REMARKS 



The month of January has been marked with more severe 

 winter weather than usual. The ground has been covered with 

 snow throughout the month and the snow fall has been greater 

 than normal. A total of 20.75 inches fell during the month. The 

 normal snow fall for January is 13 inches. The greatest snow 

 fall recorded for January was in 1898 and 1923 when 33 inches 

 fell. The mean temperature during the month was 22.9 

 degrees while the normal is 24.1 degrees. The lowest tempera- 

 ture observed was -9 degrees on the 16th. The normal mini- 

 mum for January is -7.4 degrees. In 1907 the temperature 

 dropped to -23 degrees in January. There was less than the 

 usual amount of wind, the total wind movement being 4,256 

 miles while the normal is 5,068 miles. The highest velocity 

 observed was 39 miles per hour on the 7th. The prevailing 

 direction was west north west, the wind blowing from the north 

 west on 14 days. There was more than the usual amount of 

 sunshine with a total of 152 hours. The normal amount is 

 140 hours in January. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 K. M. WHEELER, Meteorologist 



Observer 



