REMARKS 



The weather for January was most unusual in many 

 respects. The outstanding feature was the heavy rainfall, 

 accompanied by high temperature and high wind on the 

 24th and 25th which melted a 12-inch blanket of snow, 

 causing near-flood conditions. 



The mean temperature for the month was 21.6 degrees 

 compared with a normal of 23.8 degrees. The lowest tem- 

 perature was -12 degrees on the 19th, which is the lowest 

 for January since 1927 when it was also -12, with the ex- 

 ception of 1935 when it was -21 degrees. The highest tem- 

 perature was 58 degrees on the 25th. This has been ex- 

 ceeded only twice since 1913 when the highest temperature 

 was 59.5 degrees. In 1937 it was 58 degrees and in 1932, 

 66 degrees. The domestic heating load for January was 

 1346 degree-days, the normal being 1277 degree days. The 

 load for the season to the end of January is 3935.5 degree- 

 days compared with a normal of 3849 degree-days for this 

 period. 



The total precipitation for the month of January was 

 6.60 inches, the normal being 3.42 inches. This is the heavi- 

 est precipitation for January since 1836, the year rainfall 

 records were first taken, with the exception of 1898 when 

 the precipitation for January was 7.15 inches and 1891 

 when it was 6.75 inches. The total snowfall was 18.50 inches, 

 which is 5.50 inches greater than normal for January, 

 There was no snow on the ground after the 25th, until 

 the last day of the month when 14 of ^^ i^ich fell. 



There were 119 hours of sunshine compared to a nor- 

 mal of 140 hours for January. The highest wind velocity 

 was 47 miles per hour on the 25th, the day of the heavy 

 storm. The record for high wind velocity at this station is 

 48 miles per hour. 



