REMARKS 



The weather during January was featured by the continued cold 

 spell which began the last week in December. January was the 

 coldest since 1920, with a mean temperature of 18.5 degrees compared 

 to 15.2 degrees in 1920. The highest temperature was 42 degrees on 

 the 15th, compared to a normal high for January of 51.1 degrees. 

 The lowest temperature was -3 degrees on the 10th, compared to a 

 normal low of -7.1 for January. The mean maximum temper- 

 ature for the month was 27.1 degrees and the mean minimum, 9.8. 

 Only one other day, the 11th, was below zero with a reading 

 of — 1 : but only 5 days were above 32 degrees. While January was 

 cold, it had a total of 171 hours of sunshine compared to the normal 

 of 137 hours. This is the highest number of hours recorded in the 

 month of January since 1924. The domestic heating load for the 

 season to the end of January is now 4021 degree-days, whereas the 

 normal number of degree-days for this period is 3814, giving an excess 

 of about 5 percent. The total precipitation for the month was 2.63 

 inches. The normal for January is 3.61 inches. A total of 5.75 

 inches of snow fell during the month, compared to the normal of 

 13.24 inches. The total wind movement for the month was 5091 

 miles, the normal being 5055 miles. 



