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again. 28th—The month was five degrees warmer than the mean of nine 
years. Snow, except drifts, disappeared on the 23d. No frost in the ground 
during the winter; good sleighing sixty-seven days of the winter. 
Flatbush, N. Y—¥ebruary 2.—Thunder shower at night. 
Skaneateles, N. ¥Y—F¥ebruary 2.—Thunder and lightning, sharp and blue, 
in the south and east from 95 to 10 p. m. 10th, ten inches of snow fell. 
20th to 22d, eleven inches of snow. 
New York, N. Y.— February 2.—Thunder shower at 11.20 p.m ; very 
heavy thunder and vivid lightning, almost white, twice at least; the thunder 
passed away rapidly to the east. 9th—Rain commenced falling at 6 p. m., 
accompanied with only one single flash of lightning, followed by a hard clap of 
thunder. Rain continued till after midnight, when the temperature suddenly 
changed from about 40° to below freezing point. 19th to 20th, eight inches 
of snow fell. : 
Newburg, N. Y—February 2.—Sheet lightning at 9 p. m., and thunder in 
the night. 
Rochester, N. Y—The temperature of February was four degrees above the 
general average for the month. 10th.—A storm attended by a strong gale 
from the northwest during the night. 14th—A freshet in the Genesee ; ice went 
out at evening. . 
Depauville, N. Y—February 28—The sleighing, though rather poor now, 
was good through all the month, and has lasted since December 11—in all, eighty 
days. Snow gone in all exposed piaces. 
Moriches, N. Y—February 5—The ice on the ponds averages 104 inches 
thick. The frost in the ground in some places fifteen inches. 19th to 
22d.—On measuring the snow after it had finished falling, and when it was 
well packed by its dampness, the depth was found to be seventeen and a half 
inches. 28th—The snow of the 19th and 22d has not yet all disappeared. 
Theresa, N. Y.—February 28.—The ground has not been frozen during the 
winter; the gieatest depth of snow at any time was about forty inches. : 
Mount Holly, N. J.—¥ebruary 2.—Very heavy thunder and very vivid 
lightning about 8 p. m. 4th—Heavy thunder and lightning about 10 p. m. 
from southwest. 9th—Heavy rain, with distant thunder and lightning, about 5 
+m 
Burlington, N. J—¥ebruary 20—Thunder shower at 7 p. m., continuing 
about twenty minutes; very brilliant diffuse lightning, and heavy but distant 
thunder. 9th—A hard shower about 55 p. m., with lightning and thunder. 
14th.—The ice in the Delaware river at Burlington broke up. 20th and 21st— 
Seven inches of snow fell, being the deepest snow of the winter to fall at one 
time. 
Newark, N. J—The mean temperature of the month was five degrees above 
the average of February in the preceding twenty-three years; the amount of 
rain and melted snow was more than in any February during the same period 
except in 1847. On the 11th the barometer was higher than at any time since 
observations have been taken, except on the Sth of January, 1866. 
Greenwich, N. J—February 9 —Heavy reverberating thunder this afternoon, 
shaking and rattling doors and windows. 28th—The ground was not entirely 
free from snow from the 30th of December to the 24th of February. 
Fallsington, Penn —February 11—The barometer to-day was the highest 
that is recollected, with perhaps one exception. Ice broke up in the Dela- 
ware river the second time. 28th—The past February is supposed to have 
been the mildest since 1828. 
Harrisburg, Penn.—February 14.—Ice on the Susquehanna river broke up. 
Philadelphia, Penn —¥ebruary 2.—Sharp lightning in the evening. 6th— 
The Delaware river opened to navigation, after being closed with ice for about 
three weeks. 9th—A very heavy rain; thunder and lightning in the night. 
