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Baldwinsville, Massachusetts. — Nineteen inclies of snow during the month 

 eight inches on the 23d. 



Topsjleld, Massachusetts. — Fifteen and a half inches of snow during the 

 month; on the 23d one inch, also rain and hail. 



Sandwich, Massachusetts. — Amount of snow dui'ing the month eighteen and a 

 quarter inches raiu on the 23d. This has been a remarkably cold January, and 

 also remarkable for the number of snow-storms unaccompanied with heavy wind, 

 thus giving an unusual number of days of sleighing. The ice was five and a 

 half inches thick on Sandwich pond on the 11th, and nearly ten inches on tiie 

 31st. 



Newbury, Massachusetts. — Ten and a half inches of snow during the month. 

 On the 23d a heavy fall, the most of the forenoon ; snow from 1 p. m. to 10^ p. m. 

 three inches. 



Springfield, Massachusetts. — This has been the coldest January since 1857; 

 good sleighing all the month. 



Middletown, Connecticut. — Eleven inches of snow in January ; rain on the 

 23d. 



Columbia, Connecticut. — Eleven inches of snow during the month ; rain and 

 fog on the 23d ; snow squalls on the 24th. 



Theresa, New York. — Amount of snow 15.2 inches; the greatest depth of 

 snow on the ground this month, twenty-six inches; snow and rain on the 22d. 



Moriches, New York. — Fifteen and a half inches of snow during the month; 

 sleet on the 23d. 



Nichols, New York. — January 23, snow from 7 a. m. to sunset; between six 

 and seven inches fell. 25th, Susquehanna river closed. 27th, teams cross in 

 various places on the ice. 



Palmyra, New York. — January 23, began snowing at 10 a. m. ; stopped at 

 5 p. m. ; melted as fast as it fell. 



Jamestoicn, New York. — Forty-three inches of snow fell in January. The 

 month has been good winter weather. The snow is deeper than has been known 

 for nine years. Many roads are wholly impassable, and there are drifts which 

 may hardly be expected to disappear before May. The ice in Chautauqua hike 

 is about ten inches. There are no places bare of snow. In riding thirty miles, 

 to day, (February 1,) I have not seen a field bare of snow; half of the way I rode 

 over snovi^ drifted six feet deep. 



b'outh Trenton, New York. — Fifty-seven inches of snow during the month ; 

 four inches on the 23d. 



Garrison, New York. — The river closed on the 26th of December, and has 

 continued so through January. Fourteen inches of snow this month ; two inches 

 on the 23d. 



Clinton, New York. — Twenty-four inches of snow during the month; six 

 inches from the 21st to the 23d. 



New York, Neio York. — Eleven niches of snow during the month ; rain on 

 the 23d. Snow for a few minutes at 8 p. m. on the 24th ; hardly covered the 

 ground. 



Oswego, New York. — Forty-eight inches of snow. 



Rochester, Neio York. — Twenty-three and a half inches of snow. Good sleigh- 

 ing from the 11th to the close of the month. The mean temperature of January, 

 1857, was 15^, the lowest on record. 



Gouverneur, New York. — Amount of snow twenty-three inches. 



Fishkill, New York. — Fifteen inches of snow. Newburgh bay closed by ioe 

 oil the 8th ; crossing on foot. 



bkaneateles. New York. — Seventy inches of snow during the month ; eighteen 

 inches on the 23d. 



South Hartford, New York. — Twenty-one inches of snow during the month. 



