APPENDIX. 



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METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, Lenox, If 38. 



Recapitulation and Results. 



Whole range of the merrury in the 



year, . . 9l)^ 



Highest desfrec, . . . 91 



Lowest degree, . . . — 3 



31eiiii tein|;erfllure of the year. . 42.74 



Mc.ni tenipcrauire of winter, iiiclud- 



iiijr DereinUer of last year, . 23^ 



Meai] lemper.iture of spring, . 40 14 



Mean leinperature of sufliincr, . 66.13 



Mean temperaiur(< of autumn, . 43.07 



'i'here h ive been 203 fair days in the year — 114 cloud_v — 32^ rainy — and 15A snowy. 

 The summer of this year has been mo-ct delightful, and the fruits of the earth, particularly 



In-Uan Corn, have come lo full nuuurilv. 



I Warmest day in the year, July 10th. 

 j Coklesi day in the year, January 31st. 



[ On 100 days the mercury rose to 70^ and 

 above — on 36 of which it rose lo 80"^ and 

 above— and on 4 to 90'^. At 11 different 

 times it .sunk lo zero and below. 



Lightning- and thunder have been noticed 

 on ISdays. First on tlie23d of June — last on 

 the 23d September. Prevailing wind.s N . W, 



Miscellaneous Observations. 



March 2 — The trees beautifully ornamented 

 with frost. 

 " 22 — Singmg of birds first noMced. 

 " 23 — A (oggy morning — first Robin. 

 " 24 — Harrnwed ground ploughed in 

 aulunni. 

 April 6 — Commenced ploughing. 



Apiil 7 — Sowed seeds in my hotbed — 

 Frogs first heard. 

 " 11 — Sowed wheat. 12ih — Sowed oats. 

 " 24 — Finished sowing thirteen acres of 



oals. 

 '■■ 25 — Deep halo around the sun. 

 " 29— A fiue soft alJBosphere to-da^. 



