REMARKS. 



The weather for Amherst and vicinity during the month of April 

 has been bacliward. The lateness of the season was caused largely 

 by the heavy rainfall during the lirst half of the month and the low 

 temperature which left the ground cold and wet. The mean temper- 

 ature for the month however was 1"' above the normal. But the 

 rainfall was excessive, being two and one-half inches above normal. 

 Nearly five inches of rain fell during the first fifteen days and this 

 with the snow on the hillside caused an unusual overflow of the Con- 

 necticut river which did much damage in the valley. 



The month's precipitation for Amherst has been the greatest since 

 1857. The few warm days at the end of the month has caused veg- 

 etation to start rapidly. 



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



The weather for Massachusetts for the month of April, 1895, was 

 influenced by the passage of six cyclones and four anticyclones. Of 

 the former three moved easterly to the north and one to the south of 

 us, while two passed across our district from west to east. Most of 

 the cyclonic and anticyclonic areas were large and energetic, and 

 moved very slowly. The most marked characteristics of the weather 

 was the extremely heavy rainstorm on the 13th— 14lh, and the thun- 

 der showers and rain in an anticyclone during the last week of the 

 month. 



At Boston the temperature averaged nearly one degree a day above 

 the normal for April. The highest was «0'^ on the 'ioth and the low- 

 est 27° on the 11th. The warmest day was on the 25th when the 

 mean was 17° above the normal for that day. At Somerset the tem- 

 perature averaged over 2° a day above the normal. 



The precipitation at Somerset was 1.65 inclies above the normal 

 and at Boston it was only .02 inch above. The precipitation was 

 greater than the normal over all central and western parts of the 

 state and in most sections the amount has been sufficient to thor- 

 oughly soak the ground and fill the reservoirs. The heavy rain of 

 the *Jth filled the ground pretty well, so that of tiie loth and 14th 

 overflowed, filling the rivers and flooding the valleys. The rain in 

 Vermont and New Hampshire on the last named dates was much 

 heavier than in this state and added to the melting snow it gave a 

 volume of water that did much tlamage in the JMerrimac and Connec- 

 ticut valleys. The spring was considered quite backward, and the 

 overflowing of the meadows and intervales greatly hindered work and 

 left the ground cold and wet. 



The rain has served to start grass and winter grain along finely 

 and all fruit buds are showing great promise. Over the drier sec- 

 tions of the state considerable land has been put in readiness for 

 planting but very little seed has been put in yet. 



F. L. WARREN, Observer. 



