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to twelve inches deep at a number of stations in Ohio ; at Cleveland it was only 

 an inch and a half. 



New Lisbon, Ohio. — Twenty-four and a half inches of snow during the month ; 

 four inches on the 23d. January 31, although the weather has been very cold, 

 the ground is froaen but slightly, in consequence of the heavy snow covering it. 



HUlshoro\ Ohio. — There was good sleighing the whole mouth of January, but 

 the snow is melting to-day, February 1. 



Kdley's Island, Ohio. — January IS. — Channel frozen entirely over; mail 

 crossed wholly on the ice. 24th, channel again open through the middle; west 

 wind has blown the ice down the lake. Amount of snow durhig the month, nine 

 inches. The mean temperature of the month was 4.S9 degrees below the mean 

 of January for the last five years. 



Wtstercille, Ohio. — Amount of snow during the month, eighteen inches; five 

 inches on the 23d. There has been more and better sleiglnng this winter 

 than has been known in Ohio for many years; perhaps not more in quantity, 

 but it remained longer. 



Urhana, Ohio. — The first foui* days of the month the ground v\"a3 covered 

 with snow ; the 5th there was none on the ground ; snow fell again on the 6th, 

 and the ground is still covered at the end of the mouth ; the sleighing has been 

 good for three weeks. Amount of snow during the month, ten inches and seven- 

 tenths ; three inches on the 23d. 



Bethel, Ohio. — Amount of snow, nineteen inches. 



SayhrooJc, Ohio. — Some snow has fallen on perhaps half the days of the 

 month, including some of the coldest. Amount of measure during the month, 

 seventeen inches. 



Wclshjidd, Ohio. — Twenty-eight inches of snow during the month; an inch 

 and a half on the 23d. 



Wooster, Ohio. — Eleven and one-sixteenth inches of snow during the month. 



SjnithviUe, Ohio. — Fifteen and a quarter inches of snow during the month ; 

 two and a half inches on the 23d. 



Milnersville, Ohio. — Fifteen and a half inches of snow during the month. 



Ripley, Ohio. — Seventeen and three tenths inches of snow during the month; 

 two and a half inches on the 23d. 



Steubenvillc, Ohio. — Snow fell on twenty-six days in small quantities ; amount 

 not given. The ground, at the end of the moath, is covered, and sleighing more 

 and better than for several years. 



Monroe, Michigan. — Nine inches of snow during the month; four inches of 

 it the 9th and 10th, and five inches on the 26th and 27th. 



Lansing, Michigan. — Six and a half inches of snow during the month. 



New Albany, Lidiana. — Fifteen inches of snow during the month ; eight 

 inches on the 6th and 7th, three on the 10th, one on the 19th, and three on the 

 22d and 23d. 



Madison, Indiana. — The month has been unusually cold, with more snow 

 than has been known for several years past. The ground was somewhat frozen 

 before the snow fell. Sleighing has been good for two or three weeks. Amount 

 of snow during the month, twenty-two inches. 



Newcastle, Indiana. — Ten inches of snow duruig the month. 



New Harmony, Indiana. — The maximum temperature for January was 48°, 

 the lowest maximum during twelve years, except in 1856, when it was the 

 same; the highest maximum was 67°, in 1864. The minimum temperature 

 of the month was 1°; in 1864 it was 15° below zero; the highest minimum 

 dm-ing twelve years was 22°, in 1858. The rauge of temperature for the month 

 was 47°; in 1864 it was 82°. The least range during twelve years was 37°, 

 in 1858. The mean temperature for the month was 28.24°; the lowest mean 

 during twelve years was 20.4°, in 1857; the highest, 40.6°, in 1861. 



