Meteorological Observations at Hudson, Ohio. 283 
The following table shows the average fall of rain for the dif- 
ferent seasons. 
9 A.M. 3P.™,. Sum. 
Spring,  6:395 1:924 8319 
Summer, 8-010 2°894 10-904 
Autumn, 5°324 2078 7:402 
Winter, 4:485 1-669 6°154 
The following table shows the amount of snow in inches for 
each month of the seven years. 
Months. 1838.29 1]R830_49 11840. 4]. 1841-42. 1842-43. 1843-44 1844-45, Mean. 
October, 0°5 | 2:5 25 | 10° | 2-7 
November, 75 | 9 | B+ [11-8 | 13> | 5 1: | 7-1 
December, 5-5 j12: . (16° |.9° 7-5) 25 | 9 1.88 
January, &: 4-8) POL oo, iB|. OO 1.2) Ob 
February, 85 | 15) b |.35| 17-5 7-5 | 8-5) 7-4 
arch, A: | 3: {145 6° | 65 | 26° | 8-6 
April, 4: 0°5 7 tS 
Year, 34- B37 [52:5 132° | 49:529-6 | 62°5/42-4 
March 7, 1841, seven inches of snow lay on the ground ; March 
13, 6:5 inches of new snow fell, and during the two or three sub- 
Sequent days there was a slight increase, making thirteen inches 
on the ground at one time, the greatest depth I have ever seen in 
Hudson. It is said to have been the deepest snow known since 
Feb. 1818, when it was about twenty inches on a level. In 
Dec. 1811, the snow is said to have fallen two feet deep. 
The following are all the instances in which an inch of rain has 
fallen in 24 hours. 
Date. Amount. Time. mount. T 
1842, Feb. 4, 1:564 18 pour Hess, “Tave 5, et 940 12 aare, 
“March 5, 1°112 20 1d, 3944 i. © 
“ July 9, 1153 24 « | « pon 17, 1095 5 « 
GES ge OS ag YS a Ne ne aes 
“  «@ « 1649 20 “| “ Sept. 14, 1079 15 « 
B 22et. 60, 1085 18 * 
* Of this quantity, ‘935 inch fell in about fifteen minutes. 
