Miscellanies. 187 
‘Winters of the utmost severity occur but three or four times in a 
century. Very mild winters are equally rare. 
It is mentioned in history that in one instance, two or three hun- 
dred years ago, there was really no winter in Europe, and in the 
spring followmg, the wheat in the north of Europe was harvested in 
May. In 1755—6, troops were transported by water from New 
York to Albany, in January and February. In 1795, ladies walked 
upon the battery on Christmas day, without shawls. 
In February, 1779, I saw farmers ploughing their fields in the 
county of Hartford, in the month of February.—Jan. 1835. 
3. Abstract of Meteorological observations, taken at Penn- Yan, 
N. Y., by Doct. H. P. Santwext, for the year 1834. 
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aJanuary, 23.91/47|-4|51|17] 5)10/11)10) 3 | 3 | .89)1.25 w. s.w.&n 
February, (35.15 65) 065/22, 811] 7/10); 4 | 4°) .48/4.50) 1 w.&s. 
March, 36.55,68)11/51/20)22/10)12; 9' 6 | 5 |1.28/7.12 s.&N.W 
April, 49.47\76|20|56|16|27|17/10] 3,10 | 2 |1.52|2.50 w.s.w.&n.w 
May, —_—_{56.45)87|26/61|23)/14/14] 8] 9,10 | 3 |3.00]4.00] 4 w.&s 
June, 164.89|82 46/36 9] 21121 9 ae 3.74 4 n.&w 
July, 73.28194'46'48] 9/30/20! 3] 8! 8 2.69 4 w.&s.w. 
August, 68.82191/42/49}12/27)19] 5} 7| 8 1.31 7 w.&s. 
September, |60.94/86|29|57| 4/29/17) 4) 9)10 2.09 1 w.s.&Nn.w 
October, __|46.87/75'29/53/18/25)12| 6|13/10 | 3 |3.33) 50; |w.s.w.&N.w 
November. ee 56\14 42 10115 Beara | 2 ie 1.00 w.s.w.&n.w. 
December, [28.38/53] 0/53] 1/14! 3'17 11! 4 | 8 11.05)8.75) | w. s.&s.w. 
Prevailing winds of the year, w. s. & s. w.—Number of fair days, 
150; do. cloudy, do. 105; do. variable, do. 110; rain fell on 98 
days; snow fell on 30 days; thunder and lightning occurred on 21 
days; depth of rain, 22.39 inches, 3.47 inch. less than 1833; depth 
of snow,-29.62 inches, 40.25 inch. less than in 1833 ; hottest month, 
July ; coldest month, December; greatest monthly range of ther- 
mometer in February, 65°; least do. do. do. June, 36°; the mer- 
cury was highest, July 9, 94°; do. lowest, Jan. 25, —4°; yearly 
range of thermometer, 98°; mean temperature of the year, 48.54°; 
do. of the sprig months, 49.40°; do. summer do. 64.04°; do. au-. 
tumn do. 48.27°; do. winter do. 30.17°. 
The first frost, was on the night of the 29th Sept., two weeks la- 
ter than in 1833; the last frost in the spring was the 14th and 15th 
of May, at which time snow fell four inches deep, a very uncommon — 
