REMARKS. 



The past month proved to be one of the coldest since the estabhsh- 

 ment of this station. The mean temperature was lower than any 

 previous records excepting January 1893 and January and February 

 1904. During the first twenty days the temperature never rose above 

 the freezing point and on seven dates the minimum fell below zero^ 

 The small precipitation and large amount of sunshine were also 

 prominent features of the weather. 



The mean barometer was more than a tenth of one inch above the 

 normal; a high barometer with large fluctuations being especially 

 prominent during the first half of the month. During the storm of 

 the 1 2th- 1 3th the barometer fell an inch in about 18 hours. The 

 maximum reading for the month was normal and the range was about 

 four-fifths the usual amount. 



The maximum and the minimum temperatures were both nearly 

 three degrees below the normal and the mean temperature was about 

 six and one-half degrees lower than usual ; the record very nearly 

 equalling the low figure of February last year. The mean dew point 

 was nine degrees below the normal and the relative humidity two and 

 one-half per cent lower than usual. 



The total precipitation was about one-half the normal amount and 

 the greater part occurred as snow. The number of clear or fair days 

 was unusually large. 



The total wind movement was about 90 per cent of the usual 

 amount, and West Northwest was the predominating direction. 

 Good sleighing continued without interruption throughout the month. 



J. E. OSTRANDER Meteorologist. 



G. W. PATCH Observer. 



