REMARKS. 



The following was furnished in part by the New England weather 

 Service. 



The weather for the month was intluenced by the passage eastward 

 of nine cyclonic and the same number of anticyclonic areas. Of the 

 former five moved to the north of New England, one passed across 

 oar district from the west, one passed to the east and south of us and 

 two moved up the eastern coast. The storm which passed to the 

 north of New England on the 26th developed a secondary depression 

 over southern New England, this in turn moving up our eastern coast 

 and causing extremely high winds and considerable loss of life ; three 

 men were lost from a fishing schooner near Gloucester and twelve 

 men from three barges that were wrecked near Point Judith, R. I. 



The month was generally mild in eastern though colder in central 

 and western districts. At Boston the maximum temperature was 

 nl'^ on the 7th and the minimum 4^ on the 5tli, the 5th being the 

 coldest of the month with a mean temperature of only 10"^. The 

 warmest day was the i;3lh with a mean of 43°. The accumulated 

 excess for the mouth was 107° or nearly 3.5® a day above the normal. 



There was an unusually large number of stormy days at this sta- 

 tion but the precipitation for the month was nearly half an inch 

 below the normal fall. From one to two feet of snow came during 

 the month and except along the immediate coast the ground has been 

 fairly well covered. The covering has been sufficient to protect all 

 roots from cold, but the partial melting of the snow and the freezing 

 into ice around the roots and in low places has undoubtedly done 

 some injury. There has been no cold severe enough to injure fruit 

 buds or trees. The water supply continues low in many towns. 



At Amherst the temperature was about 2° above normal and the 

 precipitation a little above the normal ; the coldest day was on the 

 3d, and the greatest depth of snow fell on the 26th. 



C. D. WARNER, Meteorologist. 



FRANK L. WARREN, Assistant. 



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