Cambridge, Mass.
1900.
February.
  The month opened clear and cold, the mercury registering
on the first three days at 8 A.M. 8 degrees, 7 degrees, and 12 degrees respective-
ly. After that the temperature rose and between the 3rd and
18th, 24 degrees was the lowest record taken at 8 A.M., 1 P.M. and
6 P.M., at which times readings were taken daily with but few
exceptions. The highest point reached by the mercury was 58 degrees
at 1 P.M. on the 13th. There was a warm spell in the middle
of the month, the temperature on the 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, and
13th not falling below 36 degrees. The weather grew colder during
the latter half of the month and at 6.30 A.M. on the 27th it
registered -3 degrees. This was the coldest day of the winter.
  Clear and cloudy days with rain have alternated with each
other. Ten days were clear while rain fell on seven days.
There were a few light snow flurries during the month but on
the 17th and 18th occurred the second snow storm of any size
during the entire winter, about 10 inches of fine dry snow
covering the ground. Owing to the rain of the 22nd, 23d and
24th, however, in one week the snow had entirely disappeared.
The month closed with cloudy weather, the mercury standing at
7 degrees in the early morning at 7.30.
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