REMARKS 



The weather during January was generally seasonable and showed 

 a number of rapid changes in temperature, which often characterizes 

 this time of year. The changes in atmospheric pressure were also 

 large and comparatively rapid. The amount of cloudiness was un- 

 usually large, especially when taken in connection with the precipita- 

 tion up to the last day of the month. The heavy storm of rain, sleet 

 and snow on the last day of the month furnished practically one-half 

 of the total precipitation record. 



Comparing the records of the several weather elements with the 

 normals here shows the following as the principal features. The 

 mean barometer was much less than the normal and the maximum 

 and minimum pressures were both well below the average records for 

 these features. The rapid fall in pressure on the 24th and more 

 rapid rise of more than one inch on the 25th made a very unusual 

 record on the pressure chart. While the wind movement on those 

 dates was large, it at no time became even a moderate gale. The total 

 wind movement was about ten per cent more than the normal, and 

 about one-fourth of the days showed a comparatively large daily 

 movement. 



The mean temperature was slightly less than the normal, and the 

 maximum nearly the average value for that feature. The minimum 

 was more than five degrees below its normal value, giving an un- 

 usually large range for the month. On the 13th the thermometer 

 was below zero for practically the whole day ; the mean hourly tem- 

 perature being -7.3 degrees. On the following day it also averaged 

 below zero, although considerably above during part of the day. 



The mean dewpoint was rather low and the relative humidity con- 

 siderably above the normal. 



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

 mal, and much the greater part occurred as rain. The snowfall was 

 comparatively small. The sky was cloudy or overcast about two- 

 thirds of the time. 



J. E. OSTRANDER, Meteorologist 

 E. K. DEXTER, Observer. 



