METEOROLOGY. 



COMPILED IX THE DEPARTMEKT OF AGRICCLTURE FROM REPORTS MADE BY THE 0B8ERVEP>S OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Talle shoidng the highest and lowest range of the thermometer, (with dates prefixed,) tlie mean 

 temperature, and amount of rain or melted snoiv, (in inches and tenths,) for February and 

 March, 1870, at tlw stations named. Daily observations made at 7 a. m., and 2 and 9 ]). m. 



February, 1870. 



States and sta- 

 tions. 



Date. 



MAINE. 



Houlton 



Steuben 



Orono 



"Williamsburg.. 

 W. \raterv-ille. 



Gardiner 



Lisbon 



Norway 



Cornish 



Cornish ville 



Averages . 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Stratford 



Whitefield 



Hanover 



Tam worth 



Concord 



Goffstown Center. 



Averages . 



Lunenburg ... 

 North Craftsbury 



Newport 



East Bethel 



Woodstock 



Near St. Albans. 

 "West Charlotte. . 



Middlebury , 



Panton 



Castleton 



Averages . . . 



Max. 

 temp. 



19 



20 



15,19 



19 



15 



19 



15,20 



15,18 



15 



18 



15,18 

 12 

 18 

 15 

 18 

 12 



Date. 



4 

 4,14 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4,22 



4 

 4 

 22 

 5 

 4 

 22,25 



Min. 

 temp. 



2 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 4,24 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



Kain 

 Mean and 

 temp.melt'd 



snow. 



16.7 

 23.0 

 18.2 

 16.7 

 20.5 

 21.5 

 21.9 

 18.8 

 20.3 

 21.3 



15.4 

 16.4 

 5.8 

 18.2 

 23.0 

 23.0 



16.9 



15.1 

 13.2 

 15.9 

 17.3 

 16.1 

 15.0 

 22.1 

 19.7 

 19.1 

 20.2 



In. 



7.50 



4.45 



4.30 



6.95 



5.70 



5.93 



5.30 



6.59 



5.30 



6.40 



5.19 

 2.92 



7.55 

 3.08 

 6.01 



4.95 



March, 1870. 



Date. 



5.00 

 5.47 

 6.70 

 4.44 

 5.21 



4.83 

 3.74 

 4.24 

 3.15 



Max. 

 temp. 



31 

 20 



20,31 

 30 

 30 



30,31 



29,30 

 31 

 31 



30,31 



Date. 



12 

 12 

 12 



4 

 4,6 

 12 

 11 

 11 

 4,11 

 11 



Min. 

 temp. 



temp. 



Rain 

 and 

 melt'd 

 snow. 



26.2 

 29.9 

 27.9 

 27.3 

 29.7 

 28.6 

 29.5 

 28.4 

 28.0 

 29.5 



28.4 



23.7 

 24.3 



26.8 

 30.0 

 29.8 



26.9 



In. 



5.70 



4.21 



2.11 



3.45 



3.15 



3.2» 



2.50 



4.60 



5.15 



4.80 



3.89 



2.44 

 2.65 



4.38 

 3,33 

 3.74 



3.31 



25.2 2.04 



