REMARKS. 



The month of February with its twenty-eight days is generally able 

 to crowd within its limits greater and more rapid changes of weather 

 than any other month of the year. The past month proved no 

 exception as an examination of the records shows. A heavy shower 

 with thunder and lightning, a severe snowstorm, a severe cold snap, 

 a rapid thaw and several high winds were all prominent features of 

 the weather for the month. 



On the 4th, 8th, nth, 17th and 28th, the barometer chart showed 

 pronounced minimums, and around these dates the principal storms 

 of the month occurred. The mean pressure was slightly below the 

 normal and the range normal. The total wind movement was only 

 about 80 per cent of the normal notwithstanding that on ten dates 

 the daily movement exceeded 200 miles. Much more than the usual 

 percentage was from the western direction. 



The mean temperature was three degrees above the normal and 

 higher than any previous February record at this station excepting 

 that of 1891. The range was eight degrees more than usual and 

 exceeded only by the record for 1898. The maximum and minimum 

 for the month were both well below the usual records. On the 21st 

 the rise in temperature from 11 degrees below zero at 8 a. m., to 34 

 degrees above at 5 p. ini., a total change of 45 degrees in 9 hours, 

 exhibits a very unusual record for this station. The mean dew point 

 and the relative humidity were both considerably above the normal. 

 The total precipitation was 25 per cent more than normal, the 

 greater part occurring as rain. The shower on the 4th and the snow 

 storm of the i5th-i7th were the most severe storms of the month. 

 The warm rain on the last of the month carried off the snow rapidly 

 and the small streams were greatly swollen. The total amount of 

 sunshine was nearly normal. 



J. K. OSTRANDKR Meteoiolouist 



.S. C. BACON Observer. 



