REMARKS 



The weather during January was marked with unusually high 

 temperature and a small amount of precipitation. There was a 

 total snowfall of 9 inches during the month but the grour.d was 

 covered with snow for only four days. The mean temperature 

 for the month was 32.6 degrees, the normal mean being 23.8 

 degrees. The mean of the past month has been exceeded only 

 twice since the station was established in 1889. In 1913 the 

 mean temperature for January was 34.2 degrees and in 1932 the 

 mean temperature was 33 5 degrees. The lowest temperature re- 

 corded during the month was 9 degrees on the first. The normal 

 minimum temperature for January is -7.4 degrees. The highest 

 temperature recorded was 55 degrees on the 4th. The normal 

 maximum is 50 4 degrees. In January 1932 the maximum tem- 

 perature was 66 degrees on the 14th. The total precipitation was 

 2 44 inches as compared with a normal of 3 42 inches. Rain or 

 snow fell on only 6 days while the normal number of days of rain 

 or snow in January is 11 days. In spite of the lack of snow cover- 

 ing, there is practically no frost in the ground at the end of the 

 month. 



There were 151.3 hours of bright sunshine as compared with 

 a normal of 140 hours. Fourteen days were recorded as "clear" 

 while normally we have only 8 "clear" days. The total wind 

 movement for the month was 5961 miles, the normal being 5068 

 miles. It is interesting to note that in 1908 the total wind 

 movement in January was 7770 miles. The prevailing direction 

 was west and the maximum velocity was 39 miles per hour on the 

 20th. 



C. I. GUNNESS, 

 HERBERT JENKINS, Meteorologist 



Obsen'er 



450-1933-6861 



