256 Meteorological Journal, kept at Marietta, Ohio. 
The amount of rain and melted snow was 37:;%'; inches— 
being nine and a half inches less than in the year 1852; but this 
is not the lowest in the scale, as it is sometimes reduced to thirty- 
four inches. 
The Ohio river was low all the summer, commencing early in 
June, as we had no rain at the summer solstice, a period when a 
rise in the Ohio is always expected, and seldom fails to appear. 
With the exception of a few feet of elevation in November, the 
water continued low until the setting in of winter, and closed 
with ice on the 25th December, when steamboats ceased run- 
ning. The fall of snow was light, only about five inches near 
the end of the month. The lowest temperature in December, 
was six degrees above zero. 
Winter.—The mean of the winter months was 36°-90. The 
coldest day was on January 29, when the mercury fell to zero. 
In February the lowest was 11° above. Great fluctuations 4 
depth. The winter was a very mild one. 
Spring.—The temperature of the spring months was 5 19°59, 
which is rather below the mean for this climate. The amoutt 
of rain was quite abundant, especially in April, and is very 1 
portant, as laying the foundation for the grass crop and other ce- 
real productions. 
Ss he temperature of the summer months was 
72°-43, which is higher than any previous one for many yer" 
the mean average being about 70 ra ss. ‘The 
commenced in June, and one of the hottest days was the thit- 
tieth, rising to 95°. July is generally the hottest month, but oe 
1853 the temperature was three and a half degrees below that 
June, being only 719-15, and the latter 74°60. At Cincinnatl 
the heat was considerably greater than in Marietta, rising 0? ve 
days to 98°, and on several to 94°. h n for the mont 
was five degrees above us, or 79°°32. It was six degrees above 
the mean for June in the last ten years. With this greatly 10° 
creased range of the thermometer there was a less amount obe 
than usual, there being quite a drought in June and July, W - 
was doubtless one cause of the heat. It had a favorable 
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