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NOTES OF THE WEATHER.—NOVEMBER, 1866. 
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 
St. John, New Brunswick.—November 23.—Snow from early morning to9 a. m. ; 4% inches; 
the first of the season. 
Gardiner, Maine.—The mean temperature of November for thirty years is 35.89°; the 
month just closed was 2.89 warmer. The amount of rain and melted snow was one inch 
and thirty-nine hundredths below the average. 
Williamsburg, Maine.—November 5 —Ice on pond an inch and an eighth thick. 
Lee, Maine.—November 23.—Snow began to fall at 4 a. m. and continued until the 24th; 
depth five inches; ground slightly frozen ; sleighing good; three days’ sleighing this month. 
Claremont, New Hampshire.—November 25.—About an inch of snow fell last night. 
Stratford, New Hampshire.—November 9.—The observer saw a dandelion in bloom to-day. 
Randolph, Vermont.—November was remarkable for the small quantity of snow that fell, 
being less than an inch in all. Sheep and cattle continued to graze in the field and get most 
of their subsistence in that way. There is no frost in the ground, and farmers still coutrived 
to plough up to the close of the month. 
Depauville, New York.—November 30.—The ground was free from snow during the month 
except on the 25th and 26th. The weather of the month was rather pleasant and favorable 
for the season, and never prevented farmers from ploughing. 
South Hartford, New York.—November 28.—The observer picked from the road side, 
to-day, two completely developed dandelion blossoms. 
Rocheste~, New York.—The mean temperature of November was 1.47° higher than the av- 
erage of the month for a series of years. 
jewark, N. J.—The mean temperature of November was nearly one degree and seven- 
tenths above the average of the mouth during the last twenty two years. The amount of 
rain was nearly an inch and three-quarters below the average, and less than in any previous 
November during the same period, except in 1845. The autumn, now. closed, was warm, 
with about eight-tenths of an inch of rain more than the average. Its mean temperature was 
higher than all but three of the preceding twenty-one, the exceptions being in 1846, 1849, 
and 1850. 
Philadelphia, Penn.—November 5.—The first ice observed inthe streets; very thin. 24th.— 
The first snow of the season; quantity inappreciable ; lasted from 9 a. m. to 93 a. m. 
Fallsington, Penn.—The month was a pleasant one for farmers to gather their crops, and 
was the warmest November since 1850. ; 
Reading, Penn.—No snow to whiten the ground in November; the railroad trains from 
Schuyikill Haven, Schuylkill county, brought about a quarter of an inch of snow on the 
morning of the 24th. 
Tioga, Penn.—Nearly the whole month has been favorable to agricultural operations, 
having been generally warm and dry until within the last few days. y 
Gowdysville, §. C.—November 1.—Very large white frost ; ice. 25th.—The ground frozen 
at'7 a. m. about half an inch. 
Bon Secour river, Ala.—November 1.—First frost; 29th, storm of wind,and rain on Mo- 
bile bay, four miles from place of observation. It came down the bay, or rather from N.NE., 
until about 9 a. m. The wind on land was from southwest at 7 a.m. ‘The storm was ac- 
companied by diffuse lightning and rain between the squalls. 
Grenada, Miss.—November %3.—The first killing frosts of the season. 25th.—The first 
freeze ; ground frozen to the depth of a quarter of an inch, The month was unusually mild 
and fine, with but little rain. 
Natchez, Miss —November 1.—A light frost this morning in the suburbs, but none in the 
city proper. 28th.—About 3.30 a. m. a heavy thunder-storm from the southwest, with light- 
ning, thunder, and a high wind for about twenty minutes. The rain fell in torrents. 
Kingston, Miss —November |.—First frost. 30th, first hard killing frost. 
Fayette, Miss.—November 1.—First frost; tender vegetation not affected. 30th, first kill- 
ing frost; only tender vines injured, and these in many places not entirely killed. General 
fall of leaves during the last week of the month. 
Austin, Texas.—November 27.—A norther began at 4 p.m. In the evening diffused 
lightning in the east. Colorado river very high, and sudden rise. 
Lookout Mountain, Tenn.—November 27.—Heavy fog. 29th, sleet from 11 to 12 p. m.; 
’ strong northwest wind, very cold. 
Chilesburg, Ky.—November 3.—-Large flocks of wild pigeons going westward. 22d.—Large 
flocks of wild pigeons going south. 23d, snow from 1 to 3 p.m.,:and again in the night, but 
altogether not enough to measure. This is the first snow this autumn, and it melted soon 
after falling. 24th.—Snowing from early in the morning until 3 p. m., but melted as it fell. 
25th.—A thin covering of ice this morning upon shallow ponds, the first this season. 
Marion, Ohio.—November 22.—Snow at 3 p. m., amounting to about half an inch. 
Bethel, Ohio.—An eighth of an inch of snow fell on the 22d and 23d. 3Uth.—This has 
been a very wet autumn; corn remains in the field ungathered. 
Gallipolis, Ohio.—Vhe first killing frosts of the season were on the 6th and 7th. 
