Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



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February 



The weather conditions for February during the time when 

 this month was under observation are given in brief form in the 

 following table : 



Sky: — February of 1900 was a relatively clear bright month, 

 the records for clearness being twice those for cloudiness. That 

 month for 1901 on the other hand was considerably more gloomy, 

 the records for cloudiness exceeding those for clearness. 1902 was 

 similar to 1900 in weather conditions prevailing during this month, 

 it being a bright cheerful month, while in 1903 it was just a trifle 

 more frequently cloudy than clear. For the whole period of the 

 4 years this month was under observation there is a remarkable 

 balance between clear and cloudy periods, these being very nearly 

 equal, the total number of clear periods being exceeded by cloudy 

 periods by only 2. 



Winds: — North winds are the least frequent, being almost rare. 

 Northwest winds are the most prevalent not only for the greater 

 number of years but rather markedly so for the whole period ob- 

 served, being on the whole twice as frequent as any wind from any 

 other direction but not by any means equalling the sum total of the 

 other winds combined. Generally speaking, February is a rather 

 blustery month, periods of calm being rare. The February of 

 1901, however, was unusually calm, the number of calm periods 

 exceeding considerably that of any particular wind, and giving 

 for the entire period a very respectable sum total of calm periods. 



Storms: — Rainstorms are of rather infrequent occurrence. 

 Snow flurries and snow storms are common, there being usually a 

 foot of snowfall for this month. 



Temjieratures: — The total number of records for February is 

 438, as follows : 13 for 1899 ; 84 each for 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 

 and 1914; 1 for 1905; 3 for 1906; and 1 for 1908. 



The lowest temperature recorded for this month was — 22° on 

 February 18, 1905. The highest was 56° on February 8, 1900. 

 The extremes for each year were as follows : 



