METEOROLOGY. 
[Compiled in the Department of Agriculture, from reports made by the observers for the 
Smithsonian Institution. ] 
MARCH, 1868. 
Table showing the highest and lowest range of the thermometer, (with dates pre- 
Jfixed,) the mean temperature, and amount of rain and melted snow, (in inch«s 
and tenths,) for March, 1868, at the stations named and as given by the observes 
named. Daily observations were made at the, hours of 7 a.m. and 2 and 
9p. ™M. 
| Raa 
a 2 4 Max Min. | Mean | aud 
Stations, &c. Counties. Observers. Date. |; emp Date. temp.| temp. |meit’d 
snow “ 
MAINE, ° ° ° Fi! 
Stenbenicss-ctccene Washington ..... J. D. Parker.....-.. 14 50 1,2|}—2 29.2) 32.80 
West Waterville....) Kennebec ......- Babe Willbute ss. .= 4: 31 55 6|/—5 31.6 |e 3.53 
Gardiner|s:.-..----- Someta Rese Anno R. H. Gardiner.....- 27, 31 54 6|—1 33.0) |" 2.58 
Btandistite 2245 so ceee Cumberland ...-. John P. Moulton.... 27 53 6|—2 31.27) 2:19 
NORWAY, so sacesec es Oxtord caesar Howard D. Smith... 31 56 6|—3 SOLS ees 
Cornish 72. <o <8. 52. MOUS Bb eareacdee Silas i Wet oes ea 31 56 1|—4 Sloe 2.07 
Cornishville ........|. Sp -CW eg Soto spose G. W. Guptill-....-. 31 52 1,2};—2 31.6 |.) 2.1 
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NEW HAMPSHIRE. romans 
Portsmouth. .-.-....| Rockingham..... John Hatch. .-22...- 14 62 1 i, 34, ORs. 2 
Stratford! 2.25. jss.0e RMoosfacss saec Ae. Branch Brown.....-. 16 59 1 | —13 26.2) 0.95 
North Barnstead....) Belknap.--...... C. H. Pitman: .---.- 15, 17 52 L 0 33.1 | - 2. U7 
Concord == =-eaescse. Merrimack ...... John T.Wheeler..-- 18 8 6|/—2 333,05 | see 
Goffstown Centre...) Hillsboro’ ....... Alfred Colby. -.---- “eM 60} 1,2,3 | —10 27.9 }_...-- 
AV Orareke ce o<| Seneca eee ee aaa Meenas emer anes Sen esc an cele acta sec lace noe 30.8 ees 
VERMONT. ce) 
Lunenburg -........ PARSOK) oop ce eciss a H. A. Cutting....... 31 57 1 | —12 28.3) 2.20 
North Craftsbury ...| Orleans ......... Edward P. Wild .... 31 58 1|/—6 31.8 | 2.57 
Randolph'<-.-7<¢=--- Orange . .....-..| Charles S. Paine .... 31 60 1 | —16 28. 4 | 1. 66 
Wioodstock--2.5-ce- Wandsore—. ssc Doton & Miller. .... 31 57 Wied! eed Eo ame ce fe ete 
Middlebury-.-....... AGdISONis—~-.= >= H, A. Sheldon.....-- 16,17 58 2;—9 30.6} 2.25 
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MASSACHUSETTS, ‘ Say ae 
RAM SOM ee = ae cc's aio Plymouth ....... G. S. Neweomb ....| 14,15 60 4 2 36.2 |. 4.15 
Topsfield...........| Bipsex! Jeee eee. S. A. Merriam .... -. 15 | 55 aa, Rb eSpsP alee 
Lawrence .......--. PRO Qecscis cries John Fallon... .....- 14,15,18} 55 2 2 SBE EC dt eile oe 
Georgetown .....-..|- == 200 Ease S.A. Nelson -....-.. 15 56 1,3 4 SPs beaass 
ING WSU oes eee = == == Om emotes John H. Caldwell... 15 57 1 1 Bais Gocco 
Milton eepenerscs=<s Norfolk 2<2o-cee0 Rey. A. K. Teele.... 18 61 1};—1 33. 9 1.70 
Brookline ......... slonseOQo cuineacnumal MeV iaer LOrky, sen. i7 71 3 2 S727 |Geoeee 
