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Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 7th, - - - 40° 



Minimum on the 1 0th, - - - - 15* 



Mean height, - - . - . 30.77° 



Quantity of rain, .429 inch. 

 Number of rainy days, 3. 

 Prevalent wind, north. 



In January 1826, the mean height of the thermometer was rather less 

 than the mean for this month ; but, excepting this instance, the weather 

 has not been so severe for many years. At that time the thermometer was 

 at 9°, as well as in the following January, but the weather was not so 

 severe through the month. It is now eight weeks since the frost may be 

 said to have begun, since which time (or about the 7th December) the 

 thermometer has rarely been above the freezing point in the nights. 

 Though we have had frequent snow showers during the month, yet they 

 have been trifling. In this respect the county of Westmoreland has fared 

 differently to what most of the midland and southern counties have done. 

 Neither have we had the thermometer so low as appears to have been the 

 case in the south, where it is stated to have been observed as low as 10". 

 The winds have been in the N. N. W., N. E. and E. all cold quarters for 

 twenty-five days out of the thirty-one. When we have had a strong 

 wind from the N. or E. which has sometimes been the case, it has been 

 most piercing. Of course with all this frost we have had but .429 inch of 

 rain, and but three days on which any has fallen. The Aurora Borealis 

 was splendid in its appearance on the 28th. It has not been observed ex- 

 cept on the evening of that day, though it is probable enough it may have 

 occurred frequently without being noticed. In very few months within 

 the last eight years has the mean of the barometer been so great as in this 

 month. 



February. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 1 5th, - - 30.18 



Minimum on the 8th, - - - 28.95 



Mean height, - « . - 29.66 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 26th, - - - 51.5* 



Mininmm on the 7th, - - .19° 



Mean height, - - - 34.24" 



Quantity of rain, 4.774 inches, 

 Number of rainy days, 11. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



The weather in the early part of the month was cold like that of the 

 preceding month, and we had several snow showers. On the 7th, snow 

 fell to the depth of five inches. Since that time it has been mostly mild 

 and genial, though on the i22d snow fell most of the day. We have had 

 more rain this month than for sometime previous. The barometer has 

 been mostly low. The Aurora Boreahs appeared on the evening of the 

 19th, but was accompanied by no streamers that were perceptible- 



