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recorded in 1867 and 27.5 inches in 1869. The snowfall of Feb- 

 ruary, 1899, exceeded these amounts. There is no record for this 

 month at Woodlawn, but the observer at Port Deposit reported 34 

 inches, occurring as follows: February 7, 1899, 4.5 inches; 8th, 3.5 

 inches; 13th, 14 inches; 14th, 12 inches. In the accompanying table 

 the amount of snowfall occurring during each month from 1865 to 

 1875 is shown. 



TABLE VI. 



MONTHLY AND ANNUAL DEPTH OF SNOWFALL, 

 (Measured in inches and tenths of an inch.) 



WOODLAWN, CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND, FROM 1865 TO 1875. 



Year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Ann'l 





1865 



- 



_ 



































0.8 



11.2 



- 



1865 



1866 



12.0 



1.0 



2.1 



































7.2 



22.3 



1866 



1867 



10.4 



7.6 



27.8 































0.1 



11.5 



57.4 



1867 



1868 



8.4 



15.4 



14.5 



5.5 



























1.5 



5.2 



38.5 



1868 



1869 



0.1 



4.6 



27.5 































2.6 



6.8 



41.6 



1869 



1870 



1.0 



9.4 



5.5 



3.5 































5.5 



24.9 



1870 



1871 



12.5 



10.6 



2.0 



































5.2 



31.3 



1871 



1872 



4.3 



4.0 



11.0 































2.7 



10.2 



34.2 



1872 



1873 



12.0 



14.8 



1.5 































2.1 



5.3 



35.7 



1873 



1874 



4.5 



16.0 



2.2 



3.2 































0.1 



26.0 



1874 



1875 



- 



- 



13.6 



































7.0 



- 



1875 





7.2 



9.3 



9.8 



1.1 



























0.9 



6.8 



34.7 



Average. 





12.5 



1871 



0.1 



1869 



16.0 



1874 

 1.0 

 1866 



27.8 



1867 



1.5 



1873 



5.5 



1868 

 



•• 



.. 











2.7 



1872 







11.5 



1867 



0.1 



1874 



57.4 



1867 

 22.3 

 1866 



Greatest 

 Amounts. 



Time of 



Occurr'nce 



Least 

 Amounts. 



Time of 



Occurr'nce 



