Meterrological Obfervations for the Year 1783. 361 - 
oth, at 8, a. M.---barom. higheft----wind W. N. W.---fair. 
Barom. loweft on the 19th, at 1, P. M.---therm. 44?---wind 
S. W.---fair. IEEE ss 
An Aurora Borealis in the night of the 26th---wind N. W. 
preceding days fair---the four following, cold, with fprinklings 
of ífnow. i 
Difeafes in [p/wich ; pleuritic fevers, anginas, coughs, tooth- 
achs : In Salem ; bad coughs, anginas, tooth-achs, rheuma- 
tifms, pleuritic fevers : In Beverly; remitting fevers, and 
oi FEBRUARY. 
Therm. Barom. . 
; A.M. Noon. P.M. A. M. Noon. P. M. 
Higheft, 51 53 52|39,94 39 61 30,83 | Rain. 
Loweft, 1r I2 10|29,76 29,64 29,73 Inch. 
Mean ftat. 34 37 371.3628 39,19 3% 26 | 4,907. 
The weather more capricious than the laft month. The va- 
tieties of cold, warm, fair, cloudy, rainy, {nowy and foggy 
weather. were experienced every few days through the month. 
on the 3d, at 8, ^A, M. the therm. out doors, ftood at 8° be- 
low o. Farmers plowed on the 21ft. Winds [variable, but 
moft prevalent from 8. W. to W. Ground covered with now 
until the 18th. A very denfe fmoke-like fog in the evening of 
the 10th, attended with a fingular kind of fcent, fomewhat 
refembling that of burned leaves. Thirteen days of cloudy and 
falling weather. ‘Ten inches of fnow fell during the month. ` 
Greateft deg. of heat on the 19th, at 2, P. M.---- barom. 
loweft---wind S. S. W.---mifty. Greateft deg. of cold on the 
ad, at 7, A. M.---barom. 30,37----Wind W. N.W .----far. 
Barom. higheft on the gth, at 7, A. M.=--therm. 27° ---wind 
N. E.---cloudy. 
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