506 Eighth Annual Rkport of the 



1854. For twelve days in J\i]j tlie mercui'}' stood at 95 degrees 

 and over in the ishade, and for eighteen days it was over 90 de- 

 grees. That was the hoittest summer I ever Icuew, * * * ^t 

 was followed by a cold fall and early snow. 



1855. The " heated term " of '54 was followed by a remarkably 

 cold February, Ithe mercury falling below zero fourteen mornings 

 out of the twenty-eight, and fine siledghing till March 6th. 



1856. Opened cold and kept it up all winter and well into April. 

 Sleighing good from January 5th to April 3d. On the latter 

 date I find this record " south wind and rain, the first drop in 100 

 days." Several itimes that winter the mercury was 30 degrees 

 below zero; the 14th of February, 32 degrees ibelow. It was a 

 winter long to be remembered for extreme cold. August was very 

 cool and September very wairm till the 29th. 



1857-58, Plows ran in January, in fact some farmers about 

 here plowed every month that winter. 



1859. January and February were noted for absence of snow 

 and mild weather; roads very dry all through March and much 

 plowing dome. On April 23d I find this record: "Snowed hard 

 all day, and wind blew a hurricane — more snow fallen to-day 

 than all winter — ^and plump eight inches deep to-night." May 

 7th, 90 degrees at 2 p. m., a remairkably warm month. June 4Jth, 

 cold, with rain and snow; June 5th, ice one-quarter inch thick. 

 The forest leaves were almoist full isize, and hefore noon were a 

 butternut color. Eiarly wheat and corn cut down. Another hard 

 freeze on the 11th and a still harder one on the 12th, but nothing 

 left to kill. 



1860. A mild windier, plowing all done in April. 



1861. August 2d, thermometer at sunrise 80 degrees, 94 de- 

 grees at noon, 100 degrees at 2 p. m. ; the warmest day I ever saw. 

 A remarkaibly warm fall; December 9th and 10th thermometer 

 at 80 degrees.* Sheep in pasture (till Decemiber 21st, which is 

 unprecedented. ' 



* The temperature on these dates were remarkably hi^h throughout New York, the maxi- 

 mum noted at stations of the Regents' system being Gt degrees.— Ed. 



