REMARKS 



The weather during February was marked by the small amount 

 of rain and snow, the high wind, and the large amount of sunshine. 

 The temperature was very near normal, with a mean temperature 

 of 24 degrees, the normal being 23.7 degrees. The highest tempera- 

 ture was 44 degrees on the 17th and the lowest on the 3rd and 4th. 

 The normal low temperature for February is -7.4 degrees. It may 

 be interesting to recall that the lowest temperature ever recorded 

 at the station was -22.5 degrees in February, 1918. The domestic 

 heating load for the month was 1149 degree-days, the normal for 

 February being 1165 degree-days. The total heating load for the 

 season is 4688 degree-days. The normal heating load to the end of 

 February is 4982 degree-days. The normal heating load for Feb- 

 ruary is based on the 50-year record including 11 leap years and 

 hence is high compared with years which are not leap years. 



The total precipitation for the month was 1.66 inches, while 

 the normal for February is 3.19 inches. It is interesting to note that 

 the precipitation in February, 1941 was 1.59 inches. The total pre- 

 cipitation for January and February of this year is 5.20 inches 

 whereas for the same period in 1941 it was only 3.80 inches. Only 

 8 inches of snow fell in February compared to a normal of 13.99 

 inches. The total snowfall for the winter is 16.50 inches, while the 

 normal to the end of February is 38.15 inches. There were 190 hours 

 of bright sunshine, the normal being 158 hours. The total wind 

 movement during the month was 6531 miles which is the highest 

 ever recorded in February. The nearest to this record was 6445 miles 

 in 1896. The normal for February is 4776 miles. The highest wind 

 velocity was Z2 miles per hour on the 13th and 21st. The wind blew 

 from the northwest on 21 days. 



