METEOROLOGY. 
[Compiled in the Department of Agriculture, from the reports of observers for the Smith- 
sonian Institution. ] 
DECEMBER, 1867. 
Table showing the highest and lowest range of the thermometer, (with dates pre- 
Jjixed,) the mean temperature and amount of rain, (in inches and tenths,) for 
December, 1867, at the following places, as given by the observersnamed. The 
daily observations were made at the hours of 7 a.m. and 2 and 9 p.m. 
Rain 
Stations, &c. Counties. Observers. Date. fee Date. ae rae bane d 
snow. 
MAINE, ° fe} ° ie 
Bteaben!s 25.5556 Washington ..... J. D; Parkers... 1... 27 44 20 | —16 17.3 | 6:10 
armard 6. 2. a5" <2 Piscataquis...... Edwin Pitman...... 28 36 10 | —20 9.5} 1.80 
West Waterville....| Kennebec -.-...-. BLE Walbarscece =. 26 44 12|—7 16,40 edais 
Gardiner set eusscas2}sete BOls soemrecie dct R. H. Gardiner.....- 26 44 Ji |—7 18.6 | 1.89 
WED OR ec we ase ee- Amdroxepgeingo--)) Aiea bs) MOOR = cteewis|\ tae ete icle cfm cia we] mia ale ol mim ele atmo ale 2. 60 
Cornish. sii. .<55-. Monka cee soe s5c<6 Silas West--- 22-2 =. 26 43 12|;—9 16.4 | 3.30 
Cornishville .-...--./- see dos cb Seas G. W. Guptill....... 26 41 9|/—S 17.0} 2.18 
AVOLAPENE a 275-1]5 nas omiaaam came cansiasctamcessswecccmenae|vasasenc|sasncr| seeeaaccligceca = 15.9 | 2.80 
NEW HAMPSHIRE, ieee Se 
Siratiord <2. -.<..525 (WOOK <= <2 285-2555 Branch Brown...... 27 39 12 | —22 9.5] 2.75 
North Barnstead....}/ Belknap-......... €. H. Pitman....... 26 46 9/—5 20.0] 1.49 
(SV CTABORS om eriat aia cao siviciiaie cestatt oil else cide aiaie vies osleainimiall Giac aaiales('stconine | amiss a|stnean's 14.8 me 3) 
VERMONT. 
Lunenburg ......... (BHO Kt oe ecaseits Hy A. Cutting. 222222 26, 27 40 19 | —25 9.8] 1.78 
North Craftsbury -..| Orleans ......-.. Edward P. Wild .... 26 40 12 | —14 15.8 | 2.83 
Randolph ....------ Qrange:s.5+ 2-4-0 Charles S. Paine .... 26 42 11 | —16 15,0) dead 
Middlebury......... A AISON areas coe H. A. Sheldon-...-.-- 26 44 | 12,13 | —13 13.0:| 1.21 
ARVET ARO Marea aeteacia acres siarcisra acts Seam amtatte tet eraaiuatmae an| osiacscmic| = aoeel paecieoael acne 13.4] 1.73 
MASSACHUSETTS, 
Kingston) 322 se-rte tee Plymouth ....... G. S. Newcomb ....| 26, 28 50 19} —5 27.8 | 3.42 
Ropsfield- so seess-= = 1)-C CG) <2 Bee eeepe Eel S. A. Merriam .... .-. 26 47 911/—3 25.9} 1.07 
Lawrence .....-..--|- ar OOlecaccs «aes John Fallon ........ 27, 28 59 9|/—2 22.9 | 3.45 
Georgetown..-....-. hhc Gls Sal ae S. A. Nelson -..-.... Q7 50 10; — 6 23.0} 1.53 
Newbury......----- Bein) see Soe John H, Caldwell... 27 48 9|/—2 PPO) Se Ore 
PAUILOR ecco < 2-9-5 INonfolks jae eae. Rey. A. K. Teele.... 26 47 9,19 0 22.9] 2.67 
North Billerica....-- Middlesex ......- Rey. E. Nason.....- 27 48 11|—8 DO Tal lenacels 
West Newton...-.-..|- ~ sed Ormaeaite, 305 Jobn H. Bixby ..... 26 50 11};—1 20.1} 3.15 
New Bedford ..-..--- Bristolizeeees 528 Samuel Rodman.... 26 51 95) 5 26.9 | 3.90 
Worcester. .--..... Worcester....... Jos. Draper, M.D... 27 54 14;—3 23.0] 2.07 
Mendomee.2 ceo... lsu dO... 55 eae Jno. G. Metcalf, M. D! Q7 46 9!'—3 21.0 |...-- + 
