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hard sleet occurred on the 26th, and the total precipitation 
for the month was much above the average. The snow 
covering was light in all localities, and in southern New 
Brunswick the ground was bare of snow after the 15th. 
Near the close of the month freshets were exceedingly heavy, 
roads were flooded, bridges carried away, and travel by rail 
delayed by washouts. The St. John River was open for 
navigation, excepting near Fredericton, where the ice was 
holding firm. Highest temperature 66 at Moncton on the 
31st; lowest 20 below' zero at St. Stephen on the 8th. 
April.— The w'eather w r as mostly unsettled and cool ; 
light snow' falls and flurries until the 20th, when a spell of 
fine, dry and unseasonably warm conditions set in. continuing 
until the 28th. Temperatures of 80 and considerably above 
w'ere recorded in most localities between the 25th and 28th. 
It then turned cold and w^et, with frosts on the last day of 
the month. The St. John River opened for navigation on 
the 1st, but was not entirely free of ice for some days; 
freshets on this river did not reach the normal. Wind move- 
ment w'as everywhere less than the same month last year 
and no gales of importance occurred. Highest temperature 
85 at Chatham on the 25th; low-est 12 at Sussex on the 8th. 
May. — May was unseasonably cold with an excess of 
dull, w r et days. Temperatures well below' freezing w'ere 
general on the 2nd, and betw r een the 15th and 17th. Rain 
fell on fourteen days; and there w r as a northw'est gale and 
heavy rain with an extremely low' barometer on the 30th. 
Highest temperature 88 at Chatham on the 6th; lowest 22 
at St. John on the 16th. 
June. — Fine, bright, exceptionally dry, but unusually 
cool weather w r as general throughout New' Brunswick. Coast 
fogs w’ere light and infrequent. Slightly damaging frosts 
occurred locally in the River counties on the 10th and 23rd. 
Highest temperature 83 at Fredericton on the 11th; lowest 
30 at Dalhousie on the 2nd. 
