometer was 

 higher than usual and the range less than normal. Notwithstanding 

 the comparatively steady barometer the wind movement was nearly 

 twenty per cent more than usual. The wind was more variable in 

 direction than usual. 



The mean temperature was slightly higher than the normal and 

 the range was about the usual amount. 



The mean dew'-point and relative humidity were both relatively 

 high. 



The total precipitation was about tw-enty per cent more than the 

 normal, due to the heavy shower, referred to above, near the close of 

 the month. The ground has had an excess of moisture during the 

 whole spring season. 



Although the wind movement was large there was but one moder- 

 ate gale recorded. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 

 H. W. POOLE, Observer. 



