toaal Offl , oe - u. 5. «M||W8tl*M 
, LaSalle, til. 
MARCH A RECORD BREAKER, 
Contrary to tno pr'di at lcn-i of 
so called "lon. r - 
range weather prophets" ''-'ho told uh that the month ,1u 
would be exceptionally cold and Horny,ihe :ov 
eminent climatological record 0 , of LaSalle county, 
that it wa: 
the 
warmest and driest 
record 
sho’i 
during tha past 22 yearn. 
The monthly mean temperature was 43 degrees or 12 
above normal; the highest temperature was 84 on the 2 
which i ) also the "highest temperature ever recorded in 
March. The precipitation was only 0,13 of an lnch,whtc 
shows a deficiency of 2.63 inches-, for the month. There 
was no snowfall and the last snow on the ground disap¬ 
peared on the 2nd, The average snowfall for the month 
is 4,5 inches. The percentage of sunshine was 80, or 
above normal. There were 21 clear days, two cloudy,and 
£&■ eight partly cloudy days. There w^re but four windy 
days; the average hourly wind velocity for the month r 
only 0 miles, which is two below normal , 
0.E,Hadley, 
Official in Ch- rge. 
