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[From the Albany Daily Advertiser.] 

 OTICES OF THE WINTERS AT NEW YORK FOR THE LAST 

 FORTY-TWO YEARS, AND OF THE DATES AT WHICH THE 

 HUDSON WAS FROZEN OR WAS OBSTRUCTED OR CLOSED 

 BY ICE AT ALBANY. 



/"SO — 1790. A very mild winter. The mildest January since 

 1781. River open till 3d February, though occa- 

 sionally obstructed by ice before. 



j'90 — 1791. Very severe weather in December, but more mod- 



I erate in January and February. River closed on 



' the 8th December. Lowest degree of ther- 



mometer, this winter, 5° above zero. 



!91 — 1792. A very severe winter. River closed on 9th De- 

 cember ; uninterrupted and severe frost for four 

 weeks ; lowest degree of thermometer, 1° above 

 zero. 



J92 — 1793, A very mild winter ; river open all winter to 

 Poughkeepsie ; though it closed at Albany on the 

 12th December. 



1)3 — 1794. A mild winter with but little snow ; river closed on 

 I 26th December. 



li)4 — 1795. A very mild autumn and December ; river closed 

 ! on the 12th January ; no ice till 3d January, and 



but little cold weather and snow this winter. 



1 )5 — 1796. Another very mild autumn and December ; no ice 

 till 21st December ; river open till 23d January. 



1;)6 — 1797. Early winter and severe till 12th January ; river 

 closed on 28th November, intensely cold on 23d 

 and 24th December ; mercury at zero in the mor- 

 ning. 



r'7 — 1798. Very early and severe winter ; river closed on 20th. 

 November ; lowest degree, 3° above zero. 



ri8 — 1799. Very early, long and severe winter ; though the 

 weather was moderate for about three weeks 

 in January j river closed on 23d November ; 

 lowest degree, 2° above zero. 



1''9 — 1800. A mild winter ; river closed on 6th January, but 

 obstructed by ice before. 



1^0 — 1801. A mild winter, with but little snow ; a very mild 

 December, river closed on 3d January. 



18l — 1802. A remarkably mild winter ; river open till 3d Feb- 

 ruary, though obstructed by ice occasionally be- 

 fore. In January the mercury generally ranged 

 between forty and fifty degrees, and no snow of 

 any consequence fell till 22d February. 



