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Portland, Ore^.— SI i.irlit frosts 8tli, Oth, lOtli, IStli, Kitli, 17tli, 21)tb, 

 30tli, and .31st. 



November, 1871. 



Lisbon, Me. — Unusually cold for November liStli, -JOtli und .50th ; An- 

 droscoggin frozen so that men cross on foot. 



Gardiner, Me. — Good sleigbing llth, 12tb, KUli, and 14th ; river closed 

 29tli. 



Oxford, Jl/e.— Sleigbiug- 10th to ITtb, and 24th to 27th ; terribly cold 

 and windy oOtb. 



Mount Desert, Me. — Severe gale all last night, heavy rain, sotne snow 

 and hail, highest tide for many years IGth ; verv cold 28th, 29th, and 

 30th. 



ContoocoolcviUe, J^. H. — Ten inches of snow fell 10th and llth ; heavy 

 rain ICth ; three of the coldest days ever experienced in November; mill- 

 wheels stopped by anchor ice from the river 28th, 29th, and 30th. A 

 cold montb, rain and melted snow nearly twice the usual amount; ground 

 frozen 8 inches. 



Stratford, If. H. — Snow on seventeen days ; the coldest November in 

 seventeen years. 



Tamworth, N. H. — Ground continued frozen throughout the day 5th; 

 aurora brilliant and blood-red 9th ; ponds closed over 2Sth ; ground 

 covered with snow from the 10th. 



iShelhurne, JSf. H. — Tbe last three days said to be the coldest ever knowu 

 here in November ; Androscoggin River frozen over tbe earliest for more 

 than twenty-iive years. 



Dunbarton, X.^ H. — An unr.sual auiount of rain this month. 



Woodntoclv, Yt. — Brilliant aurora borealis 9th ; ponds frozen over 

 12th; boys skating 13th: river cleared of ice 10th; ponds frozen and 

 boys skating again 28tb. 



Norwich, Vt. — Remarkably cold for the season 30th. 



Craftsbnry, Vt. — A cold November, remarkable for the extreme cold 

 of its last three days; sleighing since the 25tb. 



Lunenhurcjh, Vt. — A meteor observed east-northeast about half the 

 diameter of the moon, and so bright as to cast a shadow, though the 

 moon was shining at the time. 



Near St. Albans, Yt. — A little snow 3d, 7tb, 8tli, and llth. 



Fanton, 7^.— Sharp winter weather, but little snow, 30th. 



Randolph, Yt. — Water froze one and one-half inch thick 5th ; seven 

 inches of snow fell lOtb ; rain carried off tbe snow 15th and IGtb ; weather 

 mild from 15th to 21st; nine inches of snow fell 24th; weather very 

 mild 25th to 28th ; the coldest November in seven years. 



^Vest Charlotte, Yt. — Seven and a half inches of snow fell llth ; month 

 unusually' cold. 



Lunenburgh, Mass. — The 28th and 30th were the coldest mornings that 

 have occurred in November in thirty-three years — the thermometer be- 

 low zero in some places — a high wind, blowing at times a gale; these 

 days have been seldom exceeded in severity in tbe depth of winter. 



Neto Bedford, Mass. — An exceedingly cold day on account of the vio- 

 lence of tbe wind 30tb. Ice prevented in the harbor by tbe wind. 



Richmond, Mass. — Snow, bail, and rain, which froze on the trees and 

 gave them a beautiful appearance for several days, llth. Coldest No- 

 vember days we have ever known — }ionds, &c., firmly frozen — 2Sth, 

 29tb, and 3bth. 



Southington, Conn. — A iiuious wind from 2 to 4 a. m., prostrating tree's 



