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NOTES OF THE WEATHER. 



February, 1871. 



Orono, Me.—AmoTas 10th, lltb, 13th, 15th, 21st. 



Williamsburg, Me. — Auroras 10th, 11th; mean heat of winter 12.45°. 



West Waterville, Me.— Auroras 10th, 11th, 21st; wells and streams 

 low. 



Gardiner, Me. — Month 2o.0G warmer than February average of thirty- 

 five years, and 1.55 inches less moisture than average of same period. 



Standish, Me. — Wheeling till 8th; good sleighing 15th; snow gone 

 24th. 



Oxford, Me. — Dry winter ; little good sleighing ; streams low. 



Cornish, Me. — Winter like March and April; February, 19 inches snow. 



Strafford, N. H. — Very cold 4th, 5th; snow on fifteen days, 20.75 

 inches. 



Tamivorth, N. H. — Ground hare 28th ; wells low or dry. 



Gontoocoolcville, N. R. — Thaws 1st, 25th; hard winter on grass fields. 



Goffstown Center, N. H. — Warm 23d to 28th; many wells still dry. 



Lunenbur(i,Vt. — Mouth cold and clear; March less snow than usual. 



East Bethel, Yt. — Smallest amount of sleighing in fifty years. 



Woodstoclx, Vt. — Drought partly relieved by rain and snow of 18th. 



Georgetown, Mass. — Sky nearly cloudless for seventy hours 4th to 7th. 



Mendon, Mass. — Bright aurora 10th; snow gone; roads muddy; 

 wells rising. 



Lunenburg, Mass. — Severe wind and cold 3d, 4th, 5th; sleighing 13th 

 to 17th. 



Southington, Ct. — Southeast wind melted the snow and caused freshet 

 18th ; bluebirds 25th ; mean heat of the winter 27°.17. 



Garriso7i's, N. Y. — Month cold; much snow ; ice yet on the Hudson. 



Cooperstown, JSf. Y. — No heavy storms of snow, rain, or wind; only 

 ten days sleighing ; winter mean heat 3° below last winter. 



North Hammond, N. Y. — Month mild, open ; coldest day of winter 5th. 



South Trenton, JSf. Y. — Snow (23.72 inches) on fourteen days; changeful 

 month. 



Middleburg, N. Y. — Streams low; only five days good sleighing. 



Bepauville, N. Y. — February mean 2o.5 above the last, and 1° above 

 the average of seven years; pleasant month, except a few days. 



Palermo, N. Y. — The winter was 22° warmer than average of seven- 

 teen winters ; snow-fall this winter was 45.75 inches. 



Buffalo, JV". Y. — Month 1° above average of thirteen years; very 

 changeable, and two days sleighing; winter rough, stormy, but not very 

 cold. 



Newarlc, H. J. — Month 2° below average ; of twenty-seven Februaries 

 only seven were colder; less snow, rain, and winds than usual. 



Soiith Orange, N. J. — Auroras 10th, 21st, 22d; sleighing from 23d 

 ultimo ended by rain 18th ; traveling heavy. 



Carlisle, Pa. — Coldest morning in two years Gth ; robins, bluebirds, 

 23d. 



Fountain Bale, Pa. — Bluebirds ; snow and frost gone 28th. 



Tioga, Pa. — Snow gone ; ice out of the river 28th. 



Grampian Hills, Pa. — Good roads, and fine month for out-door work. 



Connellsville, Pa. — Crows 23d ; frogs heard ; bluebirds 26th. 



Brownsville, Pa. — Pleasant month ; much plowing done. 



Beaver, Pa. — Month nearly 4° warmer than in 1870. 



