REMARKS 



The outstanding feature of the weather during February 

 was the unusual high temperature for a week beginning on the 

 18th. The highest temperature was recorded on the 20th with a 

 reading of 65 degrees. The normal maximum for Fel^ruary is 

 50.3 degrees and the highest observed heretofore was 57.5 de- 

 grees in 1890. The lowest temperature observed was on the 6th 

 when the thermometer fell to -6 degrees. The normal minimum 

 for February is -7.9 degrees and in 1918 the mercury fell to 

 -22.5 degrees which is the minimum for this station. The 

 mean temperature for the month was 29.2 degrees which is 5.7 

 degrees higher than normal. This has been exceeded three times 

 in the history of the station; in 1890 when the mean was 32.6, 

 in 1909 with 29.3 and in 192 5 with 32.1 degrees. 



Only 5.5 inches of snow fell during the month with a total 

 precipitation of 1.39 inches. The normal snowfall is 14.3 inches 

 for Februar}^ and the normal precipitation is 3.35 inches. Be- 

 ginning on February and the normal precipitation is 3.35 inches. 

 Beginning on February 1st with approximately 1.5 inches of 

 snow on the gromid, this was increased to 4 inches on the 5th. 

 By the 10th this had decreased to 3 inches and by the 22nd the 

 ground was bare and continued so to the end of the month ex- 

 cept for a fall of 1 inch on the 26th which lasted only one day. 

 The amount of sunshine was greater than normal being 179.6 

 hours, the normal being 160 hours. The number of clear days was 

 15, while the normal is 10 days. The relative humidity was 66.9 

 per cent. The total wind movement was 3800 miles while the 

 normal is 4833 miles. There were no unusually high winds and 

 the prevailing wind direction was south west. The normal wind 

 direction for this month is west north west. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 D. F. MURPHY, Meteorologist 



Observer 



