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moving in the streets. 16tli, Connecticut river closed witli ice. 28tli, ice 

 moving from the river ; steamer from Hartford passed down. 



Ntwhiiigh, N. Y. — December 31. — The month has been quite remarkable for 

 the very little snow that fell. There is now only a little in the gutters of the 

 streets, not enough for sleighing, although five inches fell yesterday. On one 

 or two occasions there was sleighing for a day or two, but it soon melted away. 

 Rochester, N. Y. — December 12. — The canals of this State closed to-day, 

 ■without having had the least destructioa from ice, anywhere, up to this date. 

 15th, the Eiie and Valley canals froze entirely over last night; there having 

 been no ice in either of them previously this season. 16th, fair skating on the 

 canal and hundreds enjoying it. Grcnesee river frozen over above the dam. 18th, 

 ground frozen one foot in depth. 2 1st, a violent gale during the night ; doing 

 great damage at Buffalo, but not here. 28th, freshet in the Genesee river; ice 

 all gone out. 31st, there were about five days' sleighing during the month. 

 — Dr. Mathews. 



Rochester, N. Y. — The mean heat of December was two and a half degrees 

 above the average of twenty-nine years. The amount of water was below the 

 general average. The mean temperature of the year 1865 was one degree and 

 one-tenth ab ive the average for twenty-nine years ; there were only two warmer 

 years during that period. The coldest year was 1843 ; the warmest, 1853. 

 The water fnllen in rain, snow, and hail, this year, is 34.08 inches ; general 

 average, 32.525 inches. — Professor Dewey. 



Fishkill, (on Hudson,) N. Y. — December 21. — At 2 55 a. m. a most violent 

 gust from about east-southeast struck here, lasting ten minutes. The wind 

 continued high for two hours, gradually changing to south and southwest. At 

 7 it changed to west, and then to west northwest, with a tremendous gale, lasting 

 until 4 p. m. 3i^^t, ice appearing in the river; navigation entirely free until to- 

 day, which is uiuisually late. 



Gonverneur, N. Y — December 8. — Oswegatchie river frozen over this morn- 

 ing, in all places where still water existed. 



Oswego, N. Y. — There were but two or three days' sleighing, during the 

 month of December. 



New York, N. Y. — December 21. — A very high wind prevailed all day, 

 doing much damage in the harbor; blew down an unfinished brick building, 

 corner of Fifth avenue and Sixty-third street. 27th, inside walls of the house 

 dripping with moisture. 



Garris ns, N. Y. — December 31. — The month has been marked with much 

 soft weather. Ground has been frozen to the depth of four inches, but the frost 

 is now entirely out of the ground. Navigation of the Hudson is still, and no 

 floating ice, which is rather unusual. 



Theresa, N. Y. — December 8. — Ground frozen up. 15th, river frozen 

 over, and boys skat ng on it. 



Dcpawi'ille, iV. Y — December 7. — Last ploughing; no frost in the ground; 

 roads muddy. 9th, ground frozen hard enough to bi ar teams; skating on 

 ponds; no snow. 10th, two inches of snow; draw firewood on sleigh. 11th, 

 snow all gone at noon. 12th, frost all out of the ground. 18th, ground bare 

 and frozen very hard. 21st to the 25th, good sleighing. 26th, rain, melting 

 the snow and leaving the ground bare. 30th, an inch of snow in the afternoon. 



Nichols, N. Y. — December \&, 17. — The Susquehanna river froze over at 

 Barton, twelve miles below Owego; broke up again within three days. 21st, 

 gale from the northwest all day. 31st, there was no sleighingduring the month of 

 any amount. During a greater part of the time the ground was bare, or not 

 more than a quarter to half an inch of snow, and cattle pasturing in the fields. 

 Ploughed a number of days in the fir-t half of the month. 



South Hartford, N. Y. — December 31. — The temperature of December wns 

 two or three degrees above that of previous years. For the first time within 



