REMARKS 



The outstanding features of November weather were the large 

 amount of sunshine and the lack of precipitation. Only .98 inch of 

 precipitation was recorded during the month, the normal for Novem- 

 ber being 3.41 inches. In the storm on the 5th, .93 inch of rain fell. 

 This is the least precipitation ever recorded in November at this 

 station, with the exception of November 1917, when .63 of an inch 

 fell. No snow fell during the month, with the exception of a trace 

 on the 9th and the 13th. The normal snowfall for November is 

 2.34 inches and the normal date for first snow is November 6. Last 

 year 13.50 inches fell in November, which was the heaviest on record 

 for November. 



The mean temperature for the month was 36. 8 degrees, the normal 

 being 38.9 degrees. The lowest temperature was 18 degrees on the 

 14th, compared with a normal minimum of 12.9 degrees for No- 

 vember. 



The domestic heating load for November was 846 degree-days; 

 the normal, 783 degree-days. The load for the heating season thus 

 far is 1461 degree-days, while the normal for this period is 1387 

 degree-days. 



There were 158 hours of bright sunshine, the normal for November 

 being 128 hours. Only three other years since 1889 had more hours 

 of sunshine in November, viz., 1936, 161 hours; 1917, 170. and 

 1903, 182. 



