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. January 23.— Spiceland, Indiana. — Snow melted very much ; sleighing 

 nearly over. 30th. — There are still a few spots of snow, though the ground 

 has been nearly bare for several days. 



January 23. — Augusta, Illinois. — Good sledding so far the whole month. 

 24th. — Sledding gone. 



i7on?/flr't/ 23.— Newcastle, Indiana. — Snow melted very rapidly; sleighing 

 spoiled. To-day is the twenty-first day of excellent sleighing. 24th. — Snow 

 mostly off the roads in exposed places. 



January 2Y.— Urbana, Ohio. — Snow off the ground, having covered it 

 twenty-eight days. 



January 27. — Muscatine, Iowa. — End of sleighing ; snow thawed off by 

 the sun five days past. Five weeks of good sleighing. 



January 28. — Sykesville, Maryland. — At 2 p. m. against the south side of 

 the house in the sun the mercury ran up to 100° in fi^fteen minutes. 



January 31. — Lisbon, Maine. — The winter thus far has been remarkably 

 pleasant. There has been but little snow on the ground at a time, but the 

 sleighing has been excellent. The small streams and brooks have not 

 been frozen so thick as common, and some have not frozen at all, which are 

 usually frozen earlier than this date. Snow four inches deep in the roads, 

 seven in the woods. 



January 31. — Littleton, New Hampshire. — Snow about six inches deep in 

 the fields. 



January 31. — Brandon, Vermont. — We have had partial sledding during 

 the month with very little good sleighing, mostly owing to the ice formed in 

 December. The snow has not exceeded three and a half inches at any one 

 time. 



January 31. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — The latter part of the month was 

 very unfavorable for winter grain and clover. 



January 31. — Bellevue, Nebraska. — We have had quite a January thaw, 

 snow gone and much mud. 



January 31. — Lunenburg, Vermont. — January has been very pleasant for 

 a winter month ; sleighing excellent, snow about eight inches deep in the 

 fields. The sun settled it some the last of the month. The snow is not 

 drifted, but the roads are in many places icy. Ground frozen hard ; ice in 

 ponds two feet thick. 



January 31. — Pomfret, Connecticut. — January has been a fine winter 

 month, weather steady, cold not extreme, not below zero, and only once 

 (on the morning of the 2d) as low as zero. The fall of rain and snow 

 moderate. The mean temperature between two and three degrees above the 

 average of the last twelve years. 



Neeah Bay, Clallam county, Washington Territory, latitude 48° 21' 49", 

 longitude 124° 31' 12". — The month of January has been very unpleasant 

 and a larger precipitation of rain and lower temperature than during Janu- 

 ary, 1863. During that month the quantity' of rain was 16 6-10 inches, and 

 the mean temperature was 44.8°. In January, 1864, the quantity of rain 

 was 24i inches, and temperature 41°. In January, 1863, the vegetation was 

 well developed, but was subsequently much retarded by the cold weather 

 during February, with a consequent late spring. The unusual quantity of 

 rain during December, 1863, and January, 1864, have kept the ground so cold 

 and wet that nothing except some of the earliest and most hardy plants, 

 such as skunk cabbage and nettles, have given any indications of germina- 

 ting. Should February prove mild, we may look for an earlier spring than 

 last year. 



