New York Weather Bureau. 507 



1862. The record of April 1st is : An immense ibody of lieavy 

 snow on ground two feet deep; (three months good sleighing. 



1863. Very hot and wet summer; fine crops. 



1864. Very hot and dry in July. 



1865. Cherries in full bloom April 2Tth. A warm and dry 

 summer. 



186.5--6. No snow to make sleighing. 



1867. One foot of snow January 20th remained till March. 

 Rain fell on itlwenty-eight days in May. Summer months fine for 

 grain — wheat never better. 



1868. The average temperature for July the hiigihest I ever 

 knew. No rain to reach potatoes till August 20th. 



1868-9. Grood sleighing all winter, and until March 24th. 

 Coldest summer and most rain I ever knew. The coldest Novem- 

 ber on record. 



1870. Thermometer ait degree but three mornings all winter. 

 Only ten days isleighing. A very warm spring and summer. 

 Plowing till December 16th. 



1871. Februairy Sith, 30 degrees below zero at 6 a. m. and 10 

 degrees below all day. Early spring. 



1872. Great drouth in May, and very hot a'nd dry all through 

 June. 



1874. A very opea winter, with but little snow. Temperature 

 below zero several days in April. Ahot summer followed. 



1875. Begins with, thermometer at zero and keeps very cold all 

 winter. Ice-houises all filled after March 20th with ice over two 

 feet thick. Year clo'sed with the thermometer at 80 *degrees. 



1876. New Year's day the warmest on *record. No snow till 

 February 15th, and then only a flurry. Very warm in July and 

 up to August 21st. 



1877. January 14th : " Scarcely a day since Christmas that it 

 has not snowed; snow four feet deep in the woods, and very 

 solid. A great many roofs falling in." A fine year for corn. 



1878. A very warm March. Cherries in bloom April 23d. 



♦Maximum temperature at Ithaca on December 31, 1875, was 59 degrees ; January ?, 1876, 

 64 degrees. 



