REMARKS 



The weather during February was generally good winter weather, 

 in marked contrast with the abnormal conditions of the preceding 

 two months. Departures from normals were in most cases not es- 

 pecially marked and of little influence on the weather as a whole. 

 During about half the month the sleighing was fair in this section. 



A study of the records of the several weather elements for the 

 month shows the following as the more important features. The 

 mean barometer was slightly lower than the normal and the range 

 unusually small for this time of the year. This was due to both a 

 low maximum and high minimum. Notwithstanding the compara- 

 tively quiescent pressure the total wind movement was slightly 

 greater than usual. All the gales were from nearly a westerly direc- 

 tion. 



The mean temperature was slightly lower than the normal and the 

 range was the usual amount. The thermometer registered below 

 zero on three dates, all during the first half of the month. The first 

 half of the month was considerably colder than the last half; the 

 records showing that during the first fourteen days the mean daily 

 temperature was above the mean for the month on but three days 

 while the last fourteen days had but five days when the daily mean 

 was below the monthly mean. 



The mean dew point and relative humidity were both considera- 

 bly below the normals for these elements. 



The total precipitation was about ten per cent, less than the nor- 

 mal and about two-thirds occurred as rain. 



The amount of cloudiness was much below the average for Feb- 

 ruary. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist. 

 H. W. ANGIER, Observer. 



