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Comorn, Va.—First week cold; second warm; third very warm; fourth 
raw, wet, and cold; oats sown 14th to 17th; only snow, 2 inches, on 20th. 
Lynchburg, Va.—On 20th, 7 inches of snow, with very little wind. 
Snowville, Va.—Snow squalls, not enough to cover the ground, on 20th and 
21st. ‘ 
Wytheville, Va.—Tremendous storm of rain, hail, and snow all day on 2d. 
Romney, W. Va.— Up to 23d very dry weather. 
Cabell C. H., W. Va.—Peach, cherry, and service-berry trees in bloom on 
28th. 
Burning Springs, V.”. Va.—General rain, with lightning and thunder, 15th 
aud 23d. 
Oxford, N. C.—Peach in bloom 10th; rain, ending in snow which melted 
as it fell, 20th. 
Albemarle, N. C.—Month remarkable for late blossoming of fruit trees ; 
peach in full bloom on 24th, and cherries, pears, and apples not in bloom on 31st. 
Kenansville, N. C—Wind from east from February 11 to March 1, when a 
violent gale came from southwest, and barometer fell to 23.9, and thermometer 
rose to 60°. 
Aiken, S. C—Month unusually cold and season backward; but two really 
windy days; a few flakes of snow, 21st. 
Atlanta, Ga—Peaches and wild plums in bloom 16th, 20 days later than 
last year. 
Opelika, Ala.—Chickasaw plum blossomed 13th, peach 18th, apple 31st; 
respectively 24, 22, and 18 days later than last year. 
Havana, Ala—Month remarkably mild, dry, and clear. Last frost 21st. 
Jacksonville, Fla.—Only two frosts this month; vegetation forward, but rain 
needed. 
Moulton, Ala—Frost and ice until 5th; warm till 18th; frost 18th, 19th, 
and 21st; then warm till April. 
Waco, Texas —Grasshoppers have entirely destroyed some fields of wheat, 
and farmers are now planting them with corn; early garden vegetables all eaten 
by them except green peas. 
Austin, Texas.—Grasshoppers doing immense damage, and will continue 
until their wings grow. 
Grenada, Miss—Vegetation backward till the middle of the month; since 
then advancing rapidly. 
Marion, Miss.—Season unusually favorable; crops looking well; fruit trees 
loaded with blossoms and young fruit. 
Brookhaven, Miss.—Vivid lightning, heavy thunder, torrents of rain and some 
hail on Ist ; gardens fine, trees forward, 18th; ground has not been frozen 
deeper than 1.5 inches all winter. 
Clarksville, Tenn.—Rain, with gentle wind, increasing to a gale from south- 
west on Ist; wind continued on the 2d. 
Memphis, Tenn.—Peach in full bloom on 10th. 
Elizabethton, Tenn —Ground froze half an inch 22d; peach in full bloom 
28th. 
Chilesburg, Ky.—Rain with driving wind, and snow enough to whiten the 
ground, on 20th. 
New Lisbon, Ohio—Rain and sleet on 1st; severe snow-storm on 2d; snow 
nearly gone on 9th; stormy spit of snow on’ 21st; frost 22d, 23d, 29th, 30th, 
and 31st. 
Steubenville, Ohio—Very light snow on 1st; barometer unusually low on 2d; 
sheet lightning and sudden shower on 15th; rain, with heavy thunder and light- 
ning, on 24th. , 
Kelley’s Island, Ohio—Most violent snow-storm of the season commenced 
with mist and rain on Ist, and closed on 2d. 
