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APPENDIX F. 



1857. 



1858. 



1860. 



Angust and Sep- 

 tember. — Bry ; only 1 

 inch rain. 



Augnsl^Rain, 0.50; 

 west of 97° no rain: 

 all summer com ana 

 cotton dead. August 

 gave showers in 

 Quadaloupe, etc. 



September 7.— Oaks 

 drying from drouth, 



except live oak. First 

 good rain this year, 2 

 inches. 



October.— Eain, 3K 



inches. The prairies 

 green. 



November. — Grass- 

 hoppers, west. Rea- 

 sonable rains ; good 

 fall gardens. 26-27th. 

 Hard storms very 

 extensive; Nebraska 

 wrecked at Galves- 

 ton. Eain, 2K inches. 



December — Lowest 

 temperature, 30°. 



Sept,— Good rains 

 5.85 inches. 



October. — Good 

 rains, 3.7 inches. 



October. — Good 

 rains, 6.60 Inches. 



November. — Some 

 rain— 2>i 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 ; kills 

 cattle, horses and 

 sheep in vast num- 

 bers. Hardest Decem- 

 ber ever knovm. 



NOETHEKS, WINTER OP 1859-60. 



First genuine norther, Sept. 30 



Last genuine norther, April 23 



Number of weeks' time, 28 



Number of northers, 



Number of days occupied, 101 



Average duration, hours, 89 



Lowest day's temperature, Dec. 6th, ...16' 

 Lowest 3 days' norther, Dec. 6th, 20.3 



TEMPERATURE AND HTGROMETRY OF 1859 AND PART OF 1860. 



