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maple and horse chestnut wn-e iu leif on the 15th, and forest trees generally 

 on the ISth. The first strawberries grown in the county appeared in market on the 

 15th of June, thirty days from the blossom. Cherries began to ripen on the 24th. 



Arrival of birds. — Robins came on the 24th of ilarch, blue birds on the 4t"h 

 of Aprif, and swallows on the 19th. — JVi/liam Ires. 



New York city. — Maximum temperature during the year, 95'^, August 3 ; 

 minimum, 6°, February 4 ; mean, 54.24°. Amount of rain and melted snow, 

 57.03 inches. Snow fell on 32 days, rain on 125 days. — ^rof. O. W. Morris. 



Philadelphia. — The folio wmg table gives the extreme and mean temperatures 

 and amount of rain in 1S63, and the same for a period of twelve years, selected 

 from tables prepared by Professor J. A. Kirkpatrick for the journal of the Franklin 

 Institute : 



1863. ; 12 years. 



Highest U-mperature 95.0, August 10 100.5, July 31 , 1854. 



Warmest day, mean | 88. 5, August 10 , 91. 3, July 21, 1854. 



Lowest temperature , 5. 0, February 5 , — 5. 5, January 23, 1857. 



Coldest clay, mean ! 11. 17 February 4 i — 1. 0, January 9, 1856. 



Annual mean ' 54. 13 | 54. 25. 



Amount of rain and melted snow | 49. 642 ip.ches I 45. 328 inches. 



Springjield, Massachusetts. — Mr. J. Weatherhead furnishes the following 

 statement of the amount of rain and melted snow during each month in the 

 year 1863 : 



Inches. Inches. 



January 4.70 July 9.77 



February 4.19 i August 3.35 



March 6.12 September 2.44 



April 2.25 ' October . 4.23 



May 3.20 November 5.32 



June 1.70 



December 4.43 



51.70 



Tioga, Pennsylvania. — The mean temperature for the year 1863 was 47.67. 

 The highest temjDerature was 96°, on the 11th of July and 10th of August; 

 the warmest day was August 5; mean temperature, 80.67. The lowest tempera- 

 ture was 8"^ below zero, on the 4th of February ; the same day was the coldest 

 in the year, mean temperature 4^ below zero. The greatest change from a high 

 to a low temperature in twenty-four hours was from February 13, 6 a. m., 24°, 

 to February 14, 6 a. m., 6° l)elow zero, being a fall of 30°. The greatest 

 rise in twenty-four hours was 42°, from 6' below zero on the 14th of February,, 

 to 36° above on the 15th. There were in all seventy-four stormy days, and 

 seventy-five inches of snow. — E. T. Bcntley. 



Austinhurg, Oh io. — Maximum temperature during the year, 92°, August 2 and 

 August 4 ; minimum, 4° below zero, January 18 and December 24. — /. G. Dole. 



Winnebago, Illinois. — Mean temperature of the year 1863, at 7 a.m., 42.19; 

 at 2 p. m., 54.29; at 9 p. m., 44.46 ; mean for the year, 46.99. Amount of rain, 

 36.78 inches ; depth of snow, 47.3 inches. Highest temperature 98°, August 16; 

 warmest day, mean 86'', August 16. Lowest temperature — 12°, February 2; 

 coldest day, mean, — 2.33°, February 2. Dates of extraordinary frosts. May 17, 

 June 7, July 13, 14, 15, Augu.st 29,30, September 18, 19,25. — James W. Tohnan. 



Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — Maximum temperature for the year, 91°, in August; 

 minimum, — 12"^ iu February ; mean, 46.55°. Amount of rain and melted snow, 

 31.80 inches. 



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