REMARKS 



The weather during the month was abnormal in several respects 

 and furnished some interesting records. The most noticeable features 

 were the high temperature at the equinoctial period, when summer 

 heat was registered, and the rapid fall in temperature on the 28th- 

 29th, when a drop of 56 degrees occurred in fifteen hours. 



The month, taken as a whole, was much more like April than 

 March, and the season was fully three weeks in advance of normal 

 conditions when the month closed. There was no snow during the 

 month and most of the frost had left the ground soon after the month 

 opened. 



The mean barometer was abnormally high and the range of 

 pressure quite small for the time of year. Changes in pressure were 

 quite marked however, and the resulting wind movement was con- 

 siderably more than the normal. The prevailing wind direction from 

 the southwest quadrant was rather unusual for this station. 



The mean hourly temperature was more than eight degrees 

 higher than usual, making it the warmest March on our records. The 

 temperature record for March, 1903, was, however, almost as high. 



The maximum temperature was more than seventeen degrees 

 higher than the average value for March, and was the highest since 

 1907. The minimum temperature was more than ten degrees above 

 the normal for this feature. On the 28th the temperature fell 35 

 degrees in five hours. 



The mean dew-point was nearly seven degrees higher than usual 

 and the relative humidity was below the normal. 



The total precipitation was about five-sixths of the normal and 

 was well distributed throughout the month. 



The amount of sunshine was comparatively large. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 

 H. W. POOLE, Observer. 



