047 
The barometer oscillated mucli throughout the month. The ther- 
mometer was highest on the 28th (54 degrees), and lowest on the 
IGth (32 degrees) j the last named being the only occasion throughout 
the month that the temperature fell as low as the freezing point. 
The mean of the month was 42.2; and southerly and westerly 
currents again predominated. Ilain fell on fifteen days ; 0.44 in. 
being recorded for the 10 th. No snow all the month. Total 
rainfall, 2.63 in. 
March. 
This remarkable month entered with a continuance of the 
summer-like weather which characterized the latter half of February, 
and, during the first five days, the sky was nearly cloudless, and 
no rain fell. Up to this date, the winter had, throughout, been 
unusually mild ; snow liad fallen on four days only, and very 
slight frosts had occurred. On the Gth March a most extraordinary 
change took place, winter setting in with a severity that had not been 
experienced since January, 1881. Snow fell almost daily till the 
28th, and tliero were sharp frosts nightly. On the 9th the 
temperature fell to 23 degrees, and on the 23rd to 25 degrees. It 
is stated that, in some parts of Norwich, the thermometer on the 
grass fell to 1 1 degrees on the night of the 9th, On the evening 
of the 29 th, a welcome change to warmth occurred, which continued 
to the end of the month. The barometer was highest on the 3rd 
(30,71), and lowest on the 25th (29.23). Thermometer highest 
on the 31st (52 degrees), and lowest on the 9th (23 degrees) ; 
mean temperature, 35.3 degrees. This was the coldest Marcli 
since 1845 (which is stated to be the most severe on record), but 
tlie mean temperature of March, 1845, was but two-tenths of a 
degree colder than that of March, 1883. Northerly and easterly 
winds prevailed. Frosts occurred on twenty-one nights ; snow fell 
on eighteen days, and rain on two days. The total fall for tlie 
month was 2.31 in., the heaviest downfall being on the 8th, when 
0.38 in. of melted snow was registered. 
April. 
Entered with warm, sunny weather which continued till the Gth, 
when cold easterly wiiuls prevailed for a week, after which it was 
