REMARKS. 



The month has been unusually warm and dry- The temperature 

 was about 3° above normal while the precipitation measured about 

 one-half the average for April for the period of sixty years. 



Vegetation is forward and fruit trees, with the exception of peach 

 trees, Indicate an abundant harvest. The last frost was recorded on 

 the seventeenth. Farmers are ahead with their work. 



The following report is furnished by the New England Weather 

 Service : 



The weather for April has been very favorable for all farm work 

 and for seeding. The month as a whole has been warm with plenty 

 of sunshine, while the precipitation has been below the usual amount 

 except on the immediate coast. 



Five cyclonic and six anticyclonic areas influenced the weather. 

 Of the former two passed eastward to the north of New England, 

 causing southerly winds and warm rains ; one moved across our dis- 

 trict from west to east with general rains, and two passed easterly to 

 the south of us, one moving directly east onto the ocean and the 

 other curving northerly up our seaboard. Both of the last named 

 gave northerly winds and snow. The amount of snow was least in 

 the western section and heaviest along the coast ; it came as a sur- 

 prise but probably did much more good than harm, as it supplied 

 much needed moisture. At the end of the month, there is a general 

 complaint of the dryness of the ground and of the lack of water in 

 springs and wells. There is a deficiency of several inches in the 

 rainfall since the first of January in the greater part of the state. 

 In eastern Maine this deficiency amounts to ten inches, but it is much 

 less in Massachusetts. 



The nights have been cool with frost during the last week. This 

 has served to hold the fruit buds somewhat in check, notwithstanding 

 the warm sunshiny days, and it is hoped they will be able to stand 

 any frost that is generally expected in May. It is generally reported 

 that peaches were injured to the extent of G0% to 80% by the cold 

 wave in February, but other fruits now promise very well. A report 

 comes from Grafton, Mass. of raspberry bushes being badly winter 

 killed. At the end of the month the season, both in the appearance 

 of vegetation and the farm work on the land is fully ten days ahead 

 of the average. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 

 FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



