Show RECORDBREAKING MARCH rARCH FEATURES OF PAST UNUSUAL FEATUE MONTHS WEATHER More Sunshine than During Any Ii March Since Weather Office was Crcatcd3xcept1OflaIlY Warm I ThV passed was a record Thc March Just breaker J Included twentyfour clear of 81 per cent of with an average days wlh acrc sunshine surpassed all previous shnshle records the nearest approach being I rarcti 1S7 When there were twpnty I das The highest previous percentage of Sunshine was Cl per cent in March isL j In March of last year there were only thrcfc clear days and only 38 percent r per-cent sunshine The past month was also the driest March on record for twenty live years the precipitation having been but M inches The next lowest on the record was 35 inches In March JSST The March rainfall is 20 > inches nvorqge ralnfnl and the heaviest was 1 inches In 1S7G The mean temperature for the month Just passed was 1S5 degrees against the nominal of 416 md the highest register was 70 degrees on the 10th and sii and the lowest was 20 on the 5th So It has been the warmest of all of the March months except that of 1870 when the average thermometer registered regis-tered 19 degrees The mel UJ rose to 70 between 2 and G p m yesterday Tho excess of temperature tem-perature for the year up to date is IS degrees with an average dally excess of 5 degrees and the deficiency In precipitation pre-cipitation for the year to date Is 268 inches |