8 E. Loomis—Results from an examination of the 
within the last three years took place between Dec. 22, 1872, 
and Feb. 3, 1873. The following table shows the most im- 
portant particulars respecting two periods of this description as 
observed at New Haven. 
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temp. | 4" He 
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Max’m Wind. crai| Center of (‘Highest RE 
temp. N.H. — high barometer.’ isobar. MARES. 
21} 342) 2%-7| 30-16|/N.N.W.| 3-| Nebraska. | 30-70 | Pleasant day. 
22; 175 | 11:3] 30°12/N.N.W.| 0 Kentucky. | 30-60 |1 in. of snow last night. 
23) 29°4 | —0°9| 30°11] S.W. | 10 Georgia. 30°30 | Snow ceased at 10 a.m. 
10 Illinois. 30°70 
5 |N.Hampshire.| 30-60 | Pleasant day. 
Montreal. | 30°20 |Snowed all day till 9 
M. <Am’t, 15 in. 
25] 16:2 | —1-5| 30°53 
26) 8-83 | —1°0| 30:06) N. 
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10 | Nebraska. | 30-70 | Cloudy all day. 
0 | Tennessee. | 30°60 | Pleasant day. 
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6 ; eorgia. 30°50 | Cloudy all day. 
3 3 0°2 ‘53 |N.N.W.| 0 | N. Carolina. | 30-60 | Pleasant day. 
1} 293 | 10:4] 30-:28)NN.E.| 10 Georgia. 30°40 | Snow till4 p.m. Am't, 
1873. 3 inches. 
an. 1} 30°4 8°5| 30°42 N 0 Albany. 30°40 | Fine. 
0°6 3°3| 30°45) N. 0 Maine. 30°50 | Cloudy afternoon. 
26} 27-2 75 | 30°25) N. 10 | Baltimore. | 30-20 | Slight snowin forenoon. 
27; 26:0 | 19°3| 29°99] N.E. | 1o Dacotah 30°40 | Snow all day. Am’t, 6in. 
28) 33°0 | 15:0] 30:06] S.W. 0 | Nebraska. | 30°80 | Fine. 
29) 12-2 0°0|} 30°35] N.W. 0 Indiana, 30°50 | Fine. 
30} 20-4 |—16°8/ 30:25| N.W. | 0 Pennsylvania.| 30-30 | Fine. 
31 63} 30°15} N.W. 0 Dacotah. 30°50 | Fine. 
Feb. 1) 33°8 9°7| 30°10) N.W. 0 | Nebraska. | 30:70/ Fine. 
2) 17°5 2°8| 30°30/N.N.W.| 0 Illinois. 30°60 | Fine. [evening. 
3} 35°56 6°2| 30°25} S.W. 4 | Charleston. | 30:30|!Snow from 24 P. M. to 
Column second shows the highest peg cams and column 
third the lowest temperature observed at 
Haven at 7 4. M.; column seventh shows the position of the 
nearest center of high barometer, and column eighth the highest 
i her map for the correspondin 
date; column ninth shows some miscellaneous particulars re- 
corded at New Haven. 
It appears from the preceding table and from a comparison 
with the U. S. weather maps, that during the period above 
named there was an area of high barometer of unusual extent, 
