REMARKS 



The weather during the month was very stormy and the sky was 

 overcast a large part of the time. The precipitation was very large 

 and more than one-half of it occurred as snow. The snow storms 

 were very frequent and several of them of considerable severity. 

 Most of the rainfall was absorbed by the snow on the ground so that 

 the run-off was not large. There was but little thawing during the 

 month. The month was considerably colder than usual and the 

 temperature went below zero on seven days. The maximum tempe- 

 rature was registered on the first and the minimum on the last day 

 of the month. More than two-thirds of the days were either cloudy 

 or overcast. 



The records of the several weather elements show the following 

 features of interest : The mean barometer was practically normal and 

 the range rather small. The maximum and minimum pressures were 

 both considerably higher than their respective normals. The total 

 wind movement was less than usual and the persistency of direction 

 from the northwest quadrant was very marked. The gales were few 

 and of moderate severity. 



The mean hourly temperature was more than four degrees below 

 the normal and only three days had an average temperature above 

 freezing. All of the zero weather was during the last half of the 

 month. The range of temperature on the i8th was exceptionally 

 large. 



The mean dew point was about four degrees lower than usual and 

 the relative humidity was high. 



The sunshine record was but little more than one-half the usual 

 amount. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 

 G. E. LINDSKOG, Observer. 



