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NOTES OF THE WEATHER FOR JANUARY, 1871. 



Houlton, Jle. — Snow two feet deep ; sleighing good all tbe mouth ; cold 

 unusually severe, with high wiuds. 



Gardiner J J/e.— Month cold and dry, nearly 2.5^ colder thau average 

 of thirty-five years, (18.138^.) Total snow this season, 41 inches. 



West Water viUe, Me. — Mean temperature 0.46^ above January aver- 

 age of eight years. Snow-fall of the month, 15.5 inches; now 12 inches 

 in woods. 



Oxford, Me. — First good sleighing 2d ; coldest day in three years. 23d. 

 Ponds and streams very low ; even some deep wells have failed. 



Cornishville, Me. — Average January heat for forty years 17^; this 

 year 1S.11-. 



Antrim, X. H. — Little snow; unsually cold, but with three thaws this 

 month. 



Stratford. 2\. R. — Drought ; some wells frozen ; others dry since August. 



Whiiejield, X H. — Pond ice 11 inches thick; a cake 22 inches square 

 and 9.5 inches thick weighed 232 pounds. But little snow has tallen. 



Gofatoirn Center, X. H. — The 23d was 11^ colder than any day last 

 winter. Many wells yet dry, aiul drought still severe. 



ContocooJcville, X. H. — Sleighing Ith, wheeling again 11th; aurora 

 13th ; month about average temperature, but below zero on nine days. 



Lunenhurq, Yt. — Mild Januarv except one week : little sleighing. 



South Troy, T7.— Auroras 3d,'Gth, 10th, 13th, 19th, 23d. 



Woodstock, Yt. — Drought continues; melting snow for family use. 



Bandolpli, Yt. — The driest January in six years. 



Kingston, Mass. — Mean heat G° degrees lower than in 1870. Drought 

 continues. 



Xew Bedford, Mass. — Harbor open all season ; very little good sleigh- 

 ing. 



Lunenburg, 3[ass. — But little sleighing now ; 3 inches snow 31st. 



Amherst, 2Iass. — First sleighing 27th; gone 31st. 



Middletoicn, Gt. — Faint aurora 13th; heavy snow-storm all day, with 

 the thermometer belov\' and at zero till 5 p. m. 



Southington. Gt. — Streams low or dry agaiji; suftering for water. 



Garrison's, X. Y. — Streams and springs remain low ; river closed since 

 20th. 



Brooldyn, X. Y. — Heaviest snow-storm of season ; changed to sleet 20th. 



South Trenton, X. Y. — First thunder 19th. Coldest January lor years. 



Xeichurgh, X. Y. — River closed 9th; bovs skating 10th; river open 

 13th ; closed 23d. 



Depauville, X. Y. — Thermometer fell from 21^ to 8^ in six hours 21st, 

 22d ; coldest day since January lOtb, 1859, 23d ; from 22d to 26th, (five 

 days.) the mean was 8^ ; coldest spell on my record for twenty-five years j 

 on fourteen mornings it was near or below zero. 



Xorth Yolney. X. Y. — ^lean heat 6.87^ below last January, and 5.80° 

 below January, 1869. Rain or snow fell on twenty-three dajs. 



Buffalo, X. Y. — Mean temperature same as for thirteen Januaries, 

 with 11 inches less snow. Snow all gone 30th; rain 3()th, 31st. 



Xeicarl; X. J. — January in 187t>, 7° above, and in 1871,2.1° below the 

 average of twenty-seven Januaries. Snow-tall on 2Gth. G.b inches ; for 

 the month, 16 inches. 



Moorestoicn, X. J. — Plowing ground in order 12th to 17th. Wells, &c., 

 very low. 



Xeic Germantoicn, X. J. — Auroras 13th. 16th; snow 12 inches 26th. 



