REMARKS 



The forwardness of the season, so pronounced when the 

 month opened, was practically all lost when the month closed. 

 The first three weeks of the month were practically free from 

 precipitation and the danger of forest fires very marked. A 

 heavy rainstorm on the 22nd materially relieved the droughty 

 conditions. Thunder storms were few and of but little intensity. 

 The number of gales was large and several were of considerable 

 intensity. 



The records of the several weather elements show the fol- 

 lowing features of interest: The mean barometer was high for 

 April and the range of pressure less than usual. The pressure in 

 general was rather unsteady with minor fluctuations, at times 

 rather rapid. 



The total wind movement was about the average amount 

 and came rather persistently from the northwest quadrant. 



The mean hourly temperature was about one degree below 

 the normal and the range of temperature abnormally large, due 

 to a very high maximum for the month. 



The minimum temperature was about the average value. 

 The range of temperature on the 16th of 44 degrees was extrcmel}^ 

 large for this station. 



The mean dewpoint was below the normal and the relative 

 humidity nearly normal. 



The total precipitation was a little more than one half the 

 usual amount and about two-thirds of it occurred during a single 

 storm. There was a snow storm of two inches early in the 

 month. Thin ice on shallow water was formed near the close of 

 the month. 



The amount of bright sunshine was nearly normal. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 W. H. PARKIN, Observer. 



