New York Weather Bureau. 



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Periods of Navigation in Lakes, Rivers and Canals. 



TABLE 15. 



Dates of Ojjening and Closing of Namgation in the Hudson 



River at Albany. 



[Dates from 1646 f.o 1888 were obtained from the •' Climate of New Jersey," by J. C. Smock. 

 The records from 1888 to 1893 were furnished by the State Engineer, Albany.] 



YEARS. 



1818 



1819 



1820. 



1831. 



1823. 



182.3. 



1824. 



1825. 



1826. 



1827. 



1828. 



1829. 



1830. 



1831. 



1883. 



1833. 



1834. 



18.35. 



18.36. 



1837. 



1838. 



1839. 



1840. 



Kiver open. 



March 



April 



March 



March 



March 



March 



March 



March 



February 



March 



February 



April 



March 



March 



March 



March 



February 



March 



April 



March 



March 



March 



February 



River closed. 



November 25 



Feb. 3 (1790) 

 December 8 

 December 8 

 December 12 

 December 26 

 Jan. 13 (1795) 

 Jan. 23 (1796) 

 November 28 

 November 26 

 November 23 

 Jan. 6 (1800) 

 Jan. 3 (ISOl) 

 Feb. 3 (1802) 

 December 1(S 

 Jan. 12(1804) 

 December 13 

 Jan. 9 (1606) 

 December 11 

 Jan. 4 (1808) 

 December 9 

 Jan. 19(1810) 

 December 14 

 December 20 

 December 21 

 December 22 

 December 10 

 December 2 

 December 16 

 December 7 



December 14 

 December 13 

 November 13 

 December 13 

 December 24 

 December 16 

 Jan. 5 (1825) 

 December 13 

 December 24 

 December 25 

 December 23 

 Jan. 11 (1830) 

 December 23 

 December 5 

 December 21 

 December 13 

 December 15 

 November 30 

 December 7 

 December 13 

 November 25 

 December 18 

 December 5 



S ? 



•2rA 

 266 



295 

 301 



310 



251 



"294 

 271 

 274 



285 



264 

 254 

 233 

 273 

 284 

 267 

 308 

 282 

 301 

 208 

 319 

 285 

 283 

 265 

 371 

 267 

 297 

 250 

 347 

 260 

 251 

 273 

 288 



YEARS. 



1841... 

 1842... 

 1843... 

 1844... 

 1845... 

 1-46... 

 1847. . . 

 1848... 

 1849... 

 1850... 

 1851... 

 18.58... 

 1853... 

 1854... 

 1855... 

 18.56. . 

 1857... 

 1858... 

 1859... 

 1860... 

 1861... 

 1863... 

 1863... 

 1864... 

 1865... 

 1865... 

 1867... 

 1868... 

 1869... 

 1870... 

 1871... 

 1873... 

 1873... 

 1874... 

 1875... 

 1876... 

 1877... 

 1878... 

 1879... 

 1880... 

 1881... 

 1883... 

 1883... 

 1884... 

 1885... 

 1886... 

 1887... 

 1888... 

 1889... 

 1890... 



1891 



1893 



Averages 



River open. 



March 



April 



April 



Blarch 



March 



March 



March 



March 



April 



March 



March 



April 



April 



March 



April 



April 



March 



March 



April 



March 



March 



March 



March 



JIarch 



April 



March 



April 



April 



IMarch 



March 24 



February 4 



April 13 



March 14 



February 24 



March 15 



April 6 



March 33 



March 19 



March 9 



February 25 



March 28 



March 21 



March 17 



JIarch 20 



April 10 



February 27 



March 20 

 March 

 March 



13 

 6 

 5 

 4 



11 

 23 

 20 

 26 

 24 



5 

 31 

 13 



7 

 16 

 19 

 13 



1 

 30 

 14 



4 



5 

 21 



8 

 29 

 25 



7 

 30 



9 



5 

 19 



River closed. 



Entire winter 

 March 22 



March 31 



December 19 

 November 29 

 December 9 

 December 11 

 December 4 

 December 15 

 December 24 

 December 27 

 December 25 

 December 17 

 December 13 

 December 22 

 December 21 

 December 8 

 December 20 

 December 16 

 December 27 

 December 18 

 December 10 

 December 14 

 December 23 

 December 19 

 December 11 

 December 12 

 December 16 

 December 15 

 December 8 

 December 5 

 December 9 



December 17 



March 



20 



29 

 9 



November 

 December 

 November 22 

 December 12 

 November 29 

 December 2 

 December 31 

 December 20 

 December 20 

 November 25 

 Jan. 2 (1882) 

 December 4 

 December 15 

 December 19 

 December 1-3 

 December 3 

 December 20 



Not closed... 

 December 8 

 December 4 



December 16 



o a 



270 

 298 

 240 

 272 

 283 

 275 

 263 

 280 

 281 

 283 

 291 

 269 

 275 

 266 

 275 

 250 

 303 

 273 

 272 

 283 

 293 

 259 

 252 

 276 

 269 

 270 

 257 

 256 

 248 

 261 

 263 

 246 

 220 

 208 

 230 

 245 

 278 

 281 

 260 

 265 

 287 

 273 

 261 

 269 

 250 

 248 

 255 



'286 

 337 



277 



271 



Note.— The Report of the New York Repents (1850-1863) gives a record of dates of closing of 

 navigation at Hudson city during 54 years, 1817-70. The average date of closing computed 

 from the series is December 18th. 



