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autumn, and southerly most in spring and summer ; and that 

 in spring the winds are most variable, and in autumn least 

 variable. 



Table III.— Shewing the state of the weather at the times of the daily obser- 

 vations. 



1 



January, 

 February, 



WEATHER. 



Clear. 

 16 

 15 



Broken. 

 ~~10~ 

 8 



Cloudy. 



Stormy. 



5 

 5 



11 



8 



March, 



14 



9 



8 



8 



April, 

 May, 

 June, 



13 

 18 

 17 



6 



8 



11 



11 

 5 



2 



10 



5 



10 



July, 

 August, 



16 



14 



14 

 14 



1 



3 



9 

 10 



September, 

 October, 



19 

 15 



6 



7 



5 



9 



5 

 10 



November, 



15 



5 



10 



9 



December, 



4 



Il76 



12 



15 



8 



110 



79 



103 



N. B. Under the head of stormy are included all those 

 days on which there fell either rain or snow. 



1. Clear days, 

 Cloudy in part, 

 Cloudy entire, 

 Falling weather, 



2. Months mos^cloudy- 



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48 per cent. 

 30 do. 

 22 do. 

 28 do. 

 -April, November, and December, 

 do. most fair — May, June, and September. 

 do. most stormy — January, April, and August. 

 3. The year came in with a violent snow storm. The win- 

 ter was distinguished for steady cold weather, the mean for 

 January being only 22 degrees, and for February only 28 

 degrees. A bed of snow unusually compact and indestructi- 

 ble, afforded uncommonly fine sleighing from about the 20th 

 of December to nearly the 20th of February, and remains of 

 this body of snow were to be seen till about the last of March. 

 The advantages of an uninterrupted covering of snow as 

 a protection to the earth, were obvious as soon as it had dis- 

 appeared, the ground being free from frost, and fitted to re- 



