REMARKS. 



The past mouth has been a typical March, cold aiyl windy in its 

 early days, and warm and springlike toward its close. The mean 

 temperature has been considerably below our normal temperature, — 

 about five degrees,— that of the 1st, 19th, 22d, 2Gth, 30th, and 31st 

 instants only, being above the normal. The range of barometric 

 pressures has been unusually large, varying from 30.28 inches to 28.77 

 inches of mercury. The total wind movement for the month was the 

 largest on record here for March, 8182 miles; the greatest daily 

 movement being 620 miles on the 4th instant. 



The snowfall on the 15th-16th instants was the heaviest of the 

 winter ; the total for the month being the same as that for March, 

 1890, seventeen inches. The total precipitation was unusually heavy, 

 6.11 inches, and considerable damage was done to the roads and 

 fields by erosion, by the storms of Feb. 29 to March 3, March 19 to 

 20th, and March 29 to 30th. 



'' Seven cyclonic and six anticyclonic areas influenced our weather 

 during the month. Of the former three passed easterly to the north 

 of us, one moved across our district from the south, one from the 

 west, and two moved up the Eastern coast. The high pressure areas 

 were generally energetic and were accompanied by low temperatures. 

 The heavy rains of Feb. 29 to March 3d occurred in a storm which 

 moved from the southwest over eastern New York, across southern 

 New England from west to east, on the first, and then passed slowly 

 along our coast, increasing in energy. Roads were badlj' washed 

 aud much damage was done along river valleys by high water and 

 broken ice. It is feared that in some sections the frequent freezing 

 and tliawing of the ground has worked some injury to clover and 

 other grasses." (J. Warren Smith, New England Weather Bureau.) 



LEONARD METCALF, Acting Meteorologist. 

 C. A. KING, Observer. 



