REMARKS 



The weather for January was Hke that of the preceding 

 month in several respects. The snowfall was rather light, and 

 the temperature slightly above normal. There was but little 

 sleighing and not much bitter cold. 



The wind movement was considerably less than in Dec- 

 ember, but the gales were somewhat heavier, if not so fre- 

 quent. There was also much more wind from the South. 

 Altogether the month was less disagreeable than usual at this 

 time of year. 



The several weather elements showed the following fea- 

 tures of more or less interest : The mean barometer was below 

 the normal and the range of pressure rather small for the time 

 of year. The maximum pressure was nearly two-tenths of an 

 inch lower than usual and the duration of really high pressure 

 was rather short. 



The mean temperature was about a degree above the nor- 

 mal and the maximum temperature was slightly lower than 

 usual. The minimum temperature was zero which was seven de- 

 grees above the normal for this record. Near zero records were 

 made on several days. 



The mean dew-point and relative humidity were both 

 slightly above the normal. 



The total snow fall was rather small and nearly one-half 

 of it occurred during the storm of the 9th . There was fair 

 sleighing for about a week after this storm before the snow 

 melted. There were a few days of sleighing also near the last 

 of the month. On the 18th there was a very heavy rain storm 

 when about one-half of the total precipation for the month was 

 registered. 



The total wind movement was practically normal. Gales 

 were rather frequent and several were of marked intensity. 

 There was considerable south wind for this time of year. 



The amount of sunshine was slightly greater than usual. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 JAMES BOWER JR. Observer. 



