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The prevailing winds were from the northwest. The average 

 total wind travel at 6 stations of the I^ational Bureau was 8,321 

 miles ; the maximum velocity being 60 miles per hour at New York 

 City on the 6th. The wind travel was generally in excess of the 

 usual mileage, both on the sea-coast and in the interior. 



A thunderstorm of moderate intensity was reported from Glovers- 

 ville on the 20th. 



Hail fell on the 2d, 5th, 12th, 15th, 20th and 22d, and sleet on the 

 5th, 6th, 8th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 22d and 23d. 



Solar halos were observed on the 9th and 10th, and lunar halos 

 on the 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th and 20th. 



General Features of the Weather. 



The average temperature for February was somewhat above the nor- 

 mal, cold periods at the beginning, near the middle and at the close of 

 the month, being more than balanced by the mild weather which 

 ■occurred between the 5th and 11th, and during much of the time 

 from the 15th to the 24th. The excess of warm mean daily tem- 

 perature amounted to 15 degrees on the 7th, this being the only 

 large departure from the normal which occurred during the month. 



The total precipitation was very deficient over the greater part of 

 the State, the snowfall also being light, especially in the valleys of 

 the central and western sections, where the ground was bare 

 dm-ing the greater part of the month. The cloudiness was below 

 the usual average for the winter months, the first week and also the 

 last ten days being generally pleasant. 



Eight areas, each of high and low pressure, influenced our weather 

 during February ; the number of depressions being less than 

 the usual frequency for the month. In general, both high and low 

 areas followed a more southerly course than in January, more than 

 half of the depressions passing over or to the south of this State.- No 



