THE EUROPEAN STORM OF DECEMBER 21-28, 1836. 15 



rose so high as ten degrees above the mean; but throughout a considerable part of 

 European Eussia the thermometer stood more than ten degrees above its mean 

 height, and at one station it rose thirty-five degrees above the mean. On the 22d 

 and 23d the area of ten degrees above the mean had contracted considerably in its 

 dimensions ; Avhile on the north of Europe the thermometer had fallen ten degrees 

 below the mean. On the 24th the line of mean temperature had moved somewhat 

 to the southAvard; while the area often degrees below the mean included Norway, 

 Sweden, and a considerable part of Xorthern Russia. On the 25th, throughout the 

 whole of Europe, except its southeastern portion, the thermometer was below its 

 mean height ; and throughout most of Europe the thermometer stood from ten to 

 twenty degrees below the mean. On the 26th, 27th, and 28tli the area of low 

 thermometer was somewhat further extended, covering the whole of Europe, except 

 a small portion on the southeast; while throughout the principal part of Europe 

 the thermometer stood more than ten degrees below the mean. 



It is remarkable that while in the neighborhood of Switzerland from the 24th to 

 the 28th of December the barometer stood from a half inch to an inch below its 

 mean height, the thermometer in the same vicinity from the 25th to the 28tli was 

 from ten to twenty degrees below its mean height ; and on the 26th and 27th the 

 region of greatest barometric depression coincided nearly with that of greatest 

 thermometric depression, being exactly the reverse of what usually occurs in the 

 storms of the United States. 



Face of the Shy. 



The following table shows for each of the stations the face of the sky ; that is, it 

 shows at what stations snow was falling, and where rain was falling; where it was 

 cloudy, but without rain or snow; and also at what stations the sky was free from 

 clouds : — 



