REMARKS 



The month of February was considerably warmer than usual, 

 with less precipitation and less sunshine than normal. The mean temp- 

 erature for the month was 28.8 degrees, while the normal is 23.5 de- 

 grees. Only twice since 1925 has the mean temperature for February 

 been higher, with 30.0 degrees in 1937 and 29.2 degrees in 1930. In 

 1934 the mean for February was 11.6 degrees, the coldest February on 

 record. The maximum temperature for the month was 49 degrees on 

 the 6th and the minimum temperature, 4 degrees on the 28th. The 

 lowest temperature for the winter to date is — 12 degrees which oc- 

 curred on January 19. Last year the temperature did not fall below zero, 

 the lowest being 5 degrees in November. The heating load to date is 

 4949 degree-days, the normal for this period being 5011 degree-days. 

 The total precipitation for the month was 1.77 inches, compared with 

 a normal of 3.35 inches. This is the lowest precipitation for February 

 since 1905, when it was 1.70 inches, with the exception of 1930 when 

 it was 1.39 inches. The total snowfall for the month was 6.00 inches 

 which is 8.27 inches less than the normal fall for February. Last 

 year only one-half inch of snow was recorded during February, which 

 is the least on record for the month. There were 110 hours of 

 bright sunshine, compared with a normal of 160 hours for February 

 This is the least number of hours recorded for February since the Sta- 

 tion was established in 1889, and has been equaled only once, in 1927 

 when there were also 110 hours of bright sunshine. 



