2 Retrospective Vieiv of the 



eating the severity of 12° beloAv zero. On the 18th, with 

 more moderate weather, five or six inches of snow again fell, 

 with another depression of the temperature to 8° below zero 

 on the morning of the 20th ; 22d, 10° below ; 23d, zero. 

 The remainder of January was milder, with snow. 



February opened with a continuation of the snow storm, 

 about one foot falling up to the 2d. On the 4th it was 

 milder, the snow thawing fast. This continued up to the 

 12th, ending with a warm southerly rain. The 16th was 

 cool again, with snow to the depth of three inches. Another 

 severe snap then commenced ; the 19th, zero ; 20th, 3° be- 

 low ; 21st, 4° below ; 22d, two inches of snow again. The 

 remaining week was variable, with some mild days, which 

 carried off the snow. 

 , The month of March was cold. On the 3d the tempera- 

 ture was 2°, and the 4th, 6° above ; the 5th, snowy ; 7th 

 and 8th milder, and the 9th showery. This mild weather 

 continued up to the 19th, when snow again fell, succeeded 

 by cold and frost, with the temperature at 18°. 23d, east- 

 erly storm ; 25th, four inches of snow, with alternate days 

 of rain and cloudy weather to the close of the month. 



April was the most rainy month of the year. The 2d was 

 rainy and snowy ; the 3d so cool that it did not thaw in the 

 shade. The 6th was the stormiest day of the season, about 

 a foot of snow fell, which drifted in many places to the 

 depth of three feet. The 9th was rainy and snowy again, 

 succeeded by two warm days, and another snow storm of 

 four inches on the 13th. Rain set in on the 18th, and con- 

 tinued with but little cessation up to the 24th. The remain- 

 der of the month was fine, with cool frosty nights. 



As if to make up for the cold and backward weather of 

 April, May was a very pleasant month. The 3d and 4th were 

 cool days for the season ; but the 7th and 8th were excess- 

 ively warm, the thermometer reaching the high point of 88°, 

 at noon. Vegetation seemed to start all at once ; scarcely a 

 bud appeared swollen on many trees on the 3d ; and on the 

 9th the same trees were partially in leaf. The 12th to the 

 15th was rainy, succeeded by cool weather and easterly 



