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STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



TEMPERATURE. 



Tlic followina' tabic shows the average tcinp3iatLirc of different jjlaccs, aud 

 the average of all places, for the year, by months : 



Average teinperaturo of year, 48^-°. 



This table is calculated from observations taken three times dailv, viz. : 7 A. 

 M.., 2 P. M., and 9 P. M. From examination of the table it appears that 

 different jilaces vary greatly in their average temperature, and that tlie temper- 

 ature of places in the northern part of the State is lower than in the southern, 

 as would be expected. Contrary to the general rule, the month of November 

 of this year was much colder than December. During the first part of Novem- 

 ber, enow fell in many parts of the State, and for that time of the year, the 

 weather was very cold. Whereupon several of the "weather prophets" 

 rushed to the front, and announced tliat the winter of 1877-8 would be one of 

 the coldest ever known : that during tiie latter part of December we should 

 experience some very severe winter weather. Jlow well have these predictions 

 been veriiied? J)uring December the air was moist and balmy, and the weather 

 was more like that of April than December. In many places, farmers plowed 

 during the latter part of the month, and the "oldest inhabitants" said that 

 such ])leasant weather had not been known in December before, for over thirty 

 years I This shows the folly of a person's attempting to predict the weather if 

 lie uses any of the i)opular weather signs, his feelings, or the almanac, as his 

 data of calculation. 



The temperature of this year is slightly above the average, as appears from 

 the following table giving the average temperature by months from the year 



