MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief U. S. Weather Bureau. VOl. 39. MARCH, 1911. No. 3. Editor, P. C. DAY, In Charge Climatological Division. District No. 1, North Atlantic States. Wilford M. Wilson, It&, N. Y . District No. 2, South Atlantic and east Gu Charles F. von Herrmann, Atlanta, G a District No. 3, Ohio Valley. Ferdinand J. Walz, Louisville, Ky. District No. 4, Lake region. Prof. Henry J. Cox, Chicago, Ill. District No. 5, Upper Mississippi Vdey. George M. Chappel, Des Moines, Iowa. District No. 6, Missouri Vdey. Montrose W. Hayes, St. Louis, Mo. DISTRICT EDITORS. District No. 7, Lower Mississippi Vdey. District No. 8, Texas and Rio Grande Valley. District No. 9, Colorado Vdey. District No. 10, Great Basin. District No. 11, California. District No. 12, Columbia Valley. Isaac M. Cline, New Orleans, La. Bernard Bunnemeyer, Houston, Tex. Frederick H. Brandenburg, Denver, Colo. Alfred H. Thiessen, Salt Lake City, Utah. Prof. Alexander G. McAdie, San Francisco, Cal. Edward A. Beals, Portland, Oreg. I f States. CONTRIBUTING CORRESPONDENTS. Summaries of weather conditions and meteorological data are contributed by the directors of the following meteorological The Meteorological Service of the Dominion of Canada. The Meteorological Office, London. The Central Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory of The Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Physical Central Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia. The Meteorological Service of Cuba. The Philippine Weather Bureau, Manila. The Meteorological Observatory of Belen College, Habana. The General Superintendent of the United States Life-Saving The Government Meteorological Office of Jamaica. The Meteorological Service of the Azores. The Director-General of Mexican Telegraphs. Contributions for the MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW concern- Contributions for the MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW from for- ing agriculture, transportation, water uses and resources, fores- eign correspondents should be addressed to the Chief, U. 8. try, and similar practical subjects, should be addressed to the Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C. editors of the several districts interested in the subjects. The Papers on general meteorology should also be addressed to post-office addresses are at the U. S. Weather Bureau local the Chief of the Bureau. offices in the cities mentioned. Price of a single copy, 35 cents; $4.00 per year. Foreign postage additional. District separates, 5 cents each. and other services: Mexico. Service. CONTENTS. PART ~.-CLIMATOLOGY. Part III.aENEBAL TABLES AND cHaaTs--continugd. 1. Climatological '-ari=, Complete for each district; also issued as separates. t Tables, Maps. 2. Papers on climatology in relation to agriculture, transporta- tion, water resources, etc. PART I1 .-METEOROLOGY. 3. Weather, forecasts and warnings for the month. 4. Rivers and floods. 5. Special papers on general meteorology. 6. General Tablea. PART III.-GENEE~AI, TABLES AND CHARTS. I. Climatological data for U. 5. Weather Bureau 111. Data furnished by the Canadian Meteorological stations. SerViCe. 11. Accumulated amounts of precipitation 7. General Charts. I. Hydrographs of several principal rivers. 11. Tracks of centers of high areas. 111. Trach of centers of low areas. IV. Temperature departures from the normal. V. Total precipitation. VI. Percentage of clear sky between sunrise and sunset. VII. Isobars and isotherms at sea level; prevailing winds. VITI. Total snowfall. 91622-11-1 317