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Ami Arhor, Mich. — Moiitli open, moderate; bare gronnd at close. 

 Litchfield, Mich. — Kobiiis, bluebirds, 28tlj. Little sleighing tliis month. 

 Grand Bapids, Mich. — IMuch sleighing (64 days) this Avinter. 

 Xorthporf, Mich. — Coldest winter day 5th. Winter mild, good sleigh- 

 ing ; earth now bare, and bay and lake opc^n. 



Copper Falls, Mich. — Splendid auroras 11th, 12th ; sheet lightning 23d. 

 Onionagon, Mich. — Warm, i)leasant month ; little ice in lake. 

 Fort Wayjie, Ind. — Auroras 10th, IGth; frost out of ground, third 

 time, 22d. 



Vevay, Ind. — First copious rain in many months 17th ; robins 24th, 

 crocus 25th ; rain all day and night 25th, 2Gth. 



Mount Carmel, Ind. — First heavy rain in several months 17th, 18th. 

 New Harmony, Ind. — Thunder-storms 5th ; heavv rains 16th, 17th, 

 25th. 



Aurora, III. — Best and most sleighing in twenty years. 

 Belviderc, III. — Good sleighing till 2od; very high wind 24th. 

 Wyanet, III. — A hazy month, some days \'ery thick. 

 Hennepin, III. — Thunder-shower 24th. Month mild. 

 Havana, 111. — Thunder 5th ; ice out of river 18th ; robins 24th. 

 Dubois, III. — Bluebirds 4th ; frogs 7th -, all-day rain, flood, 17th. 

 Mount Sterling, III. — Spring birds 10th ; roads drying, frost gone, 27th. 

 Oquawlci, 111. — Heavy wind and rain with lightning 24th. 

 Mihcanlee, Wis. — Heavy storm — at San Franciso 20th ; at Corinne, 

 Utah, 2Lst ; at Cheyenne 22d ; at Omaha 23d; here 24th; reached 

 Portland, Me., 25th. [In some places rain, snow, hail, attended by 

 wind and lightning.] 



Embarrass, TFi*.— Auroras 10th, 11th, 12th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 26th. 

 Tunnel City, Wis. — Thunder-storms 23d, 24th; snow gone, freshets, 

 28th. Ground frozen three feet deep. 



St. Paid, Minn. — Only cold si)ell of winter 9th to 14th ; lightning, no 

 thunder or rain, 24th. Warmest winter in twelve years, except 1862-63, 

 ;and 1868-'69. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Mildest February since 1865. 

 Oak Lake, Minn. — Most beautiful February known here. 

 Bowens Prairie, Iowa. — Severest gale this winter, 28th. Month warm. 

 Guttenburg, loica. — No sleighing all winter; fine season for cattle. 

 Independence, loica. — Winter very mild and even temperature. 

 Boonesboro\ Iowa. — But two inches rain and melted snow from No- 

 vember 10th to 23d instant. February free from storms or rough winds, 

 generally. 



Hematite, Mo. — Martins 16th ; frogs 20th; meadow larks 23d. 

 Eolki, il/o.— Month nearly 4° warmer than in 1870. 

 Oregon, Mo. —AwvoTAa 12th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 24th, 27th. 

 Atchison, Kans. — Brilliant aurora 12th ; heavy thunder-storm 23d. 

 Plvm Grove, Kans. — Thunder, hail, 23d ; frogs, blackbirds, 24th. . 

 Council Grove, Kans. — First thunder-shower 10th, with hail 23d. 

 Nebraska City, Neb. — Latter part of month very pleasant. 

 Newcastle, Neb. — Little snow this winter, weather pleasant. 

 Watsonville, Cal. — Gale and thunder-storm 20th ; willow in leaf 28th. 

 Visalia, Cal. — Winter colder than usual. 

 Beer Lodge City, Mont. — Auroras 11th, 12th, white light. 

 Missoula, Mont. — Bright auroras 11th., 12th, streamers. 



