REMARKS 



The weather during the month of January has been less severe 

 than usual for Amherst. The mean or average temperature was 26 

 degrees, while the normal temperature for this month is 24.1 degrees. 

 The weather has been fairly cold during the latter part of the 

 month, but warm weather at the beginning of the month helped to 

 raise the average. The highest temperature was 56 degrees on the 

 8th, and the lowest was -4 degrees on the 27th. The normal maxi- 

 mum is 50 4 degrees and the normal minimum for January is 7.4 

 degrees below zero. It is interesting to note that the lowest tem- 

 perature recorded in the last 41 years is 23.5 degrees below zero in 

 1907. The total precipitation during the month was 2.57 inches, 

 while the normal precipitation for January is 3.52 inches. The snow- 

 fall was 9.5 inches and normal snowfall is 13 inches. The maximum 

 snowfall during any month of January during the past 41 years was 

 33 inches in 1898 and 1923. There was about 2 inches of snow on 

 the ground on January 1. This had disappeared by January 7. The 

 ground has again been covered with a small amount of snow since 

 January 12 to the end of the month. There were 116.8 hours of 

 bright sunshine recorded against a normal of 140 hours. The greatest 

 number of hours of bright sunshine in January was in 1920 when 

 214 hours were recorded; the least was in 1923 when 76 hours were 

 recorded. The mean cloudiness was 69.3 per cent, with a normal of 

 54 per cent. The mean relative humidity was 74.1 per cent. The 

 total wind movement was 4222 miles, the normal being 5068 miles. 

 The prevailing direction was Southwest. The normal direction for 

 this month is West Northwest. The highest wind was on the 9th 

 with a velocity of 39 miles per hour. The highest barometer was 

 30.77 inches on the 5th, which is .06 higher than normal for January. 

 The lowest was 29.74 on the 18th, the normal minimum being 29.18 

 inches. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 D. F. MURPHY, Meteorolo^si 



Observer. 



