40 



At Fleming the temperature fell 29 degrees from 7 a. m. of tlie IStli to 7 a. 

 m. of the 19th ; also, 15 degrees from 7 a. m. to 2 p. m. "on the 18th, and 25 

 degrees from 2 p. m. of the 17th to 2 p. m. of the 18th. The coldest day until 

 the thermometer commenced to rise again Avas the 19th, but it was colder after- 

 wards. 



At Harrisburg the coldest day following the warm 17th was the 20th ; but, 

 after a rise on the 21st, the temperature fell still lower. 



At Nazareth the fall from the ISth to the 19th was 19 degrees at 7 a. m. and 

 20 degrees at 2 p. m. The daily mean decreased to the 20th, and rose again on 

 the 21st. The minimum of the month and the coldest day were on the 23d. 



Rain is recorded at all the stations, except Oanonsburg, on the 18th or 19th. 

 At Harrisburg 2.43 inches fell. 



Ncic Jersey. — The only register is from Newark, and the record is made fx*om 

 the maximum and minimum thermometers. The highest temperature was on 

 the 17th, and the lowest following it was on the 21st, but the minimum of the 

 month was later. There were light frosts on the 21st, 23d, and 24th. The 

 rain was on the 17th, 18th, and 19th, and amounted to about three-quarters of 

 an inch. 



New York. — Registers have been received from five stations. At two of 

 them the maximum of the month was on the 16th, and at three on the 17th. 

 The warmest day was the 17th, except at one station, when the 16th was one- 

 third of a degree higher. The coldest day following this high temperature was 

 the 22d. The descent to this date was not continuous; the principal fall was 

 till the 19th, after which the temperature rose again and then descended a little 

 lower. The minimum of the month was still later. The fall from 2 p. m. of 

 the 17th to 2 p. m. of the 18th, at Wilson, Niagara county, was 37 degrees; at 

 Rochester, Monroe county, 20 degrees ; at Skaneateles. Onondaga county, 20 

 degrees ; at 'Theresa, Jefferson county, 4 degrees ; and at South Hartford, 

 Washington county, 28 degrees. At Theresa the fall Avas 26 degrees from 

 2 p. m. of the 18th to 2 p. m. of the 19th. Rain is recorded at ail the 

 stations on the 18th, and at Wilson and Theresa also on the 17th. The largest 

 amount of rain registered was an inch and a quarter, at South Hartford. 



Cunnecticut. — Registers have been received from two stations. At both the 

 highest temperature at 7 a. m. was on the 18th. At Middletown the maximum 

 of the month was on the 16th, and at Pomfret on the 16th and 17th. At both 

 places the mean temperature of the three warmest days, the 16th, 17th, and 

 18th, continued very nearlv the same, being for the respective days, at Middletown 

 72.3, 72.1, 72.2, and at Pomfret 69.3, 68.3, 69.3. The fall from 2 p. m. of the 

 18th to 2 p. m. of the 19th was 20 degrees at Middletown and 15 degrees at 

 Pomfret. At both places the coldest day of the month and minimum tempera- 

 ture were on the 23d, and there was a rise on the 21st. At Middletown 1.32 

 inch of rain fell from the morning of the 18th to the morning of the 21st, and 

 at Pomfret 2.10 inches from 1 p. m. of the 17th to the night of the 20th. 



At Middletown, the observer remarks that on the 18th there was a "gale of 

 wind with rain;" and at Pomfret, on the same day, from 4 to 7 p. m., "a violent 

 storm from the south." At both stations the frost on the 23d is recorded as 

 the first of the season. 



Massachusetts. — Registers have been received from five stations. The max- 

 imum of the month at all the stations was on the 16th, and the highest, at 7 

 a. m., was on the 18tli; at one station the temperature on the 9th, at 7 a. m., 

 was the same as on the 18th. At Me'ndon, the warmest day was the 16th; at 

 Amherst and Westfield, the 17th ; at New Bedford and Topsfield, the 16th and 

 18th. With the exception of a rise in the mean of the 21st, the temperature 

 descended steadily until the 23d, which was the coldest day of the month at all 

 the stations except New Bedford, where the 25th was two-tenths of a degree 



