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Garrison’s, N. Y.—The mean temperature of the month was lower than that 
of any January since 1857, when it was 15°. No rain fell during the month, 
and brooks and springs continue very low. 
Depauvilie, N. Y—January 10.—Foot-crossing on the river St. Lawrence, 
but not very safe. 18th, ice on the St. Lawrence safe for teams to cross. 
21.—No snow after the 13th till the 20th at 9 p. m., when a storm began and 
"continued till in the night of the 21st. ‘Ten inches of snow fell, and the roads 
were blocked by the drifts. ; 
Nichols, N. Y—The Susquehanna river closed sd as to cross with teams be- 
tween the 12th and 15th, for the first time this winter. Snow two and a half 
feet deep in the woods at the end of the month. 
New York, N. Y—The ground was covered with snow the whole month, 
and sleighing was good, particularly from the 13th to the last day. Two heavy 
snow-storms, one in the night from the 16th to the 17th, and the other from the 
20th to the 21st, made riding in several streets impossible for many days. The 
‘ice in the Hast river formed a bridge between New York and Brooklyn twice 
on the 21st, and as many as five thousand persons crossed the river on the ice. 
The fall of snow during the month amounted to about two and a half feet. 
Geneva, N. Y—Sleighing was good, and the amount of snow greater than it 
has been in the fore part of wintér before in the last fifteen years, the period 
over which the records of the observer extend. 
Rochester, N. Y—Thirty-two inches of snow fell during the month, and did 
not melt in the least until about noon of the 31st, when a thaw commenced. 
Notwithstanding the steady cold, there was no extremely low temperature, the 
mercury not falling to zero, according to the record of Dr. Mathews, and only 
once by Dr. Dewey’s, which was at 104 p. m. on the 15th, when it was one de- 
gree below zero. 
Little Genesee, N. Y—January 31.—Until this afternoon there has been no 
thaw during the month, nor a drop of rain. There was one day that the snow 
on steep south roofs melted a trifle, but not on the roads. The snow this morn- 
ing in the woods, where not drifted, was about two feet deep. 
Skaneateles, N. Y—January 1.—Lake Skaneateles free of ice. 2d, lake 
frozen to near Mile Point. 4th, lake frozen, making good skating three-fourths 
of a mile south. 31.—Snow fell on twenty-three days during the month; depth 
of all seventy-one inches. , 
Trenton, N. J—January 17.—Very heavy snow-storm; about four inches 
of snow fell, drifting in places eight feet high. It has been about nine years 
since there was such a snow-storm here. 
Dover, N. J—January 31—The Morris and Essex canal has been closed 
by ice since early in December. 
Dyberry, Penn —January 31.—Highteen inches of snow fell during the month, 
bleckading the roads more than at any time for the past ten years. In the woods 
it is about two feet deep, but many spots in fields are bare. 
Reading, Penn—January was remarkable for the regularity of its tempera- 
ture, there being no thaw and no extreme cold. Drifting snows impeded very 
much the travel; the aggregate amount was about seventeen inches; there was 
scarcely any,rain. 
Lewisburg, Penn. —This was the coldest January since 1857. 
New Castle, Penn —The weather has been unusually severe since the 10th 
of December. About three feet of snow has fallen; roads in many places are 
impassable as late as the 31st of January, compelling travellers to pass for miles 
through the fields. 
Emmittsburg, Maryland.—F¥ive inches of snow fell on the 13th; one inch 
and a half on the 15th and 16th; eight inches on the 20th and 21st ; and three- 
quarters of an inch on the 31st. 
