REMARKS 



The weather during the month, while fairly seasonable in charac- 

 ter, was marked by sudden changes and large fluctuations in a num- 

 ber of the more important elements. Perhaps the most noticeable 

 were the high temperature, large precipitation, small amount of snow 

 and large wind movement. 



A study of the records shows the following as the principal de- 

 •partures from the normals : The mean barometer was considerably 

 lower than usual and the range large even for February. The mini- 

 mum record was extremely low for this locality, and was reached by 

 an unusually rapid fall, — an inch in about fourteen hours. Large 

 fluctuations were pronounced throughout the month. The total wind 

 movement was considerably more than the normal, and largely from 

 the northwest quadrant. 



The mean temperature was about six degrees higher than usual, 

 and the maximum and minimum records were both high. The maxi- 

 mum record followed the minimum for the month, in 55 hours, giv- 

 ing the monthly range in an unusually brief time. The temperature 

 fell below zero on but a single date. 



The mean dew-point was about four degrees above the normal, 

 and the relative humidity slightly higher than usual. 



The total precipitation was about two inches more than the nor- 

 mal and well distributed throughout the month. Only a compara- 

 tively small part of it occurred as snow. 



The cloudiness observed was slightly more than the average. 

 There was sleighing about half the month, but part of the time it was 

 comparatively poor. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 R. C. LINDBLAD, Observer. 



