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15th and 19th, but they, were not very severe. The maximum 
was 54 on the 15th at Sussex, and the minimum, — 29 at 
Fredericton on the 4th. 
March . — The weather during March was generally mild, 
although temperatures below zero were recorded occasionally. 
The precipitation was generally less than average. Moderate 
gales occurred on the 7th and 10th, and there was a fresh gale 
in the Bay of Fundy on the 26th. The snow covering was light 
in all districts, and the ground was bare in southern localities 
after the 14th. The highest temperature, 53, occurred at 
Chatham and St. Stephen on the 24th; lowest, 15 at St. Stephen 
on the 6th. 
April . — ‘April was cold, backward, and, for the most part, 
quite wintry up to the 21st, then fairly warm and spring-like, 
with a marked warm wave on the afternoon of the 27th, giving 
temperatures upwards of 75 °. In some places snow still remained 
in the woods, and to a considerable depth locally in the interior 
and on the north shore. Vegetation was backward; rivers and 
streams were unusually late in opening. Snow fell on the 2nd, 
2 1st, and heavily on the 8th and 9th. Rain fell heavily on the 
28th. Local thunderstorms on the 26th. Highest temperature 
was 77 at St. Stephen on the 26th ; lowest, 5 at Dalhousie on 
the 4th. 
May . — The first ten days were dull and cool, with rain on the 
1st, 3rd and 8th. A heavy thunderstorm occurred on the 12th, 
and was followed by a period of mostly fine, and, at times, warm 
summer-like weather, which continued up to the 25th. The 
remainder of the month was cool, dull and wet. Vegetation at 
the end of the month was well advanced. The month closed 
with southeast to southwest gale, with velocity of forty-eight 
miles an hour in the Bay of Fundy district. Maximum tempera- 
ture, 84 on the 20th at Chatham ; minimum, 23 on the 5th at 
Dalhousie. 
June . — A month of fine weather. More than half of the 
light rainfall fell on the 16th. Temperature was above the 
