, 1904-04-26
MEAN
TEMPERATURE FOR MONTH OF
MARCH MORE THAN TWO DE-
GREES ABOVE NORMAL.
Month Unusually Mild Throughout
state and Nc Sever Storms Re
Corded-Winter Weather Most
Favorable fer Stock Interests in
History OF State and Losses Small.

The weather report for March. Is
sued from the Cheyenne office by Sec
ton Director ". s. Palmer. Is as fol.
lows:
The mean temperature OF the state
for the month was 3Ol degrees. and
the average precipitation was 2.l3 in
chcS. When compared with the nor
mai of such stations as have records
Of ten years or more the mean temper
literature was 2l degrees above the
normal. and the average precipitation
U.lU of an inch above the Normal.
The month OF March, like the three
preceding months of the winter. was
unusually mild throughout the state.
and no severe storm. visited the state
during the month. The precipitation
was unusually heavy owe the western
portions Of the state, but over por-
tons of the southeastern counties the
precipitation vas unusually light.
The mean temperature OF the state,
as obtained from the record of IS re
porting stations. was 3Ol degrees.
The highest mean reported was %S.N
"'El' Us ~ ~ l~l' lAil'r fAlA' 81 A''
est was 1874 degrees, at Battle. Tho
highest temperature reported was 20
degrees. at Fort Laramie on the 18th
and Pine Bluff on the LIST, and the low
est was 26 degrees below zero. at Dan
lei on the Sd. The maximum tempera-
lures were recorded at most stations
or the Sth or 18th. and the minimum
temperatures on the Sd. 25th. or Goth.
The average precipitation for the
state. as obtained from the records
of 81 reporting stations. was 2.i3 in
ches. The greatest amount reported
was $40 inches t9l.0 inches of snow
at Battle. and the least a a trace. at
Pine Bluff. The precipitation was un-
usually heavy over the western cOuu-
ties. and stations at Alton, Bedford.
Daniel, Thayne. Thermopolis, Wells,
Fountain Hotel. Grand Canon, and Vel
.lowstOne lake reported amounts in eX-
cess of 800 inches. The average snow
fall for the reporting stations was 1874
inches.
The prevailing winds for the month
were from the west. There was an
average of 9 clear, u partly cloudy,
and 10 cloudy days during the month
and an average of IL days on which
0.01 of an inch or more OF rain or melt
ed snow fell.
The weather during the winter has
been the most favorable for the stock
interests during the history of the
state, and no severe storm has pre-
vailed over the state during the en-
tire winter. AS a result stock is in eX-
cellent condition in almost every part
OF the state and the losses have been
very light, amounting in many sec
tons to only about l per e Where
stock had access to the range. very
little feeding has been necessary, and
a good supply of hay is still held
throughout the state.
The c~limatOloGicai data for Lara
ME for the month, as furnished by
Prof. b. p. Fleming, was as follows:
Mean temperature. 30 degrees; depart
ure from normal. II plus; highest, 81
degrees on the Sth: lowest, 6 degrees
below on the 26th: greatest daily
range. 10 degrees. Total precipitation,
0.36 inch: departure from normal, 0,52
minus; greatest in "a hours, 0.2i; to-
tai snowfall. unmelted, 80 inches: ,
rainy days. II clear days. II partly
cloudy days, 3 cloudy days. Prevail
ing direction of wind. vest.