METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



It has been found necessary to abridge the space allotted to this report, and 

 therefore much material of a character similar to that which appeared in pre- 

 vious numbers has been omitted. The tables and absti'acts which are inserted 

 show very fully the temperature and rain in all parts of the country, together 

 with the advance of the season in the different States, as evidenced by the 

 opening of rivers, the diminution and disappearance of frost and snow, the 

 arrival of birds, the flowering of plants, and the green hue of the forests. With 

 regard to the appearance of birds, Mr. Abell, of Welshfield, Ohio, writes as fol- 

 lows, and the same fact has been mentioned by other correspondents of the 

 Institution : 



"The arrival of birds was, in most instances, later than usual this spring, and 

 the number that has arrived is far less than any previous year I recollect, (say 

 one-third to one-half less.) This is noticed by the people at large. If this is 

 general throughout the United States, it woiild seem that it must soon tell fear- 

 fully against some of our crops; for already insects are so perceptibly on the 

 mcrease here as to be noticed by casual observers." 



A very brief abstract is given of the date of thunder-stornrs in March and 

 April, with the places where they occurred ; after which, having become very 

 numerous, they arc omitted. 



MARCH, 1864. 



FREEZING AND OPENING OF RIVERS, &c. 



Marcli 2. — Muscatine, Iowa. — Ice run out of the river ; 4th, ferry-boat 

 commenced crossing. 



March 4. — Middletown, Connecticut. — Ice moving from the Connecticut 

 river ; 9th, steamer arrived from New York. 



March 5. — Brandon, Vermont. — Ice disappeared in Otter creek. 



March 8. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — Ice all out of the river. 



Marcli 11. — Rutland, Vermont. — Otter creek clear of ice. 



March 11. — New York. — First boat from New York arrived at Albany. 



March 12. — Schenectady, New York.— ^Mohawk river opened this morning. 



March 12. — IMilwaukee, Wisconsin. — Ice broke up on the river ; 19th, river 

 frozen over again ; 26th, ice finally left the river. 



March 12. — Lyons, Iowa. — First boat passed up the river; went up to Sa- 

 bula, eighteen miles, and turned about on account of ice. 



March 12. — Saint Paul, Minnesota. — The Mississippi river open to the foot 

 of Lake Pepin. 



March 14. — Littleton, New Hampshire — Ice in the Connecticut river all 

 gone. 



March 17. — Lisbon, Maine. — Horses cross the Androscoggin at SW. Bend 

 Ferry on the ice, but the ice is very thin. 



