REMARKS 



The weather during January was pleasant, with less rain and 

 snow than usual and with more sunshine than normal. The mean 

 temperature for the month was 24.9 degrees which is .7 degrees 

 higher than normal. The lowest was -4 degrees on the 27th. The 

 average low temperature for January is -7.1 degrees, and the extreme 

 was -26 degrees in 1904. The domestic heating load for the month 

 was 1245 degree-days, the normal for January being 1265 degree- 

 days. The total heating load for the season is 3541 degree-days, the 

 normal being 3814 for this period. Only 4.75 inches of snow fell 

 in January, while the normal is 13.24 inches. The total precipitation 

 for the month was 2.21 inches compared to a normal of 3.61 inches. 

 There were 189 hours of bright sunshine, with 17 days classified 

 as "clear". The normal hours of sunshine for January is 137 hours. 

 A wind velocity of 44 miles per hour occurred on the 22nd and 

 there was thunder and lightning on that afternoon. 



NoTF,: The weather observatory completed 50 years of records with 

 the December 1938 bulletin. A new set of normals has been 

 calculated based on records from 1889 to 1938 inclusive. 

 Two errors were made in the December bulletin. The rela- 

 tive humidity on December 1 should read 52 percent mak- 

 ing the mean monthly humidity 73.3 percent, and the max- 

 imum barometer for December was 30.67 inches on the l6th. 



