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Iloriches, N. Y. — Aurora 1st. A remarkable February and winter ; no 

 ice for storing till 23d, then only 3 inches thick. 



8. Jlartford, N. Y. — Heavy rain and thunder and lightning 18th, 

 ■with freshets ; aurora 23d. 



Garrisons J JSf.Y. — Aurora 1st; heavynortheast snow-storm 8th; severe 

 southeast storm of rain, lightning and thunder, melting snow and caus- 

 ing floods 18th ; river open all month ; 8 inches frost in ground. 



N'ew York City. — (Professor Morris.) — Aiu-ora 1st; snow and gale 8th; 

 lightning 18th ; light snow 10th ; snow and rain p. m. 27th, then two 

 inches snow till G p. m. 28th. (Professor Joj'.) — Snow 1st ; pleasant till 

 7th; eight inches of snow 8th; almost a hurricane from northwest 9th; 

 heavy rains 14th, loth, 17th, 18th, 20th ; cold and clear to 27th. 



Glasco^ N. Y. — Splendid aurora 1st ; Hudson Eiver closed 8th; opened 

 12th; closed 21th; heavy thunder showers 18th. 



Minai'iUe, JSf. Y. — Sheet lightning 18th; good sleighing all month; 

 31.75 inches drifted snow. Winter mild. 



Cooper stown., N. Y. — Ice on Otsego Lake, four inches 1st ; twelve in- 

 ches 28th ; best sleighing this winter 28th ; month 1° below last Feb- 

 ruary. 



North Rammond, JY. Y. — Aurora 1st ; snow all day 2d, 22d, 23d; heavy 

 rain and snow 18th. Sudden and great changes. 



Leyden, lY. Y. — Mean temperature — for February, 1869, 25.16° ; 1870, 

 16.10° — rainfall for February, 1809, 0.25 inches ; 1870, 1.05 inches — snow 

 for February, 1869, forty-one inches ; 1870, thirty inches. 



Utica, jY. Y. — Magniflceut aurora, with green and dark orange beams, 

 1st ; twelve inches snow 8th ; snow, rain, 18th ; Mohawk overflows 19th; 

 severe snow storm all night 20th, and day 21st ; snow all day aild night 

 26th. 



South Trenton, N. Y. — Pleasant January and up to 20th, when three 

 days' driftiug snow blocked roads. Three inches snow on ground 28th. 



Cazenovia, N. Y. — Aurora 1st; snow in month 52.25 inches. 



Deimuville, JY. Y. — Auroras 1st, 26th ; good sleighing last week 28th. 



North Volncy, N. Y. — Aurora 1st ; snow all day 2d, 3d ; severe, blus- 

 tering snow storm 20th, 21st, 22d. Month 3.15° colder than in 1869. 



Waterbury, N. Y. — Aurora 1st; two spots on sun visible to naked eye, 

 one one-eighth of sun's diameter; four large and several smaller nuclei, 

 visible by telescope, 13th. 



Nichols, N. Y. — Rain and three inches snow 18th ; blustering snow 

 storm 20th; squalls 21st, 21th; snow, hail, rain, 27th. 



Little *Genesee, N. Y. — iSTo bad storms this month ; some potatoes and 

 tiu'nips yet undug. 



Suspension Bridge, N. Y. — Sleighing all month except 17th and 28th. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Mean temperature 2.25° below the average of twelve 

 Februarys ; sleighiug twenty-four days ; coldest seven consecutive morn- 

 ings this winter, 19th to 25th, both inclusive. 



tNeicarkj N. J. — Coldest winter month, and 21st, 22d, 23d the coldest 

 consecutive mornings, making some storing ice ; the temperatiu^e ex- 

 ceeded in half of twenty-six Februarys ; average of the 26, 30.61 ; cold- 

 est, 1868, 21.86° ; warmest, 1857, 35.97°. 



New Brunsicick, N. J, — Blue bird 11th ; copious rains, hea^-y thunder, 

 lightning, 18th; crows 20th. The cold snap froze lilac sprouts. 



Moorestown, N. J. — Snow, rain, snow, high wind, 8th ; heavy rains, 

 thunder, lightning, 17th, 18th. Winter, mean temperature 31.93°; rain 

 10.63 inches; snow 15.5 inches. Ground flt for plow much of the time. 



New Cermantoivn, N. J. — Aurora 1st ; ice four inches thick 25th. 



