METEOROLOGY. 
[Compiled in the Department of Agriculture, from the reports made by the observers for 
the Smithsonian Institution. ] 
FEBRUARY, 1868. 
Table showing the highest and lowest range of the thermometer, (with dates pre- 
fixed,) the mean temperature, and amount of rain and melted snow, (in inches 
and tenths,) for February, 1868, at the following places, as given by the 
observers named. Daily observations were made at the hours of 7 a. m. and 
2 and 9 p.m. 
| hE Rain 
Stations, &c. Counties. Observers, Date. fare Date. Nase rab a a 
| snow 
MAINE. SC > ° Be 
Steuben . .......... Washington ..... | J. D. Parker.....-.- 21 45 12 | —13 16.9 | 3.70 
Williamsburg......-. Piscataquis...-.- Edwin Pitman...-... 20 36 1L | —16 10.2 | 2.00 
West Waterville....) Kennebec -...-... Bes Walbure.acs=s- 9, 20 38 |8, 12,25 | —12 14.8} 1.85 
Gasrainoerc-.-.-.-.- Bac aC MR GSE eesence R. H. Gardiner.....- 20 44 12; —12 16.9 | 1.87 
TORO Seema en Androscoggin. ...| Asa P. Moore...-...-. [ee oee oes [ia Sone er cee | saci jooeetess 0. 83 
Standishi. J... -.2-- Cumberland ...-. | John P. Moulton.... 21 47 8} —I8 1489) lows 
INGE od oopepereres Oxford! 2.20 2=.-% | Howard D. Smith ..| 20 44 12 | —22 12.9 | 1.30 
Womnish!s 22252. 2524 ork) {eet cs Silas West-..--.:-.. | 21} 42 Si] tate | 5s 38 110 
Gornmikhvillel- =. -~5.|-—s-do. ~--e=-. | G. W. Guptill -...... 21) 41 23 | —10 16.6 | 3.00 
yn cra Ma 1 fees te), STM ORES AAS || ee chee, packard 14.8| 1.93 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. reyes 
Portsmouth. ........ Rockingham. .... John Hatch.....-.--- 21 50 8\|—7 21.0) 278 
Stratford <-22---2.5 Goos, 22-228: = Branch Brown...-.- 20 36 8 | —24 9.3 | 2.00 
Shelburne .......... OF sans aoe ee BY Odelincs.<ccscc-- | 20 46 26 | —22 9.4) 0.26 
North Barnstead....; Belknap.......-. C. H. Pitman....-.-. | 24 46 3\/—4 183 | 1.23 
Wancord=.--=---.=- Merrimac -....-... John T.Wheeler-..- 20 45 12 | —15 POSS ose 
AV ELAP GS = oe Ceeeeaee os eae coe eee seme ec scans + |siewe suas) saeccs|sccceeec| emai 15.2 he 72 
VERMONT. 
Lunenburg .-.-...... (PIBREX eee a= H. A, Cutting.....-. 20 37 24 | —27 8&9) 1.45 
North Craftsbury -..| Orleans ......... Edward P. Wild .... 20 42 3,12 | —12, 14.4); 1.60 
Randolph .........- Orange. ........ Charles S. Paine -..-- 20 41 8 | —31 10.2 | 0.55 
Middlebury......... Addison ......... H. A. Sheldon. ....-- 20; 36 8|—27} 11.4) 1.15 
Sb. Albans :....:06 Franklin J. .-.... A.H.I. Gilman ..... 2u 38 23 | —27 Gell |ecceer 
Averages.....- Scbtcos sonhdecosd CEEEER EC RBEee ne Seaacs batARree open Roscoe ees | 10.6; 1.19 
| i 
MASSACHUSETTS. | 
Feienton::22........ Plymouth ....... G. S. Newcomb .... a1/ 52 Sp ee Bf hs 7 
Nepsicldens....25:.- Bisex ceeee eee S. A. Merriam .... -- 21} 48] SU lime fee 7 "| des 
Georgetown......-.) 303100... cae eee SUA GNelson'=<<.cocs 21 49 8|—8 19.5 | 1.12 
Newbury........... BAPE ere one John H, Caldwell... 21) 49 8|—5} 20.4} 0.60 
Milton’. cscs ceee =. | Norfolk. )22scssoe | Rey. A. K. Teele. ... 211 551 8|—13] 21.6) 1.96 
