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wind, go that ol jects could nut be di*tingui;lied ten feet distance. The ther- 

 mometer sunk to 27' below zero, and a good many persons wi.'re badly frozen. 

 Three men perished in this place by being lost or bewildered M'ithin a few rods 

 of their own houses. The thermometer was below zero every day from the IGth 

 to the 22d inclusive. 



Nciv JJJm, Minnesota. — Thermometer below zero every day from the 16th to 

 the 22d inclusive. 



St. Paul, Minnesota. — Thermometer below zero everv day from the 16th 

 to the 22d inclusive ; also on the 14th and 24th. 



A/ton, Minnesota. — January 21. — The deepest snow that has been for 

 twenty-seven years. Thermometer below zero every day from the 16th to the 

 22d ; also on the 14th and 24th. 



Davenport, Iowa. — Thermometer below zero only at 9 p. m. on the 19th and 

 all day on the 20lh. 



Muscatine, loiva. — January S. — At 9 a. m. the barometer was higher than it 

 has been for many years. The thermometer was below zero only at 7 a. m. of 

 the 5th, 9 p. m. of the 19th, all day on the 20th, and 7 a. m. on the 25th. 



Dubuque, Toica. — January S. — Unprecedented rise in the barometer. It cul- 

 minated at 11 a. m., reaching 30.459, (reduced to 32"^.) It has never been but 

 slightly above thirty inches during the past fifteen years that the observer has 

 kept a record, and then only three or four times, and but part of a day. On 

 this occasion it remained for three days above thirty inches. A very unusual 

 occurrence also is the presence of clouds with so great a pressure of the atmo-. 

 sphere. 19th, brisk snow-storm, with high northwest wind, and some sleet from 

 3.30 p. m. to 5 p. m. ; wind blew a gale all night from northwest. Temperature 

 below zero only at 7 a. m. on the 18th, 9 p. m. on the 19th, and all day on the 20th. 



Des Moines, Iowa. — The weather during the former part of the month was 

 delightful, the sky almost entirely cloudless, and the slightest perceivable wind. 



Mount Vernon, Iowa. — The thermometer below zero only on the 5th, 18th. 

 19th, and 20th. 



Fort Madison, Iowa — January 17. — Wild ^QCi-o. going north at 9 a. m. 

 Thermometer beluv/ zero only at 7 a. m. of the 20th. 



Dyons, Iowa. — Xo observation recorded below zero during the mouth, and 

 only once at zero, at 7 a. m. on the 16th. 



Manchester, Iowa. — January 29. — Ground frozen three feet deep; snow on the 

 ground about seven inches ; there has been excellent sleighing for near three weeks. 



Clinton, Iowa. — January has been a fine winter month, with a few dis- 

 agreeable days; for the most part rather mild and A'ery pleasant winter weather. 

 Good sleighing: from the 16th to the end of the montli. Thermometer below 

 zero only at 7 a. m. of the 1st and 4th. At zero on the 5th, 18th, 19th, and 21st. 



Fort Riley, Kansas. — Thermometer below zei'o only on the 19tli and 20th ; 

 at zero on the ISth. 



Olathe, Kansas. — On the night of the 14th and morning of the 15th a 

 heavy shower, accompanied with thunder and lightning. Tliermometer below 

 zero only in the night of the 19th and morning of the 20th. 



Atchison, Kansas. — Jan. 11. — Difi'use lightning in the south and southeast 

 during the evening. 19th, severe snow and wiud storm all day, blowing a gale 

 from the northwest. Thermometer below zero only on the 18th, 19th, and 20th. 



Elhhorji City, Nebraska. — January was stormy and cold, except the last 

 few days. The thermometer was below zero on each day from the 16th to the 

 21st inclusive, but on no other day. 



Bellecue, Nebraska. — Most of the snows drifted very much, and the sleigh- 

 ing was not very good. Thermometer below zero on each day from the 16th 

 to the 21st inclusive, and on no other day. 



Great Salt Lake City, Utah. — The 19th (mean temperature 19^) was the 

 coldest day of the month, except the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 15th. 



