Meteorological Fable, §-c.— Remarks. 289 
REMARKS, 
From the foregoing table, it appears, that the mean tem- 
perature of the last twelve months was 44.2, which was 
about 1° colder than the twelve se preeeway, e 
temperature of the summer months w : 
winter — do. - - : eB, 
ifference, - - - 47.9 
That August was 2° warmer than the other summer months, 
and February about 2° colder than the other winter months, 
That March was 3° colder than December, and June warm- 
er than July. The highest temperature was 90°, and was 
ary, and was 22° below zero. But it fell below zero eigh- 
teen nights within the months of iraty and February. 
e had lightning and thunder on forty five days; Aurora 
Rireslie was seen on ten evenings only. 
The quantity of water which fell in rain, hail and snow, 
was 73.3 inches, which is believed to be beyond a parallel 
in the recollection of any man living. The whole quantity 
of snow was 100 noe oe is only 3 inches more than 
fell in the winter of 1826 
On the 2d, 3d and 4th dye of Sept, there fell 9.7 inches 
of rain, which produced a most destructive freshet, through- 
out Vermont and New eeregents the ravages of which will 
probably be ‘visible for half a century. 
For many years, since I have pen ee in Vermont, I have 
been of opinion, that much more water falls annually i in rain, 
hail and snow, upon the Green Mountains, aa in most oth- 
er parts of the United States; and from three years’ accu- 
rate observation, I am confirmed in the belief, In the win- 
ter months it is a common occurrence that there are storms 
upon the mountains, when ten or fifteen inches of snow fall, 
and at the same time, only a few miles distant, at the foot of 
the mountains, on the west side, they have very little or no 
storm of wd kind. So in the summer, the clouds are often 
see mulate over the mountains, and there exhaust 
themselves, in violent sac ware, and their extension is limited 
w miles. 
It appears by Dr. Hildreth’s observations, made at Mari- 
sp Ohio, for three * a eae panlenes in the Journal of 
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