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APPENDIX P. 



1857. 



1858. 



1859. 



1860. 



August and Sep- 

 tember. — Dry ; only 1 

 inch rain. 



August— Rain,. 0.50: 

 west of 97° no rain ; 

 all Bommer com and 

 cotton dead. Angnst 

 gave showers 

 Guadalonpe, etc. 



SeptemberT.— Oaks 

 drying froni drouth, 

 except live oak. First 

 ^ood rain this year, 3 

 inches. 



October.^Eain, 3K 

 inches. The prairies 

 gi'een. 



November.— Grass- 

 hoppers, west. Rea- 

 sonable rains; good 

 faU gardeng. 26-27th. 

 Hard stormS^ very 

 extensive ; JTebraska; 

 wrecked at' GraHes- 

 ton. Rain, 3M inches. 



December— Lowest 

 temperature, 3C 



Sept,— Good rains 

 5.85 inches. 



October. — Good 

 rains, 3.7 inches. 



October. — Good 

 rains, 6.60 Inches. 



November. —Some 

 rain— 2:SC inches. 



November. — Warm 

 and pleasant month 

 no rain. 



December. —? Rains 

 copious, 4.4 inches, 

 No severe cold. 



December 1 to 8.- 

 Terrible winter 

 weather; snow*, sleet, 

 rain and freeze ; kill^ 

 cattle, horses and 

 sheep in vast num- 

 bers. Hardest Decem- 

 ber ever known. 



NORTHERS, WINTER OF 1859-60. 



First genuine norther, Sept. 30 



Last genuine norther, I April 23 



Number of weeks' time, ,---28 



Number of northers,- — -..■-.„.-23 



Number of days bccupied,., 101 



Average duratioij, hours,.. _. 89 



Lowest day's temperature, Dec. eth, -..16' 

 Lowest 3 daj^s' norther, Dec. 6th, 20.3 



TEMPERATURE AND HTGROMETRT OF 1859 AND PART OF 1860. 



