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upon the ground ; no very heavy rains ; the hitter i^ortion of the month 

 mikl ami pleasant. 



Near Port Orange^ Fla. — Ground froze slightly Gth ; heavy white frost 

 7th. 



Tampa, Fla. — Frost 5th, Gth, and 7th. 



Newport, Fla. — A delightful month. 



Austin, Texas. — Sleet and snow 1st ; frost 1st, 5th, 15th, and 24th ; 

 violent north wind with thunder and lightning 22d ; diffuse lightning 

 31st. 



BrooJchaven, Mm.— White frost 1st, 2d, 5th, Gth, 11th, 15th, IGth, and 

 21st ; but one entirely clear day this month, but the weather pleasant 

 most of the time. 



Ponchatoula, La. — First killing frost 5th ; thunder-showers 23d and 

 31st ; strawberries ripe and ripening 31st. 



Fochahontas, Arlc. — Sleet 2d 5 ice two inches thick 4th ; ground frozen 

 four inches Gth; drizzly, ice forming in the ground 22d ; storm of thun- 

 der and lightning, wind in gusts, rain in showers 31st. 



Flizaheihton, Tenn. — Ground froze three inches deep 22d ; the month, 

 remarkable for sudden and extreme changes of temperature ; rain-fall 

 small. 



Shelby City, Ky. — First skating 2d, continuing to 21st ; mouth very 

 cold — first half dry, the last rainy. 



Mt. Auburn, Ohio. — Miami Canal closed 5th ; Ohio Eiver closed 21st ; 

 continuous heavy thunder-showers 31st. 



Martinis Ferry, Ohio. — Ohio Eiver closed twice during the month ; 

 rain, thunder, and lightning 31st. 



Fennsville, Ohio. — Several very heavy thunder-showers during the 

 day, 31st. 



Northport, Mich. — Weather severe; much more snow than usual; feed 

 scarce. 



Litchfield, Mich. — ISTot a day's sleighing during the month, but excel- 

 lent wheeling ; springs unusually low 31st. 



Monroe, Mich. — Tornado from southwest, unroofing buildings, and 

 throwing down parapets 23d. 



Grand Rapids, JiM.— Sleighing nearly all the month; snow not deep 

 at any time ; weather unusually cold, cloudy, and windy. 



Mt, Carmel, Ind. — Very warm, thunder and lightning 23d; very foggy 

 with sleet 29th; very heavy thunder and bright zigzag lightning in the 

 west 31st; very dry month ; water scarce in wells and springs; some 

 are hauling water for stock. 



Laconia, Ind. — First half of the month dry and pleasant ; not a clear 

 day in the last half. 



Kniyhtstoion, Ind. — Frost in the ground all the month. 



Dubois, III — Gale from southwest all day, fences and chimneys blown 

 down, 23d ; violent thunder-storm, the wind blowing fiercely 31st; month 

 unusually dry. 



Manchester, III. — Weather has been very changeable; a good deal 01 

 rain and thunder ; the atmosphere smoky. 



Hennepin, III. — Illinois Eiver closed by ice 1st ; ice on the river four- 

 teen inches thick 31st. 



Belvidere, 111. — Bad sleighing and wheeling until 17th, afterward fair 

 sleighing ; first week cold, second moderate, third very severe, fourth 

 severe. 



Embarrass, Wis. — A cold month with only one clear day. 



Manitowoc, Wis. — The coldest Decejuber in twenty-one years. 



Rochj Biin, Wis. — The coldest December since 1859. 



