The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-17

WAoH1N0TON WBA1HK8 B8ROBx.
The Meath sf March wss shs 1aanasss
In Many Years.
OLrnrrA. April l5.-The report Of the
Washington state weather servics, pre-
pared BY Henry r. Alciatore, Of the
United States weather bureau, = - fol-
lows:
The month Of March. lssa, viu b remem.
hsssd b. waahingsonisas : one o. shs sainiest
u many ysas past. nj thas he ameunt Of rain
ne eeewtau w. vsry great, since ths actual
nsuso eaow tAa3 tAero w. Q vesy sl1sht dc.
ne1eocy . compared with The average March
vaaus4 but that tho rainy days during the
mouth wsrs uncomfostably numsroaAy -.
peciaiiy In the western portion of The stats,
Wnefe rain fou On IN average Of eighteen dayA
Ine mean tsmpetasurs foe the stase, I.4 Dc.
eseeas Wa ~ degrees cooler than the usual
Asfch tempsfatussA The station with the
waSmsst monthly mean temperature Was Seat.
tie with SIS degrees, while that with the cold.
81 monthly mean was watsrville, with . mean
OF rs degrees. The highest point % which the
mercury rose during the month at any station
was u degrees, at Clyde. on the 18th. Water.
vile imported the coolest temperature In the
stete, degrees above ss.o, on the "a.
taken . whole, the average precipitation
Tor she state was ass inches, which u exactly
006 OF m inch less than the usual March pre-
cipitafion. In the Eastern half Of the state
tnsfe was more rain and snowfall than usual In
march. about Q5l OF IN inch more, while west Of
the Cascadee there was lsss than the usual
amount ABOUT Qll Of an inch less. Nsah Bay
again heads the List Of rainy places in the state.
the March amount being lAe3 inches, and 81.
iensburg Was Conspicuous for the small amount
Of precipitattons which vas only O 81 Of IN inch.
Among the heaviest Neutrality-suspicious. rainfalls
during the month were Neah Bay With 26S
m T~tr Y~I> -{ek .
Inches on the same date, Aberdeen with l68
inches on the 10th, and Port Angeles with La
inches on the 18th.
OF the 81 days in the month = were clear. II
wers partly cloudy. Is were cloudy, and rain fell
on An average Of II daya On the last day Of the
month there was no snow on the ground In
Western Warrington, ana from . trace to u
inches In the Eastern counties Of the statA
In Western Washington the mean temperature
Wa 4a2 or IL deg below the svsfage The
warmest monthly mean Temperature Was As
q Seattle. and the coolest Vas az at Port An.
geise. The highest Temperature vas s. deg ct
Pine Hill. the lowest - deg. at Chehalis on the
18th. The average precipitation was $50 inches,
or OIL OF an inch below the average There
was IN average Of 5 clear days, II partly cloudy
days. IL cloudy days and Is rainy days during
the month.
In Eastsrn washinston the mean tsmpsraturs
Wa s6e deg. Or 60 deg below the normal
Inc Warmese monthly mean Temperature was
~ deg. q Clyde; the coldssk x7.6 deg. at Water
Vile. The highest temperature was ~ deg. at
Clyde on the 10th. and the lowest above ssro
ct waterville on the "a. The average prscipita-
ton was In inches. or o5l OF IN inch moro
than the normal March precipitation. There
were clear. II partly cloudy, II cloudy and
rainy days.
The total snowfall for the month was q
follows:
Tacoma, trace: Quartsrmaster (vashon col.
lege), inchss; Eibe. Sinches: Ferry, trace;
Fort Spokane, So inches; Chslan, II inches;
watervile. IL inches: R,salia, ~ inches: Ell.
lenshurg. inches: Colfax. % inches; Pullman,
~ inches; Mckee. u inch: Fort simcoe. 81
inches; Clyde. trace. and Pine Hill inchea On
the Slst OF March there was no snow on the
ground In Western Washington, but In the
eastern half OF the state the depth ranged from
TO Is inches
Hail and sleet fell at the following
places during the month:
Hall at Aberdeen on the 10th. 18th, 18th and
18th; QuartermastsR on the 18th; Rosalia on the
Slst; Coifax on the 10th, 3Dth aud Slst; Pullman
on the 10Th and Slst: Mckee on the 29th. and
Clyde on the 10Th. slset fell at Aberdeen on the
9Th. 7th and Stn; East Sound on the 10Th: Daveu.
port on tho 18th and Oath. and Pullman on the
10th and 3lst