REMARKS 



The weather during January was more severe than usual. The 

 mean temperature during the month was 21.4 degrees, while the 

 normal mean temperature for January is 24.2 degrees. It should 

 be noted, however, that the mean temperature during January, 

 1940 was 18.5 degrees and in 1941 it was 21.2 degrees. The low- 

 est temperature was -4 degrees on the 8th and the highest 42 

 degrees on the 31st. The domestic heating load was 1352 degree- 

 days compared to a normal of 1265 degree-days. The total heat- 

 ing load for the season to the end of January is 3902 degree-days 

 which is slightly more than 2 percent higher than the normal of 

 3817 degree-days for this period. The heating load for the current 

 year to the end of January is 57 percent of the normal annual 

 load. 



There was a total snowfall of 19.25 inches during the month. 

 The normal snowfall during January is 13.32 inches. The total 

 precipitation during January is 3.61 inches. The mean humidity 

 during the month was 73.3 percent compared to a normal of 70.1 

 percent. The total wind movement during the month was 4874 

 miles, the normal being 5055 miles. The highest wind velocity 

 was 32 miles per hour on the 19th. 



