370 J. D. Dana—Flood of the Connecticut River Valley. 
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: 1872. 1873 | 
Jan. 29,288 | 1°95 | 2°88 1-51 |\Jan. 64,430 | 3°85 | 3°05 | 3°01 
18,8 3:05 | 2°80 1°89 |iFeb.. | 45,123 | 3°35 | 1°75 | 3-17 
March | 22,437 | 2°70 3°24. 2°87 |/March 43,316 | 4°50 | 3°54 | 3:18 
April 130,966 | 2°07 | 0°40 2°20 j/April (181,780 | 2°65 ; 1°32 | 1°74 
$2,164 | 8°20 | 3°42 3:11 l/May (138,720 | 2°64 | 1°21 | 3°91 
June | 63,6 cs 4°34 3°25 e 126,40 2°00 | 1°14 |. 1°69 
July | 26,918 | 725 | 5°64 07 July © 18,982 | 395 | 5°91 + 9°93 
Au 59,996 [12°79 | 7°35 | 5°28 17,270 | 2°50 | 162 | 3:47 
Sept. | 53,388 | 374 2°62 Sept 17,71 75 | 383) 4:77 
oO | 41,923 | 2°47 | 1°57 | 3°64 66,780 | 5°45 | 5°57 636 
Nov. | 62,897 | 5°05 | 0°75 | 4:48 Vv. | 39.916] 9°22:| 238 | 38) 
45,548 | 500 2:27 2°69 ||Dec. 66,726 | 265 165 3°31 
Total “638, 070 | 61°35 | 37-28 4419 Total’ 727,160 40°51 i 47 40°95 
874 : Il 1875. | : 
Jan. 135,491 | 3°70, 2:90 5-46 | Jan 17,079 | 2°60 3°92 | 2-90 
Feb. 96,674 | 1:80 -1°81 | 2°18 |/Feb. | 27,023 92 1°20 | 3°62 
March 71,721 | 2°25 | 0°68 1°35 Ma ch | 49,032 | 3°05 2°55 | 4-20 
April 62,031 | 4°05 3°40 6°03 ‘April 146,049 | 2°85 1:92.) 3°33 
May 139,21 2°95 | 3°26.) 5°22 | May 111,437 |. S73 |. 3 2°19 
June 4,11 7°06 | 3°44 | 5°06 i June 35,607 | 6°70 | 4:98 | 2°89 
July 55,018 | 4°98 | 5°0 1°16 |iJuly | 22.991 | 2°55 | 2°70 | 815 
Aug. 28,293 | 4°38 | 2°01 | 2°69 [|Aug. | 31,971 340 407 | 616 
Sept. 17,412 }° 135 | 3°92 | 1-82 |iSept. | 17,468 435 194 4 
Oct. 19,310 ‘15 | 1:30 | 0°85 |lOct. | 27,387 | 5°26 94 | 3°89 
Nov. 15,865 | 27 1-92 | 3°54 |INov. | 41,022 | 2°92 . 1°63 | 3°97 
Dec. | 17,965 | 3°07 | 1°08 | 1:17 |[Dec. | 43,583 | 1-40 | 0-78 | 1°03. 
Total 733,103 | 39°45 | 30°78 | 36-53 ||Total (570, 649 43°73 33-07 | 46 98 
1876. 1877. 
Jan. | 79,966 | 3°65 | 1°72 2°30 jJan. | 17,500 | | 215 270 2°52 
Feb. | 64,400 | 3°60 | 3°59 5:53 ||Feb. | 18,491 | 0°65 | 0-0 ; 
March | 93,866 | 3°02 | 3°50 7°10 ||March 93,253 | 640 2°57 | 6°97 
A 160,756 | 2°75 | 0°52 3°10 ||April (110,247 | 2°35 197 | 2°45 
May (155,521 | 4°70 | 1°32 | 3°96 ||May | 45,874 | 1°05 | 103, 1-93 
June 41,008 | 7°05 | 3°46 | 3°87 |\June 20,907 3-00 459 
j ,01 25 | 0°00 | 4°84 |\July 25, 8°48 | 6:47 
Aug. | 16,674 | 1:25 | 0°42 | 0°27 ||Aug. 1946 | 5°95 01 2-79 
pt. 17,18 4°58 | 3°71 ||Sept. 18,089 | 2°05 91, 0-91 
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Nov. 20,822 1°67 | 2°13 | 2°49 |INov. | 175,825 | 3°65 | 3°81 
Dec. 17,156 | 2°81 | 4°30 | 3°22 ||Dec. | , 46,382 St.) 0964: 1°02 
Total 706,291 43°15 26°07 | 41°51 ||Total 526, 261 | 38-04 35°18 | 42-43 
At Norwich, on the west side of the Connecticut, opposi ite Hanover, the 
aa anomie in gf ide 41 inches, in 1873, = 57, in eos 35°32; ee in 
“66, 
each case. nover. c ott makes t! the nnnal mea t Hanover 4 
The munber of inches of snow in the above years at Teiwabees and Hanover 
was as follo 
Year. Lunenburg. Hanover. Year. Lunenburg. Hanover. 
1872 139°50 28°75 187b. 1945 10643 
1873 136°20 100°00 1876 90°85 113°00 
1874 118°85 TTT0 1877 42°15 32°00 
