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shorter records from the stations in other portions of the 

 state. He states that the first frost has occurred in the fall 

 in October four times in the course of these records, in No- 

 vember sixteen times, and in December seven times. There 

 have been several years in which there have been no frosts 

 in October. There have been three years in which none has 

 occurred in November nor December. Of late frosts he says 

 that there have been very few in April, and none after that. 

 The latest on record is that on the 28th of April, 1858. There 

 have been but four Aprils and but four Octobers in which 

 frosts have been recorded. From these statements an idea 

 can be formed of the average amounts of freezing weather in 

 winter. Frosty clays occur, on the average, about five days 

 in each of the months of December and January. As to clear 

 days, he states that from November to March there is an 

 average of twenty clear days per month; but for June, July, 

 August, September, and October an average of from seven- 

 teen to nineteen days. Of rainy days there are in January 

 six or seven, in February three or four, in March five or six, 

 and in December five. " I judge," Dr. Baldwin says, " that, 

 on the whole, the preponderance of clear over rainy and 

 cloudy days speaks decidedly in favor of our climate as be- 

 ing characterized by a fair amount of pleasant weather. The 

 excessively cloudy weather of January, 1875, is a marked 

 exception to all former years since my residence in Florida, 

 and has most probably resulted from some general disturb- 

 ance of the atmosphere, which has produced such intense 

 cold in the Northern States as will probably be remembered 

 hereafter as one of those cold winters which at long intervals 

 will visit a country, and which on many accounts may be con- 

 sidered as a 'blessing in disguise.'" Baldwins Address, 1875. 



