REMARKS. 



The weather for the month while seasonable in most respects 

 showed a number of marked departures from the normals in the rec- 

 ords of the various elements. Some of these departures, notably 

 those of atmospheric pressure, dew point and snow fall, corre- 

 sponded with the same abnormal features of a year ago. 



The mean barometer was about a quarter of an inch below the 

 normal and established a new low mean record at this station. It 

 differed but little however from the February record of last year. 

 The maximum occurring on the ist and one of the minimums on the 

 2d shows a rapidity of change not often noted. The second large 

 fluctuation culminated in the low record of the 17th. During the 

 last week the chart record showed the pressure very unsteady 

 although the changes of pressure were small. The total wind move- 

 ment was nearly ten per cent less than usual although a number of 

 unusually large daily records were made. The daily prevailing 

 direction of the wind was from the northeast quadrant on twenty 

 days of the month, a most unusual feature here. 



The mean temperature was about a degree above the normal, and 

 the minimum record above zero for the first time since 1890. The 

 range was about ten degrees less than isual. The mean dew point 

 was unusually low and the relative humidity ten points below the 

 normal. 



The total precipitation was slightly above the average, most of it- 

 occurring as rain. Nearly one-half the total fell on the last day of 

 the month after 4 p. m., in a very heavy shower. The snow fall was 

 small and soon melted giving but three days sleighing 'compared 

 with sixteen days sleighing last year for about the same amount of 

 snow. The month closed with the ground bare and the frost all out 

 in places. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 

 H. L. BODFISH, Observer. 



