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heaviest snowfall of the season occurred on the 22nd and 23rd. 
At the close of the month the ground was bare of snow in nearly 
all parts of southern New Brunswick. Ice in rivers and streams 
very thick and firm with little prospect of movement. Highest 
temperature 52 at St. Stephen on the 26th, and at Moncton on 
the 27th, lowest 16 below zero at Dalhousie on the 4th. 
A pril . — The greater part of April was fine though remark- 
ably wintry. Rainfall was abnormally light and snow fell to a 
considerable depth on the 5th, 9th, 21st and 22nd. Owing 
to these conditions lakes, rivers and streams were late in opening 
and freshets were not up to usual mark. The last three days of 
the month were warm, and on the 29th temperatures were high 
and exceeded 80 in some localities. Highest temperature 82 at 
St. Stephen on the 20th, lowest 7 at Chatham on the 3rd. 
May . — May was abnormally fine, warm and dry. Freezing 
temperatures were generally recorded on the 4th and 5th, 
followed by many days of unusually high temperature. Thund- 
erstorms were heavy locally. In southern New Brunswick the 
rainfall was phenomenally light. At St. John the total fall, 
0.36 of an inch, was much below any record for May for the 
past fifty years. Forest and bush fires were destructive, and 
stream driving was held up for lack of rain. No gales occurred. 
Highest temperature 96 at Grand Manan on the 17th, lowest 20 
at St. Stephen on the 5th. 
June.— June weather opened with a heavy rainfall, then ten 
days of fine and moderately warm conditions were followed by a 
showery period lasting till the 23rd. The remainder of the 
month was mostly fine, closing very warm. Thunderstorms 
were frequent and in some instances quite heavy and destructive, 
Coast fogs were prevalent on six days during the last half of the 
month. Highest temperature 86 at St. Stephen on the 9th, 
lowest 35 at Dalhousie on the 23rd, at Moncton on the 3rd and 
1 1th, and at St. Stephen on the 6th and 25th. 
July . — A month of mostly fine weather and high tempera- 
tures; the rainfall chiefly from thunderstorms varied consider- 
ably with localities; coast fogs were few and of short duration. 
