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giving a yearly range of 115. 5 degrees. Mean temperature at 7 a. m., 48.61 de- 

 grees; at 2 p.m., 63.71 degrees; at 9 p.m., 53.18 degrees. 



Mean temperature of the winter months, 27.93 degrees, which is 1.94 degrees 

 below the average winter temperature; of the spring, 58.4 degrees, which is 4.83 

 degrees above the average; of the summer, 76.5 degrees, which is 0.47 degrees 

 below the average; of the autumn, 56.71 degrees, which is 3.90 degrees above 

 the average. 



The coldest month of the year was January, with mean temperature 23.49 

 degrees; the coldest week was January 2d to 8th, with mean temperature 3.9 de- 

 grees; the coldest day was January 3d, with mean temperature 9.3 degrees below 

 zero. The mercury fell below zero 13 times, of which 10 were in January and 3 

 in December. 



The warmest month was July, with mean temperature 79.14 degrees; the 

 warmest week was July 3th to nth, with mean temperature 83.54 degrees; the 

 warmest day was July 22d, with mean temperature 86.9 degrees. The mercury 

 reached or exceeded 90 degrees on 48 days, viz.: 4 in May, 12 in June, 16 in July, 

 14 in August, and 2 in September. 



The last light frost of spring was on April 18th; the first light frost of autumn 

 was on October 10th, giving an interval of 184 days entirely without frost. The 

 last severe frost of spring was on April 4th ; the first severe frost of autumn was on 

 October 24th, giving an interval of nearly 7 months (203 days) without severe 

 frost. 



The severe cold weather of January and the frost of April 3d were very de- 

 structive to the buds of peaches, pears and early apples, in many localities ; but 

 there was generally a fair crop of small fruits and winter apples. 



RAIN. 



The entire amount of rain, including melted snow, was 32.68 inches, which 

 is 2.70 inches below the average annual amount for the n preceding years. 

 Either rain or snow fell oh 90 days, 12 less than the average. The longest inter- 

 val without rain during the growing season (March 1st to October 1st) was 19 

 days, from April 30th to May 19th. The number of thunder showers was 36, of 

 which 9 were in June and 1 in December. There were 5 light hail storms. 



SNOW. 



The entire depth of snow was 10.35 inches, of which 0.85 inches fell in Jan- 

 uary, 4.50 inches in February, 2 inches in November, and 3 inches in December. 

 The last snow of spring was on February 25th ; the first snow of autumn was on 

 November 28th. 



FACE OF THE SKY. 



The average cloudiness of the year was 40.01 per cent, which is 4.75 percent 

 below the average. The number of clear days (less than one-third cloudy) was 

 179; half clear days (from one-third to two-thirds cloudy), 114 ; cloudy (more than 



