REMARKS. 



The mean temperature at Amherst was about 10" above normal 

 and the precipitation much below the normal. The warm weather 

 during the tirst part of the month started the buds so that man}' were 

 injured during the cold weather which followed, peach buds espec- 

 ially. The ground is nearly settled and plowing is being done. The 

 most brilliant aurora ever witnessed in Massachusetts was seen on 

 the 30th inst. 



The following is furnished by the N. E. Weather Service : 



The weather of the past month has been abnormal in many ways. 

 Never before at Boston, in the history of the weather bureau, has 

 the mean temperature for the month of March been so high ; never 

 has the mean for the three consecutive warmest days, or the mean 

 for any single day been so great, and never has the total precipita- 

 tion for the month been so small. 



The daily mean temperature for the month was 13'' above the 

 normal, being 27^ above on the 19th. It was above the normal from 

 the 1st to 23d inclusive, below on the 24th, above on the 25th, below 

 on the 26th to 3Uth, and above on 31sl. On the 27th the tempera- 

 ture fell to 20° at Boston and did not rise above 32"^ at any time 

 during the day ; the mean for this day was 12" below the normal. 



The precipitation was less than one inch and was almost three and 

 one-half inches below the usual amount for the month. The wind 

 movement was unusually small, and the maximum for the month 

 only 36 miles an hour, occurring on the 16th from the west. 



Eleven cyclonic and nine anticyclonic areas influenced our weather 

 for the month. Eight of the former passed to the north of Massa- 

 chusetts and two passed over our district in the form of a long, low, 

 pressure trough. The northerly movement of the storm areas, thus 

 giving us prevailing southerly winds, explains the high temperature 

 for the month. 



The cold wave of the 26th was widespread, and in other sections 

 very injurious. It came with the eighth high pressure area for the 

 month which spread from the far Northwest over the entire central 

 and eastern parts of the country on the 26th and 2Sth. On the 

 morning of the 27th the freezing line had moved south to the Gulf 

 of Mexico, the mercury indicating only 18" at Atlanta, Ga., and 32'* 

 at Jacksonville, Fla. Reports indicate that in Massachusetts the 

 fruit buds were not advanced enough to be injured by this cold snap 

 except possibly peaches ; these were severely injured during the cold 

 spell in February and were undoubted further damaged this month. 



The aurora of the 30th was one of the most brilliant ever witnessed 

 in eastern Massachusetts. The streamers covered the entire heavens 

 most of the time from S to 9 p. m. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 



FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



