Cambridge, Mass.
1900.
January.
  The month of January has been remarkably mild and open.
The lowest records of temperature, taken at 8 A.M. and 1 P.M.,
were 5 degrees at 8 A.M. on the 4th, 10 degrees at 8 A.M. on the 9th, and
14 degrees at 8 A.M. on the 2nd, 3rd, 11th, 24th, and 27th. At 7 A.M.
on the 30th and at 6 P.M. on the 26th the mercury also stood
at 14 degrees. With these exceptions the temperature was never below
20 degrees. The highest points were 55 degrees on the 19th, 52 degrees on the 23rd
48 degrees on the 22nd, 45 degrees on the 19th and 20th, and 44 degrees on the 16th
and 23rd, all at 1 P.M. 13 days have been clear while rain
fell on the 11th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 25th, 28th, and 29th. Rain
on seven days in January is very unusual and this fact, com-
bined with the light snow fall has kept the ground very open.
  The first snow storm of the winter occurred on Jan. 1st
when about ten inches of dry fine snow fell. A rapid thaw on
the 5th spoiled the sleighing and on the 8th the streets were
bare though snow lay in patches in the more sheltered spots.
The second snow storm was on the 11th, about two inches fall-
ing followed by a heavy rain that took it almost entirely
away. A little snow fell on the 13th, 14th and 28th with
small flurries on the 24th and 31st. This is the record of
the January snow.
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