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The snow covering varied from one inch at St. John, to twenty- 
four inches -at Dalhousie, with good roads throughout the month. 
The highest temperature was fifty-nine, at Grand Manan, on 
the 14th ; the lowest, minus twenty-eight at St. Stephen, on 
the 4th. 
March . — Generally moderate weather conditions prevailed 
throughout March, though in some localities zero temperatures 
were reported early in the month. One of the heaviest snow- 
storms of the season occurred locally on the 17th and 18th. 
otherwise in southern New Brunswick the snowfall was light. 
Fresh easterly gales on the 26th and 28th, the latter being 
accompanied by an exceptionally heavy rainfall. Towards the 
close of the month there was much open water in the river beween 
St. John and Fredericton. The ground was mostly bare of snow, 
and wild geese were passing northward . The highest temperature 
was fifty-four, at Grand Manan, on the 26th; lowest, minus eight, 
at Fredericton, on the 2nd. 
April . — ‘A cold, dull, wet and backward month, with precipita- 
tion much above the average. There was a marked deficiency of 
warm, spring-like days. Rain fell on eleven days ; heavy snow 
fell on the 4th, 17th and 25th. Thunderstorm on the 19th ; moder- 
ate northwest gale on the 4th ; fresh southwest to northwest gale 
on the 8th. Considerable snow remained in the woods of the inter- 
ior and in northern New Brunswick. Navigation on the St. John 
River opened on the 17th. Owing to cold weather, freshets in 
rivers and streams were not up to the usual height at the close 
of the month. The highest temperature was sixty-three, at Fred- 
ericton and St. Stephen, on the 13th; lowest, minus six, at Dal- 
housie, on the 1 2th. 
May . — The month was cool and wet with excessive cloudiness 
and high winds ; rain fell on seventeen days, but excepting the 
nth, the amounts were exceptionally small, varying from .01 to 
0.3 inch ; vegetation was generally backward and greatly in need 
of bright sunshine ; northwest gales occurred on the 12th and 13th. 
The highest temperature was seventy-nine, at St. Stephen, on the 
27th; lowest, twenty-three, at Dalhousie, on the 1st. 
