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white frost. Wild plums and peaches blossomed about the middle of Feb- 
ruary, but the blossoms were killel by the intense cold of the 13th and 14th of 
this month. 
Lookout Mountain, Tenn —March 1.—Peach trees in bloom. 4th.—Thun- 
der; violent rain from 7 to 11 p.m. There was a gradual rise of temperature 
from the 8th to the morning of the 13th, and then a sudden and extreme fall. 
_'The mean of the 12th was 64.4°; 13th, 7 a. m., 70.9°—2 p. m., 36.6°; 14th, 
7 a, m., 15°—mean of the day 21.7°. 
Clarksville, Tenn.—Vive inches of snow on the 5th, and three-quarters of an 
inch on the 13th; two or three other snows, enough to whiten the ground. The 
morning of the 14th was the coldest of the season except two, January 18 and 
February 10. 
Danville, Ky — Temperature at 7 a.m. on the 12th, 57°; at the same hour on 
the 14th, 14°; mean temperature of the 14th, 18.7°. 
Chilesburg, Ky—Twenty inches of snow fell in March, sixteen of it on the 
Ath and Sth. ; 
Urbana, Ohio —The mean temperature of the month was 6} degrees below 
the average of March for the previous fifteen years; the quantity of snow was 
14.05 inches, which is very near three times the average for the same period; 
the quantity of water, including rain and melted snow, was scarcely over the 
average. ‘The cloudiness was 26 per cent. over the mean for fifteen years. 
Kelley’s Island, Ohio —The temperature of March was 3.27° below the aver- 
age of the month for the last eight years; and the amount of snow was 6.16 
inches above the average for the same period. 
North Fairfield, Ohio —Blackbirds returned on the 10th, and robins in flocks 
of any size were first noticed on the 12th, when the woods appeared to be full 
of them, making their way northward. ‘The month was very cold; streams 
frozen nearly as hard as at any time during the winter, not breaking up until the 
afternoon and night of the 30th. 
Litchfield, Mich—March 31.—There is more snow remaining in drifts than 
has been known at this date since 1843. 
Grand Rapids, Mich—March 25.—Grand river open; steamboat navigation 
commenced for the season this morning. 
Sugar Isle, Thunder Bay, Mich—March 21.—The lake is to all appearance 
full of floating ice, but not heavy, moving with every shift of the wind ; it has 
not been safe to travel on at any time during the past winter; none found now 
over fifteen inches thick. 22d.—Not a particle of ice to be seen on the lake to- 
day. 31st.—During the last three days the ice has been running down the lake ; 
although the wind was off land, the ice keeps in sight. 
New Harmony, Ind.—March 1.—Heavy thunder-storm at 6 p. m. 
New Albany, Ind—March 12.—The flower tufts of the swamp maple 
(acer rubrum) showing their colored stamens, and will soon be in full bloom ; 
crocuses in bloom. The late rains have caused the river to rise again very rap- 
idly ; now higher than at any time since 1847. 13th—Hundreds of people 
houseless by reason of the flood. 14th—The Ohio river reached its highest 
point at 5 p. m., three feet nine inches lower than in 1847. 29th.—Ice this 
morning, first bright day of the month. 
Vevay, Ind.—F ive inches of snow on the 4th, nine inches during the month. 
First flock of blackbirds on the 12th. 
Magnolia, lll—March 18.—Rock river frozen for teams ; Illinois river frozen 
for footmen. 31st.—T'welve inches of frost on the prairie yet. 
Loami, Ill_—March was noted for its storms and uniform cold weather; five 
snow-storms during the month, amounting in all to seventeen inches in depth ; 
the season is unusually backward; no signs of vegetation at the end of the 
month. 
Dubors, Ill.—There was not one whole clear day during the month. 
