REMARKS. 



The month was characterized by high winds, low temperature and 

 rapid changes in pressure. 



A severe storm of wind occurred on the 20th. 



Eighteen inches of snow fell the 2-2nd ; the total amount for the 

 month being 4:8f inches, which is greatly above normal. Six inches 

 of snow was on the ground at the middle of the month ; 15 inches 

 at its close. 



The government forecasts were correct for Amherst as follows : 

 Boston 89.6 per cent. Washington 95.2 per cent. 



The foUowiug is furnished by the director of the New England 

 Weather Service : 



The weather for the month througout the state was influenced by 

 a large number of cyclones and anticyclones and they moved with 

 unusual rapidity and energy ; there were ten cyclones and nine anti- 

 cyclones ; the former predominated in force and time and caused 

 large and very rapid changes in air pressure. 



It was a month of unusual disaster to shipping along our coast 

 and a large number of lives were sacrificed to the waves. The 

 storm of the 20th was most severe over western and northern New 

 England and its equal has probably not been seen for years in this 

 section. The amount of snowfall was not great in the south but it 

 was accompanied by extremely low temperature and was driven by 

 a high gale. A large number of cases of suffering and even death 

 have been reported from this storm. It formed over the Lake re- 

 gion and passed eastward directly across our district during the 

 night of the 19th-20th, with a fall of pressure below 29.0 inches. 



The mean temperature was from 2° to 5*^ below the normal for 

 the month. At Boston the daily mean was above the normal on the 

 1st to 3d, 6th, 7th and 10th to 16th and below on the other dates. 

 The coldest day was the Sth with a mean of only n"^ above zero and 

 the warmest was the 15th with a mean of 46^. The precipitation at 

 this station was 2.65 inches above the normal. The total snowfall 

 was oD inches ; it varied from 30 to over 50 inches throughout the 

 state. From one to two or more feet lay on the ground through the 

 greater part of the month thoroughly protecting all grass and grain 

 crops. 



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