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for 12 years past. On 2d 104 inches of snow fell; on the 21st only 34, but 
was the most tempestuous of the winter. Hudson river opened on the 15th; 
had been closed 97 days; crossed by teams 85 days. 
Germantown, New York.—Blue-birds on 12th; thunder-storm with vivid 
lightning on 15th ; snow-storm on 21st, very severe, and rendering many roads 
impassable. 
Garrison’s, New York.—Month unusually mild and uniform. 
New York, New York.—On 21st snow with very high wind, obstructing 
travel; some drifts here were 10 feet high. 
Minaville, New York.—Coldest snow-storm of winter on 2d; 9.75 inches fell. 
Robins and blue-birds on 15th. Frost out of ground and snow gone 31st. 
North Hammond, New York.—F¥irst three days of March very severe; 
remainder finest March weather ever experienced here. 
Houseville, New York.—On ‘7th first thaw since Christmas ; first thunder- 
storm on 16th. 
Depauville, New York.—Till 6th wintry cold ;. in a few days after, the three 
feet of snow disappeared; ploughing commenced on tlie 18th and continued 
through the month, unprecedentedly early. 
Theresa, New York.—First thunder-storm on 16th, with zigzag lightning ; 
27 peals were heard. 
Oswego, New York—Weather unusually fine and clear this March. 
Palermo, New York.—Severe snow-storm 2d; ground dry and roads dusty 
31st. 
Nichols, New York.—On 18th the Susquehanna was within 3 feet of the 
great freshet of 1865. Ground as dry as in May, 3tst. 
Newark Valley.—¥irst thunder and lightning on 15th. Farmers never had 
so good a run of maple sap as this season; some have sowed oats and spring 
wheat. 
Geneva, New York —Spring forward ; ground as dry as usually at midsum- 
mer; lake low for any season ; blue-birds and robins on 13th—about ten days 
earlier than usual. The 3d was the coldest March day in 15 years, but the 
average of the month was 3°.68 warmer than general. 
Rochester, New York.—Most furious snow-storm of the season on 2d. 
Little Genesee, New York —The first five days temperature, each night was 
below zero—the 5th was the coldest day of the winter; on the 6th the first 
thawing since the year began; on 30th fires were running in the woods, and 
roads were dusty. On Sth, at 7 a.m., the thermometer stood at —22°; at 2p. 
m. at 40°, a change of 62° in 7 hours ;.0n 30th it stood at 68°, a range of 90° 
in 26 days. 
Suspension Bridge, New York.—The “ ice bridge” was formed directly below 
the Falls, for the second time in the memory of any now here, and was 30 feet 
thick. It was used as a foot bridge for more than two months, but suddenly 
broke up and disappeared on the night of the 15th. 
Buffalo, New York—March came in cold and stormy ; the snow-storm of 2d 
was the severest of the winter; 12 inches fell, but drifted badly, and all snow 
disappeared on 15th; robins came on 13th. Excavations after water pipes on 
the 18th revealed frost 65 inches under ground ! 
Newark, New Jersey —The snow-storm of 1st and 2d, which appears to have 
spread over all north of Maryland and east of Missouri and Iowa, was followed 
here on the 4th by the lowest fall of the barometer recorded in any March for 
25 years—9 inches. On the 20th and 21st the fall was 6 inches. 
Trenton, New Jersey —First ploughing on 19th. The ground has been frozen 
deeper this winter than in 20 years. 
Burlington, New Jersey —Rain and heavy sleet on 2d ; heavy thunder shower 
17th ; frost out of ground 19th; badly drifting snow-storm 20th and 21st—15 
inches fell. 
