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The second cold term occurred on the 4th of February and 

 attained a temperature of — 28°. The Thermometer was 52^ 

 45™ below zero. 



The following table contains a record of the observations : 



4th February, 1871. 



The third cold term of the 21st December set in with some- 

 what unusual rapidity. The early part of the evening was bright 

 and moonlight, with but light wind from the N. W. The Ther- 

 mometer attained its zero point at 8.5 p.m. and at 9 p.m. stood 

 at — 1*^6. Wind N. W.; velocity 4 miles per hour. Barometer 

 29.632. At midnight the wind freshened and veered to the W., 

 velocity 12 miles per hour, the Barometer slowly rising, and at 

 11.49 p.m. (one of the signal hours of the War Department at 

 Washington) it stood at — 5°5 ; at 2 a.m. it stood at — 10°6 ; and 

 from that time it fell rapidly and attained a minimum of — 22^9. 

 The Thermometer was 34^ below zero. 



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