REMARKS. 



Good wintry weather prevailed throughout the month although a 

 light snow fall gave less than the usual amount of sleighing. The 

 monthly means were all below the January normals and in some 

 instances the departures were unusually large. No extremes of tem- 

 perature were noted and not a single heavy storm occurred. 



While the mean barometer and monthly range were both but 

 slightly less than the normals, the fluctuations were more marked 

 than usual. The depressions of the 3d, 12th, 22d and 27th were 

 each accompanied by a small storm, although they were the princi- 

 pal storms of the month. 



The total wind movement was about 10 per cent less than usual. 

 The daily records of the ist and 28th were large for this station. 



The mean temperature was nearly a degree below the normal and 

 the range more than 10 degrees less than the usual amount. The 

 mean dew point and relative humidity were both new low records for 

 January, the former being nearly 7 degrees lower than the normal 

 and the latter about ten points less than the normal. 



The total precipitation was less than one half the usual amount 

 and less than any of our previous records for the month excepting 

 that of 1896. The greater part occurred as rain, the only snow of 

 any amount falling on the iith-i2th. A high percentage of cloudi- 

 ness was noted during the month. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 

 H. L. BODFISH, Observer. 



