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 NOTES OF THE WEATHER.— APEIL, 1870. 



Eoulton, Me.— Ice gone 14tli ; auroras 18th, 24th, 27th ; frogs 28th, 



Steuben, Me. — Robins, frogs Dth; freshet 21st; brilliant aurora 25th. 



Orono, Me. — Ice out of Penobscot 8th; arbutus 15th; aurora 25th; 

 month 4P warmer than last April ; season a fortnight earlier. 



WilUamshurg, Me. — Robins 13th ; frogs 26th ; thunder 30th. 



West Waterville, Me. — Robins 1st; frogs 15th; sparrows 19th; swal- 

 lows 22d ; thunder-shower 28th. Month 4^.08 above April average of 

 six years. 



Gardiner, Jfe.— Auroras 1st, 2d, 6th, 7th, 8th, 15th, 22d, 23d, 25th ; 

 stormy 3d to 7th. Warm, moist month, 3°.18 above April average of 

 thirty-four years, (410.59,) Season about two weeks earlier than last 

 year. 



Lisbon, Me. — Robins, aurora 7th ; frogs 14th ; lightning and rain 15th. 



Noricay, Me. — Auroras 2d, 7th; snow, then rain, 3d, 4th; robins 8th; 

 bluebirds 9th; frogs 18th; thunder-shower 28th; grain sowed 29th. 

 April mean temperature, 1868, 37^.85; 1869, 40o.90; 1870, 440.62. 



Cornish, Me. — Auroras 2d, 25th ; robins 2d ; bluebirds 6th ; sparrows 

 8th; snow, rain 20th, 21st; red-maple blossoms 23d; swallows 26th. 



Cornishville, Me. — Average April temperature for forty years 39°.75 ; 

 this 450.31. Moisture since October 1, 1869, 46.35 inches. 



Antrim, JS^. H. — First thunder-storm 28th ; snow on six, rain on thir 

 teen days. 



Stratford, N. R. — Robins 9th ; adders' tong-ue 27th. Last of month 

 dry and pleasant ; but little sugar made in April. 



Whitefield, N. H. — Auroras 1st, 21st, 25th ; buttercups, violets 28th. 



TamworiJi, N. H. — Aurora 1st; robins 2d; twenty inches snow on 

 ground 10th ; sleighing gone 13th ; frogs 21st ; end of one hundred and 

 two hours' rain 22d. 



Nortli Craftsburij, Vt. — Warm, dry month; drought growing severe. 



Neivport, Fit.— Auroras 1st, 2d, 5th, 25th, 20th, 28th; robins 6th; 

 frogs 14th. 



Woodstoclc, Yt. — Bright auroras 2d, 8tli ; eight inches snow on hills 

 21st. 



West Charlotte, Yt. — Splendid aurora 3d ; lake opened 12th ; snow 

 gone 17th ; first dew 18th ; kingfisher 24th ; spring wheat up 28th. 



Fanton, Yt. — Phebe birds {Sayornis fuscus, Baird,) sparrows 9th; frogs 

 13th; aurora 29th. 



Castleton, Yt. — Planted potatoes 9th ; auroras 25th, 28th. 



Kinfjston, Mass. — Frogs 5th ; lightning and thunder 28th ; peach blos- 

 soms 29th. Of nineteen Mondays past fifteen have been rainy. 



Topsjield, Mass. — Snow, rain, gale, hail 4th ; aurora 23d ; frost 29th. 



North Billerica, Mass. — Robins, sparrows 2d ; rain and snow 4tli ; 

 frogs 5th ; swallows 15th ; frosts 26th, 30th ; thunder and lightning 28th. 



New Bedford, Mass. — Wild geese 7th ; dandelions 22d ; peach blos- 

 soms 30tli. 



Worcester, Mass. — Snow and rain 3d, 4th, 0th ; dandelions 14tli ; thun- 

 der and lightning 25th ; arbutus, liverwort 20th ; thunder-shower 28th. 



Mendon, Mass. — Aurora 25th ; thunder-shower 28th. . Potatoes x)lanted. 



Lunenburg, Mass. — Thunder-storm 28th ; ground dry 30th. April av- 

 erage for thirty years, 440.73 ; in 1869, 45^.51 ; in 1870, 47^.07. 



WilUamstown, Mass. — Liverwort 14th; arbutus, dandelion 15th ; dam- 

 aging flood lOtli ; slight aurora 25th. 



Nev)port, R. 1. — Rain 2d ; snow 3d ; rain 4th ; white frost 30th. 



MiddJetoicn, Conn. — Brilliant aurora 15th ; thunder-shower 28th. 



