REMARKS 



During the the month of March the transition from winter to spring 

 weather was practically completed. Early in the month one of the 

 heaviest snowstorms of the winter occurred and zero temperature was 

 registered, while by the last week of the month nearly all of the snow 

 had disappeared and mild, sunny days were prevalent. The melting 

 of the snow was gradual so that the streams were less swollen than 

 is often the case. At the close of the month the season's advance 

 was slightly ahead of normal conditions, and much of the frost was 

 out of the ground. 



The records of the several weather elements show the following 

 interesting features : The mean barometer was considerably higher 

 than the normal and the range less that usual. While the wind 

 movement was rather large it was due to many moderate gales rather 

 than extremely high velocities. 



The maximum temperature was about four degrees lower than the 

 normal while the minimum was more than six degrees lower than 

 usual, giving a rather large range. The mean temperature was less 

 than a degree below the normal. 



The mean dew point was rather low and the relative humidity about 

 three points above the normal for this station. 



The total precipitation was about ninety per cent, of the normal. 

 The most severe storms were a heavy snowfall of more than two days 

 duration, shortly after the opening of the month and a heavy rain- 

 storm, mostly during the night of the 27th. 



The amount of sunshine was considerably more than the normal 

 and about three-fourths of the days were either clear or fair. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 



W. P. SAUNDERS, Observer. 



