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Show STORY OF THE WINTER Figures Showing Precipitation Precipi-tation and Temperature Compared With Other Years. A highly satisfactory winter-was the season Just closed from all points of view. The snowfall for the four months beginning November 1st was nearly twenty Inches greater than last year. The total precipitation of mow and rain was almost an inch greater. On the other hand, the temperature averaged milder than that of the season of 1302-3. The following shows the mean temperature tem-perature for the winter of 1903, as compared com-pared with the average- mean temperatures tempera-tures of the last thirtyi years: 3903-04. , Last Tears. November, 42 degrees. 40.4 degrees December, &) degrees. S2.4 degrees January. -8 degrees. 2.H.5 degrees February, 86 degrees. ,, 32.8 degrees Mean temperature, 1903-4, 33.5 degrees: de-grees: 1903-03. 21.8 degrees; average of last thirty yearsv 33.6 degrees. The snowfall and precipitation for this winter, as compared with last by months, was: 1903-4. 1902-03. Snowfall. Precip. . Snowfall. Preclp. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. 7.t 2.21 Nov. 4.1 1.24 5.5 .51 Doc. 9.5 1.31 15.8 1.45 Jn. ' 7.5 2.11 20.4 2.25 Feb. &. M 4S.7 .42 Total. 29.9 tils The lowest temperature of this winter win-ter was 6 degrees above zero, reached on February 10th. Last year's record was 4 degrees below, reached on February Feb-ruary 14th. |