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February 27. — Harrisgnville, Missouri. — Two or three peals of distant 

 thunder and diffuse lightning southwest about 5.15 p. m. 



February 27. — Canton, Missouri. — Thunder-storm 3.45 to 6.30 a. m., at the 

 southwest. 



February 27. — Thunder was heard at different times through the day, 

 with two or three flashes of zigzag lightning, hut no rain of any amount 

 until 6 p. m., when it continued to rain in gentle showers until half past 

 nine o'clock. 



February 28. — Bellevue, Nebraska. — Lightning in the north in the night. 



TEMPERATURE OF SPRINGS, &c. 



February 1. — Haddonfield, New Jersey. — Temperature of water in well, 

 51". 



February 6. — Williamsburg, Maine. — Temperature of air at one o'clock 

 p. m., 37i°; of spring, 39°; of well, 37°; of pond, (frozen over,) 33J°. This 

 spring, well, and pond are the same as described in the last report, page 57. 



February 11. — Passaic Valley, New Jersey. — Temperature of a spring 

 near the Passaic river, and elevated about four feet above the mean height 

 of the river, 46°. Temperature of one, four hundred yards distant and about 

 fifty feet above the river, 44°. Temperature of the atmosphere at the 

 time, 30°. 



February 24. — Canton, Missouri. — Temperature of well, twenty feet deep, 

 49°. 



February 24. — Geneva, Wisconsin. — Temperature of well, forty feet deep, 

 47°. 



February 29. — Onawa, Iowa. — Temperature of well at 2 p. m., 40°. The 

 mercury at the same time in the open air stood at 39°. Distance from sur- 

 face of ground to surface of water, nine feet; depth of water, five feet. 



FREEZING OF RIVERS, GROUND, &c. 



February 1. — College Hill, Ohio. — Ground frozen ten inches, which is un- 

 common for this latitude. Ice is reported twelve inches in some places 

 about two miles from the college. 



February 2. — Urbana, Ohio. — Ice off the ponds. 



February 2-5. — Augusta, Illinois. — Roads muddy. 



February 5. — Geneva, Wisconsin. — Illinois river open and navigable to 

 Peoria. 



February 8. — Geneva, Wisconsin. — Ice in Geneva lake is eighteen inches 

 thick. 



February 15. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — Ground almost entirely free from 

 frost. It has not been frozen more than four inches tliis winter. 



February 17. — Sandwich, Massachusetts. — Ponds mostly frozen over at 

 night; 20th, ice on pond seven inches in thickness. 



February 17-23. — Portsmouth, Ohio. — Ice formed along the shore of the 

 Ohio river on the 17th, and on the 18th the river was full of large floating 

 cakes, reaching from shore to shore, suspending navigation for five days; 

 22d and 23d, ice rapidly disappearing. 



February 18. — Progress, New Jersey. — River Delaware frozen over last 

 night; river very low at high water for several days; 22d, ice broken up in 

 the river. 



February 18. — New Bedford, Massachusetts, river frozen over and harbor 

 to Palmer's island ; outer harbor open. 



February 18. — Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — Ice on the river measured nine- 

 teen inches thick. 



