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NOTES OF THE WEATHER FOR FEBRUARY, 1868. 
[Compiled in the Department of Agriculture from the reports of observers for the Smithso- 
nian Institution. ] 
Steuben, Maine—The coldest February on my record by 1°.4, and colder 
than usual by 6° to 14°. 
Waterville, Maine.— Month remarkable for cloudy mornings and fair evenings ; 
average temperature nearly 7°.5 below the eleven preceding Februarys. 
Gardiner, Maine—Mean temperature for 32 years, 20°.46; this February 
16°.33. This month thermometer below 0 16 times; in 1856, 17 times. 
Lisbon, Maine.—Ground under the snow frozen 314 inches deep. 
Norway, Maine.—An uncommonly clear, steady cold month; snow 36 inches 
on a level; water very scarce, some mills stopped, and wells failed that never 
failed before. 
Cornish, Maine.—February average for 38 years, 18°.33; this month, 16°.61. 
Stratford, New Hampshire.—Coldest February in 12 years. ‘Thermometer 
above 32° but once since December 28, 1867—64 days. 
North Barnstead, New Hampshire.-—Water very low and many wells dry. 
Shelburne, New Hampshire.—Streams low and water scarce; the ice was 18 
inches thick on the Androscoggin on the 13th. 
Concord, New Hampshire—Ground in our streets frozen five feet deep. 
Lunenburg, Vermont.—Water for all purposes scarcer than for many years. 
Craftsbury, Vermont.—A cold, dry month; many wells have failed. 
Middlebury, Vermont—Mean temperature of February lower than any month 
since January, 1857; on the 8th lower than since February, 1861; scarcity of 
water severely felt. 
East Bethel, Vermont—Mean temperature 3° colder than January; ice on 
mill ponds six to seven feet thick; wells and springs getting low. 
Kingston, Massachusetts —Remarkably cold month; the oldest inhabitant 
remembers no winter so severe. 
Georgetown, Massachusetts ——Mill streams low; many mills stopped after the 
10th; cross-roads badly drifted, and many small streams frozen solid. 
Milton, Massachusetts—We have had 40 snow storms this winter. 
Lunenburg, Massachusetts —Coldest February and coldest winter since 1849. 
Pomfret, Connecticut.—Coldest February in 16 years by 7°.2 below average ; 
and December, January, and February last past colder by 69.4 than the average 
of the same months for 16 years past. 
Moriches, New York.—The winter thus far more steadily and uniformly cold 
than I can remember. February mean temperature nearly 13° below that of 
1867, 83° below that of 1866, and 6° below that of 1865. 
South Hartford, New York.—The winter the severest within 50 years, and 
the month unequalled for severity by any February in my memory. Mean 
temperature 15°.45, being 11° below the average of the last seven years. Snow 
about two feet on a level, but badly drifted; ground frozen three feet in open 
fields; no rain fall and no sign of thaw this year, and wells and springs failing 
every day. Some sudden changes during the month; 28° in 10 hours on the 
third; 30° in seven hours on the seventh, and 42° in 17 hours on the eighth. 
Troy, New York.—Month one of the coldest known here. Mean temperature 
8° below the average of February of last 11 years. Ice on the Hudson an average 
of 32 inches. 
Garrisons, New York —Month unusually cold, with very frequent snows; 
snow now 18 inches in woods. 
Newburgh, New York.—Ice in the channel of the river 20 to 24 inches thick. 
Minaville, New York.—The month (and winter thus far) the severest remem- 
bered here, and the drought the greatest. 
