TEMPERATURE--
Average mean: 38.4F (departure: minus 0.2 deg.)
Average high: 47.5F
Average low: 29.4F
Month's high: 67F on the 30th
Month's low: 19F on the 13th
Days with high 32F or lower: 0
Days with low 32F or lower: 24

PRECIPITATION--
Month's total (includes melted): 8.29" (departure: plus 4.30")
Year's total: 14.34" (departure: plus 2.63)
Previous 12 month total (4/96-3/97): 61.97" (departure: plus 18.10")
Max. 24hr. total: 2.63" on the 29th-30th
Days with 0.01" or more: 13
Days with 1.00" or more: 2
Month's snow: 4.6" (departure: minus 3.2")
Season's snow: 20.0" (departure: minus 16.9")
Max. 24hr. snow: 2.3" on the 9th-10th
Days with 0.1" or more: 4
Days with 1.0" or more: 2
NOTE: The final precipitation measurements were taken at 10:30pm on the
31st.  Precipitation after that time will be included in the April total.

BAROMETER--
Month's high: 30.62" on the 9th
Month's low: 29.13" on the 6th

MISCELLANEOUS--
Days with thunder: 1
Days with fog: 6
High wind gust: 42 mph on the 6th
Heating degree days: 819, season: 4693
Snow depth days: 4, season: 31

Comments:  The last few days of the month pushed the precip. total to 208% 
of normal.  4.81" occured on the 29th-31st.  Prolonged period of 
thunderstorms occured on the 29th starting in the early afternoon and 
lasting well into the evening.  Sleet and freezing rain caused hazardous
driving conditions on the 14th.  Heavy rains on the 31st led into a 
major snowstorm on April 1....Warm temperatures at the beginning and the
end of the month but quite cold in between.  Temperatures dropped 
below freezing every day between the 7th and the 25th, 19 days in a row.
21 deg.F on the 24th was a record low for that date (records since 1974).
...Very windy on the 6th, 42 mph gust here, 68 mph on Blue Hill.

Regards--Dennis