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NeicarJ^. Yalhij, JV. 1. — Thunder-shower 6 p. ra. 31st, 



Buffalo, N. Y. — The coldest December iu thirteen j-cars, with more 

 than tlie average of high winds. 



South Orange, N. J. — Ice six inches thick 3d; first sleighing 20th; 

 sleighing gone 24th; frost all out of the ground 27th. 



Moorestoicn, N. J. — " Stern, straightalong winter through the month." 



Vineland, N. J. — Month cold and severe. 



Fallsington, Fa. — Delaware Kiver closed at Trenton, N. J., 5th ; rain- 

 storm 23d ; Delaware liiver broke up at Trenton, N. J., 24th ; a very 

 cold month. 



Tioga, Pa. — Diffuse lightning; thunder iu the distance 31st; many 

 springs and wells are dry that never were known to fail before. 



York Sulj^liur S])i-ings, Fa. — Month remarkably dry. 



Greenshurgli, Fa. — Coldest day in fifteen years 21st; thermometer 68°, 

 the warmest Christmas for fifteen years, 25th; first thunder and light- 

 niug since October 31st. 



Tarentum, Fa. — Allegheny Eiver broke up very abruptly, the ice eight 

 inches thick, 26th ; coal and lumber men have sustained much damage. 



Neic Castle, Fa. — Lightning, with loud and prolonged thunder, 31st. 



Beaver, Fa. — The coldest night in five years 21st; lightning and 

 heavy thunder 31st; month very dry. 



Canuonsburgh, Fa. — Thunder, lightning, rain, and hail 31st. 



Woodlaicn^ Mel. — Susquehanna Kiver closed at Port Deposit for the 

 month 2d ; light rain, freezing as it fell, 29th and 30th ; melted away 

 31st. 



Fallston, Md. — The lowest range of the thermometer in the last seven 

 years 21st ; the dryest month since February ; thickest ice eight inches. 



Sam^s Creelc, Md. — Month dry, water failing. 



Fmmittshurgh, Md. — The coldest day recorded for several years 21st. 



Caper ville, Va. — The coldest day since December IGth, 186G, 21st. 



Surry C. II., Va. — A remarkable month, rainy, wet, and very change- 

 able; changes sudden; temperature either extremely cold or warm. 



Accotinli, Va. — Very little rain or snow during the month. 



WythevilJe, Va. — Very little rain daring the mouth; many springs 

 and wells dry ; wheat suffering from hard freezing, having no snow for 

 protection. 



Tarborougli, JSl. G. — Snow three inches 1st. 



Oxford, K. C. — Light snow 1st; snow followed by rain 3d. 



Fayetteville, N. C. — Snow-fall of jSTovember 30th continued to 10 a. m. 

 1st, measuring nine inches, the heaviest fall of snow since 1855. 



Albemarle, jY. C. — Thunder in the southwest 23d, 24th, and 31st; the 

 dryest, coldest, and most changeable December in many years; a few 

 days as cold as the coldest winter, then for as many days in succession 

 genial spring weather. 



StatesviUe, N. C. — Six inches of snow 15th ; cloudy, misty, freezing all 

 day, trees loaded, and ground covered with ice 22d. 



Asheville, N. G. — Heavy rain all day 23d. 



Gowdeysville, S. C. — Snow four and a half inches 1st ; four inches ot 

 snow 15th ; month colder than usual ; changes of temperature sudden 

 and extreme. 



Berne, Ga. — Temperature of well-water 15 feet below the surface of 

 the ground 59°, 1st ; water froze during the night, 5th ; thunder and 

 lightning in the north 23d and 24th. 



Macon, Ga. — Eain, with an unusual amount of thunder and lightning, 

 23d and 24th. 



Iloulton, Ala A few cold days ; several white frosts ; no snow to lie 



