The most striking feature of the month of March has been the unprecedented snow fall of 25.3 inches, the normal amount for March being 4.6 inches and the greatest heretofore recorded by this service being 12.1 inches in March of 1881; the greatest snow fall for any month was in February of 1881, when it reached 14.4 inches, a trifle more than half of what has fallen the past month. The precipitation, number of days of precipitation, and proportions of cloudy days have been correspondingly large. The temperature has been about five degrees below the normal, being the coldest March, except that of 1881, for the past nine years. WIND. The average wind velocities for the month were as follows: ...... The average rain for the different sections of the state for March, 1886, is as follows: N. E. Section (two stations) Inches. 2.20 S. E. (covering essentially what has heretofore been the "whole state" as far as reporting... 0.70 State average by sections................... 1.45 COMPARISON OF PAST MARCHES. The table shows the mean temperature, the noon temperature, and the number of days below zero for the past nine Marches in south eastern Nebraska; they are found by averaging the numbers reported at the different stations. It also shows the highest temperature and the lowest recorded anywhere in the state by standard, self-registering thermometers: The following table shows the precipitation or depth in inches of rain and melted snow or hail, the number of days on which it fell and the number of cloudy and of clear days. Days are counted cloudy when the sky is four-fifths over-cast; clear when less than one-third. The last column shows the depth in inches of unmelted snow which fell during the month: The following are the mean temperatures, noon temperatures, and precipitations reported by various observers: Like the month of March, April was chiefly noteworthy for its unusual fall of snow. Temperature, precipitation, and nearly every other feature of the weather were nearly normal. WIND. The average wind velocities for the month were as follows: The average rain for the different sections of the state for April, 1886, is as follows: S. E. (covering essentially what has heretofore been the "whole state" as far as reporting... 2.78 2.59 State average by sections........ COMPARISON OF PAST APRILS. The table shows the mean temperature, the noon temperature, and the number of days below 32° for the past nine Aprils in south-eastern Nebraska; they are found by averaging the numbers reported at the different stations. It also shows the highest temperature and the lowest recorded anywhere in the state by standard, self-registering thermometers: The following table shows the precipitation or depth in inches of rain and melted snow or hail, the number of days on which it fell and the number of cloudy and clear days. Days are counted cloudy when the sky is four-fifths overcast; clear when less than one-third. The last column shows the number of thunder storms: |