The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-01
FEBRUARY WEATHER.
Th0 ReSie% 81 the S Tsrse s'S WINTER q M rf.ssSs

Review Of tho Three Winter Menths.
The thermometer at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital indicated q mean temperature during
the month of February of 33.93 degrees.
The following shows the record of the month
in detail, giving the maximum and minimum
temperature of each day, and also the stand
ing of the thermometer at o'clock in the
morning.
ts:sj Sss ts,s3 ss: '4;5 ,a;g5 s...rs.
/. .4S. ... SO. AZ. Rain from A. M 10
2. ...s7. 81. Light drizzling rain all day.
8. 4O... 97.. Clear a. M. overcast M ;clear
4. 40. .s4,5.. SO. . Clear; cloudy from P. NJ.
6..14'5.... 1876. Clear
.2s3....is:5. is :. Clear A. NJ, cloudy Pm.
g. s75 =. IS. ... .9O'b... Cloudy.
9. 4O5. .34'6 $50. Dense fog A. NJ, drizzling
10. 81. SO. ... Clear. Wv
IL b.. %. "a. Clear A. NJ, overcast p. M.
i2. .S2 2e.... 3l'5.. Brisk snow between i2 and
A. M.-Rain P. M. $50.
13. 81 1855. ...29.5 Slightly clouded all day.
ID. .9O5.. 2S... .S5. Snow brisk from A. M. to
15 so.5 .. Qqs ..qs-5 cloudy.
II. 475,. 80. SO. Slight rain and snow II A. M.
IS. .53'5. 20. SO. Rain from 10 A. NJ. to
10. 1916. .2s. e.. 80. 81. Cloudy.
20. AZ .ss AZ. Heavy clouds A. M. clear
81. 80 e.. 80 SO . cloudy A. NJ, clear 3 P, M.
20. 80. IS. .19. ... Clear.
20. SO. ..23 80 zee. Clear A. M. -
PM 0s6
%. CO.. .446. 40. Heavy fog A, M, slight rain
&C. .4S'5. .Drizzing rain all day. L'63O
2T. 49,. .43. Clear A. NJ, slightly clouded
P. NJ.
2s. A.. 1885,. "a. Clear.
$685.. 2827.. 1924 being the averages OF the
month.
The mean temperature of the month was 1898
deg, that of February, 1870, having been 1898,
while the average of the mean temperatures of
the month since 1890 has been 80 so. The high
est mean temperature on record for February is
al 03 deg. in 1857 the lowest being 81 deg, in
1875 1886, and 1888. The highest point indi-
catud during the month just closed was 60 deg,
and the lowest rs deg. on the 9th; the highest
for February 1870 being 60 deg. on the 18th,
and the lowest IL deg. on the 21st and 22d. The
wide range of 525 deg. shows the thermometer
to have touched both extremes, but as whole
the temperature of the mouth in this locality
was but little above the average and therefore
very seasonable.
The following shows the salient points of the
temperature of the three winter months:-
n &tSG ss:s} (s::s5 sss (a;fo &;g. Es3'; S$;y5
February. ..,.....3 1898 90 10 62'5
This gives an average mean temperature for
the three months of 1866 deg, which presents
the following comparison with that of the past:
H H1S69- .3I'T1 "
"1S6S-69. -69.................... 1862 "
"1S67-68. -68...,................ .29'52
Average Of mean since 1890. .3tb0
Highest mean Qn 1928 and 1851 ............3S 33 ="
Lowest mean Qn 1916 and 1886 ............2666 "
During February rain fell on different days,
and snow on days, 10 days only being clear
throughout. The entire fall of rain and snow,
when melted, measured 800 inches, the average
rainfall of the month for the past 81 years being
30S inches. The rainfall of February, 1870, was
2 SO inches, while that of February, 1869, was
4'76 inches. The falls of snow on the 18th and
18th measured about 8 inches on the level, and
.46 inches when melted.