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REMARKS. 



March has proved to be a stormy and disagreeable month and 

 presented a marked contrast to the conditions prevailing a year ago. 

 Gales and rain and snow storms have been of frequent occurrence 

 and generally distributed throughout the month so that the equinoc- 

 tial period, though stormy, is lacking in prominence. 



Comparisons of some of the weather elements with normal con- 

 ditions show the following characteristics of interest. The baromet- 

 ric fluctuations have been especially noticeable and the range 

 unusually large. The rapid changes on the yth and 8th, the 19th 

 and 20th and the 2Sth and 29th are the most marked. The mean 

 pressure for the month is slightly below the normal. 



The precipitation was abnormally large being more than twice the 

 monthly mean and the greatest for the month of March on the 

 records of this station. The snowfall was also much more than 

 usual. The relative humidity and per cent, of cloudiness were both 

 considerably above the normal. While the gales of more than 35 

 miles per hour were frequent the total wind movement was consider- 

 ably below the March average. 



The mean temperature was nearly normal and the range consider- 

 ably below the average. 



At the close of the month snow still covered a greater part of the 

 ground and the prospects for beginning work on the ground at an 

 early date not promising. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, 

 A. C. MONAHAN, Meteorologist. 



Ohsen'er. 



