REMARKS 



The mean daily temperature during the month of February was 

 5.5 degrees above normal. The reading was 29.2 as compared to a 

 normal of 23.7. The degree days for the month were 1037.5 as 

 compared to a normal of 1167. The accumulative degree days for 

 the season at the end of February were 4579.5 as compared to a 

 normal of 4927. The accumulative degree days are slightly above 

 1950 and also above 1951, but the heating load has still been con- 

 siderably below normal. 



The precipitation for the month was 1.97 inches, which is far 

 below the normal of 3.19 inches. This is the first month for several 

 months that the precipitation has been below normal. The snowfall 

 to the end of February was 42.6 inches, which is 14.45 inches above 

 normal, but warm weather and a certain amount of rainfall have 

 reduced the amount of snow on the ground so that at present there 

 appears to be little danger of flood in the Connecticut Valley from 

 an accumulation of snow. This statement, of course, must be qualified, 

 according to the conditions that prevail in the Connecticut Valley 

 above Amherst. The excess moisture in the soil which has accu- 

 mulated over a period of several months because of the more than 

 normal rainfall could result in a flood if sudden and heavy rainfall 

 should occur. The soil has little ability, in its present condition, to 

 absorb further moisture. 



The mean relative humidity was far above normal for the month, 

 as it has been for many previous months. The mean relative humidity 

 for the month was 81.0 as compared to a normal of 66.6. 



