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The whole depth of snow here did not exceed two and a half inches, al- 

 though the atmosphere was apparently loaded with it, and more or less 

 fell on ten different days ; but in the northern districts it is reported to 

 have been many feet deep. On the morning of the 4th instant the thermo- 

 meter receded to 22 degrees ; and the maximum temperature of the air on 

 the 8th was 54 degrees ! From the 6th to the 18th the weather in general 

 was wet and mild"; but from the 19th to the 27th it got cold again by the 

 induction of a North-east wind, and in the morning of the 23rd, the ther- 

 moraeter sunk to 20 degrees ; consequently, the water in the pumps was 

 frozen, also the moats round the fortifications, and the ponds and marshes, 

 which afforded skaiting for a few days. A change of wind to the South- 

 west on the 28th broke up the frost, a gradual thaw commenced, and on 

 the 31st the thermometer reached to 52 degrees. The rnaximiim tempera- 

 ture of the 4th, 6th, 13th, and 16th occurred in the nights instead of m the 

 days. The mean temperature of the external air this month, is M7 de- 

 gree under the mean of January for the last ten years. The atmospheric 

 and meteoric -plKBnomena that have come within our observations this 

 month, are one paraselene on the north side of the moon in the evening of 

 the 16th, one large lunar halo in the evening of the 11th, three meteors at 

 10 o'clock in the evening of the 18th. when the Aurora jBorealis was in its 

 greatest spendour; and ten gales of wind, or days on which they have pre- 

 vailed, namely, three from the N., one from N.E., two from S.W., one 

 from W., and three from the N.W. 



REMARKS. 



ionrfon.— First month. 1, Fine. 2. Fine: a little snow. 3. Fine : a little 

 snow. 4. A little snow during the ni?ht, day fine. 5. Some snow early this 

 morning. 6. Cloudy : some hail p.m. 7. Cloudy, drizzly. 8. Cloudy. 

 9. Cloudy and fine. 10. Rainy. 11. Snow and sleet during the day. 

 12. Cloudy. 13. White frost : drizzly : rain. 14. Wind very boisterous all 

 day,with rain at intervals. 15. Very clear morning: fine day. 16— IS.Cloudy. 

 19. Some snow in the afternoon. 20. Hoar frost : fine day. 21. Snowy day. 



22. Snow with driving wind from s.e. : ground deeply covered with snow. 



23. Snow showers. 24. Snowy. 25. Fine. 26. Hoar frost and foggy morn- 

 ing. 27. Cloudy and fine. 28. Fine: thaw commenced about 11 a.m. 

 29—31. Cloudy. 



RESULTS. 



Winds, N. 1 : N.E. 2 : E. 1 : S.E. 2 : S. 3 : S.W. 5 : W. 5 : N.W. 12. 



Barometer mean height for the month 30-063 inch. 



Thermometer, mean height for the month 34-145° 



Evaporation "78 inch. 



Rain 115 inch. 



Boston.— izn. 1, 2. Cloudy. 3. Fine: snow a.m. 4. Fine: snow p.m. 

 S, 6. Cloudy. 7. Cloudy: rain a.m. 8. Cloudy. 9. Cloudy: violent storm, 

 with rain P.M. 10. Cloudy; storm with rain p.m. 11. Stormy. 12. Cloudy. 

 13. Cloudy: rain a.m. 14. Stormy. 15. Fine. 16. Cloudy : rain 3 o'clock 

 A.M. 17. Cloudy. IS.Cloudy: rain a.m. 19, 20. Cloudy. 2!. Snow. 

 22. Stormy. 23. Snow. 24. Cloudy : heavy fall of snow in the night : snow 

 now knee-deep on the level. 25. Fine. 26. Cloudy: Snow at intervals day 

 and night. 27. Fine. 28. Cloudy: rain p.m. 29— 31, Cloudy. 



Penzance.— idn. 1. Showers: fair, rain at night. 2. Fair: at times clear. 

 3. In general clear. 4. A fall of snow. 5. Cloudy. 6— 8. Misty. 9. In ge- 

 neral fair. 10. Heavy showers. 11, 12. Showers. 13. Misty. H. Showers. 

 15. F'ine day. IG. Showers. 17, 18. Misty rain. 19. Misty. 20. Fair. 

 21. Snow: clear ice. 22. Clear : fair. 23. Clear. 24. Cloudy. 25. Cloudy : 

 snow. 26. Fair : hail shower. 27. Clear. 28. Cloudy. 29—3 1 . Misty. 



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