March: The weather was more moderate than usual. 

 There were but two storms of noticeable severity. The snow- 

 fall was quite unevenly distributed, and the average tempera- 

 ture ranged from 1° to 4° above the average for March. 

 The minimum temperatures of the first decade were low, and 

 the maximum temperatures during the closing days of the 

 month were high for the season. At the close of the month 

 the ground was free from snow\ 



April : The month as a whole was very unseasonable, with 

 weather conditions more like those of March than April. 

 The daily temperatures were almost continuously low, and 

 the monthly average from 1° to 4*^ below the April nor- 

 mal. There was much cloudiness, and precipitation oc- 

 curred on an average of ten days. There was a heavy fall 

 of snow on the 8th, 9th and 10th, ranging from 2 to 18 

 inches. The month closed with the season from ten days to 

 a fortnight later than usual. 



Tempeeatuee and Rainfall foe the Whole Countey. 



[Feom United States National Weekly Weather Bulletin.] 



Weeh ending May 7. — Abnormally cold weather contin- 

 ued during the week, over the greater part of the country, 

 the north Pacific coast region and the South Atlantic and 

 East Gulf States being the only districts in which the mean 

 temperature was above the normal. In the Lake region, 

 central valleys and Eocky Mountain district, the average 

 daily deficiency ranged from 6° to 18°, and in the Middle 

 Atlantic States and jSIew England from 1° to 4°. The rain- 

 fall was very heavy from the central Gulf coast northward 

 to the upper lEississippi valley, and there was more than 

 the average over the southern part of the upper Lake region 

 and in the lower Lake region. Over the greater part of the 

 interior of the Middle and South Atlantic States and in the 

 upper Ohio valley there w^as less than the average rainfall. 



WeeJc ending May 13. — The temperature was above the 

 normal on the south Atlantic coast and over portions of the 

 northern Plateau and north Pacific coast regions, and nearly 

 normal conditions prevailed on the west Gulf and middle 

 Pacific coasts. Elsewhere the mean temperature was below 



