220 THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



1880, covering a period of four years six months 

 and twenty-six days, the mercury reached to as low a 

 degree of temperature as four above zero but once, 

 and did not go above ninety in the whole period. 



Coldest day in 1876, mercury marked 4°; hottest 90°. 

 u « 1877? u u go. u g 5 o^ 



" " 1878, " " 10°; " 90°.' 



u u 1879j u u 90. u m o t 



" " 1880, " " 8°; " 90°. 



The reader will please remember that the figures for 

 1880 were made by Capt. Coleman only to July 26 of 

 that year. 



On the morning of Feb. 24, 1876, the mercury stood 

 at four degrees above zero; the next day, at the same 

 time, it was twelve degrees above. Aug. 14, 1876, the 

 mercury marked ninety degrees at noon. The coldest 

 day in 1877 occurred Jan. 4, when the mercury marked 

 nine degrees in the morning; Aug. 9, the hottest day, 

 it showed eighty-five degrees at noon, and at night it 

 had dropped to seventy-two degrees. Jan. 8, 1878, was 

 the coldest day of that year, and July 19 the hottest, 

 the mercury marking respectively ten and ninety 

 degrees. In the year 1879, Jan. 21, June 25, and 

 Aug. 3 marked the two extremes, the mercury stand- 

 ing on the first-mentioned day at nine degrees in the 

 morning, and on the two latter eighty-six degrees at 

 noon. As far as Capt. Coleman's record goes, Feb. 2 

 was the coldest day in 1880, and June 29 the hottest. 



Rainfall. 

 The total amount of rain which fell upon the island 

 of Nantucket for the seventeen years preceding 1880 



