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what in excess. This month for 1901 was markedly cloudy, the 

 sky being obscured about f of the time. In 1902 it was again 

 about equally divided as to clearness and cloudiness, with only 1 

 extra period in favor of cloudiness. In 1903 it was again markedly 

 cloudy. Taking the entire period observed under consideration, 

 there are almost twice as many cloudy days as clear ones. In 

 1914, the first clear day was on the 8th; the next two cloudy, the 

 12th very clear; 13th, 15th and 17th clear; 14th, 16th, 18th, and 

 31st, cloudy; no record for the other days. 



Winds: — North and east winds are relatively infrequent. Winds 

 from other directions are so evenly distributed that we cannot 

 speak of any as a prevailing wind. Taking the period as a whole, 

 indeed, the southwest winds are considerably in the lead of the 

 others but a consideration of the several years shows that on some 

 years other winds predominate, for example, the west winds in 

 1900 and 1901, so that a different series of years would yield some- 

 what different results. The southwest winds, especially those of 

 winter and autumn are usually chilling, and frequently bring 

 storms. Calm periods were fairly common in 1900. The January 

 of 1901 was unusually calm, the calm periods being considerably in 

 excess of any wind from any particular direction and, indeed, ag- 

 gregating nearly I of the entire month. The months of January, 

 1902 and 1903, were unusually boisterous, no periods of calm being 

 recorded for either. 



Snow: — Rainstorms are only occasional, 3 or 4 for the month 

 being the usual number. Snow storms are more frequent. The 

 unusual number of 23 were reported for 1901, but a number of 

 these were rather light snow flurries. 



In 1914, there was snowing all day on the 2d, snow and rain 

 on the 3d and 4th, rain on the 14th, and snow all day on the 18th 

 and 31st. 



The following tables represent briefly and comprehensively the 

 weather phenomena for January during the periods when the lake 

 was under observation : 



