REMARKS. 



The past month has been one of climatic extremes, giving us a 

 taste of both the biting cold of mid-winter and the mild, soft days 

 of spring. 



The first eleven days of the month with the exception of the 3rd. 

 instant, were considerably above the average temperature for Febru- 

 ary, the following eleven days, excepting the 14th. and loth, instants 

 decidedly below, — reaching a minimum 14° below zero, in the ground 

 shelter, and a mean for the day 1.7° below zero, on the 17th. instant. 

 After this time, (i. e. the 22ud. inst.) the tem[)erature was more 

 variable, but the month closed with springlike days, a heavy rain, 

 and the ground clear of snow and free from frost. 



The month has been exceedingly windy ; the mean barometric 

 pressure unusually low ; the relative humidity of the atmosphere 

 large ; and the precipitation above the average, though the snowfall 

 has been very light. 



The worst storm of the month was the hurricane of the 6-7th. 

 inst., during which, at its maximum, the wind blew at the rate of 60 

 miles an hour for over an hour, as indicated by the anemometer. 

 The barometer fell exceedingly rapidly just before and during this 

 storm, in all 1.23 inches in 24 hours, on the 6th. inst., from a. m. 

 to 12 p. M., or 1 .0 inch in 11 hours, between 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. 



LEONARD METCALF, Acting Meteorologist. 

 C. A. KING, Observer. 



