REMARKS 



The weather for the month was near normal in most respects. 

 A below normal minimum barometer on the 14th occurred on the 

 same date as the near record 48-mph maximum wind velocity, and 

 the maximum barometer reading for the month is topped only by 

 the record of 1920. The 15-inch snowfall is only slightly above 

 the normal, 13.99, but the precipitation in water is still below 

 normal at 2.45 inches for the month. The 23 storms of the current 

 season have recorded a total of 53.0 inches of snow to the month's 

 end, considerably above the normal 38.15 inches but not crowding 

 the 71.5 inches of the 1892-1893 record. 



The mean minimum at 10.(5 degrees is 3.2 degrees below the 

 normal, and the mean temperature for the month settled at 2.3 

 degrees below normal. This is reflected in the degree days of 

 heating load of 12G4 for the month and 5196 for the season against 

 the normals of 1165 and 4982 degree days. Thus the normal 

 heating load would be 72.6% completed at the month's end, and 

 if the current season is to follow the same trend, the season's total 

 load estimates at 7150 degree days against the normal total of 

 6850, only 4.4% above normal, but 11.7% above last season. 



