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Tops field, Mass. — Auroras a. m. of 3(1, brilliant red 8th; damp snow 

 damaged trees SOtli. Mouth often like April; plowing; ice only C 

 inches thick ; at close 9 inches ; snow on ground. 



Georgetown, 2Iass. — Auroras 2d, 3d, and 20th ; 10 inches damp snow 

 30th. Brooks open all the month ; crocus bloomed in sunny spots. 



Milton, Mass. — Auroras 3d, 25th, 30th; thunder and lightning' lOtli. 



Billerica, 2Iass. — Great rain-storm 2d ; sparrows 24th ; 12 inches snow 

 31st. 



West Neicton, 2Iass. — Very bright aurora 3d, light-red streamers, very 

 dark-red flashes; northern heavens as if bathed in blood from midnight 

 till dawn ; dandelions and pansies blooming 27th. 



Kew Bedford, Mass. — Yery little snow or ice; none at close of month. 



Worcester, Mass. — Heavy rain, southeast gale 2d; auroras a. m. of 3d, 

 brilliant p. m. of 3d, 20th ; willow bush blossoms 28th. 



Mendon, Mass. — Auroras 4th, 5th; ground free of frost and some iDonds 

 of ice 28th. 



Limenljurg, Mass. — Severe gale northwest, then southeast, ending- 

 southwest 2d and 3d; damp and drifting snow 29th. Mildest January 

 since 1851. 



Amherst, Mass. — Severe northeast snow-storm 2d ; snow cylinders rolled 

 by the wind 30th ; sleighing 30th, 31st. 



Middletoivn, Ct. — Auroras 3d, 28th ; robins and blue-jays 23d. Eiver 

 free of ice all month. 



Moriches, JSf. Y. — Gale from south 2d; auroras all night 2d and 3d, 

 faint 20th. Ice but once and soon gone. 



South Hartford, N. Y. — Frequent strong hot wind 17th ; auroral band 

 from northeast to southeast 18th. 



Gatfison'^s, N. Y. — High wind 2d ; auroral display 29th. Yery mild 

 month, no frost in the ground. 



New YorJc City. — Auroras 1st, 3d. Snows all light and slight. 



Neiclmrg, N. Y. — Month remarkably mild, probably because solar 

 spots are near their minimum. 



Cooperstown, N. Y. — Otsego Lake closed 8th. Little snow, much rain. 



SloansviUe, N. Y. — Bright aurora 10th. Wheeling all winter. 



North Hammond, N. Y. — Eain 2d; violent gale and snow 3d; ther- 

 mometer rose from — 14° to 40° (00 degrees) in 20 hours 14th, 15th. St. 

 Lawrence River open in many places, ice poor. 



Honseville, N. Y. — Snow, gale, 2d, 3d ; cold snow-storm 13th ; gale, 

 rain, night of 15th. 



Leyden, N. Y. — A north wind marked — 14° here, but before it reached 

 New York (where the mercury stood at 10°) the south wind drove it 

 back and raised our temperature to 55° in 48 hours. An open sunny 

 month ; sleighing all the time ; no drifts ; much ice on fields and roads. 



South Trenton, N. Y. — Not an unpleasant day in the month, only once 

 below zero ; no snow at close. 



DepauviUe, N. Y. — Snow, gale from south 3d; but few days' sleighing; 

 ten rainy days ; mean temperature 5.9° above January average for six 

 years. 



Palermo, N. Y. — Distant thunder 17th. Except 1803, warmest Jan- 

 uary in seventeen years. 



Nichols, N. Y. — Hard rain and southeast wiiul 1st, 2d. Ground bare 

 nearly all month. 



Newark Valley, N. Y. — Month mild, still, cloudy; little rain or snow. 



Himrods, N. Y.— Eobins 24tli, 25th, 28th ; aurora 2Sth. 



Suspension Bridge, N. Y. — Sleighing 1st to 12th, 13th to 15th, and 25th 

 to Qloae. 



