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packed by a fall of sleet and rain on the 23d that equaled a rainfall of 

 2.57 inches, after which the temperature became so cold that ice appeared 

 in the river the following day, which disappeared on the 28th, under 

 the influence of light rains which fell on the 27th. Light rains, but 

 enough to carry much of the snow into the river, and solidify that which 

 remained on the ground, fell also on the 30th and 31st. The total fall of 

 snow, sleet, and rain, during the month of December, reduced to rainfall, 

 was 5.61 inches. The highest stage of the river during the month was 

 49-| feet, on the 28th, when it began to decline. 



"Light snows were frequent, and a cold temperature prevailed from the 

 1st to the 14th of January, 1884, when a heavy snow set in at 5 p. m., 

 and continued until the following day, and on the 19th there was an- 

 other light fall of snow. These alternated with sleet and rain, and the 

 temperature varied, during the last five days, between zero and 60 degrees 

 above.' The first half of the month was generally cold, but there were 

 slight variations in the weather conditions. These variations and other 

 influences were sufficient to cause the river to fall, first, from 49^ feet on 

 December 28th, to 15 feet 5 inches on January 13th, then rise to 24 feet 

 1 inch on the 19th, then fall to 15 feet 9 inches on the 29th, and rise again 

 to 31 feet 3 inches on the 31st, when the flood of 1884 properly began. 

 The 30th of January found upon the ground much of the previous fall of 

 18 inches to 4 feet of solidified snow, packed upon the hills and moun- 

 tains and valleys of the Ohio River and its tributaries, and the smaller 

 streams tributary to the latter. The depth of snow that fell at Cincin- 

 nati during the month of January was 10 inches, and much more had fallen 

 at other localities that would affect the condition of the river. The rain- 

 fall of the month was 1.23 inches. The snow, sleet and rain, reduced to 

 rainfall, was 2.21 inches.. One rain followed another from the 30th of 

 January to the 13th of February, which affected the river accordingly." 



STAGES OF WATER, FEBRUARY, 1 883-4. 



Date 



Feb. 







1883. 



18 



84. 



Date. 



Time. 



Ft. In. 



Ft. 



In. 



Feb. 



I — 6 A.M. 



29 I 



36 



4 



it 



IO " 





37 



v i 





II " 





38 



</ 



< < 



12 Noon 



29 5 



38 







I P.M. 





38 



8 





2 " 





39 







3 " 





39 



SA 





4 " 





39 



9 





5 " 





40 



*A 





6 » 



29 I 



40 



sA 





9 " 





41 



6 



< < 



12 Midnight 





42 



(>A 





i8J 



*3- 



1884. 



Time. 



Ft. 



In. 



Ft. In. 



- 3 A.M. 







43 6 



6 " 



28 



5 



44 4 



7 " 







44 8 



8 » 







44 "X 



9 " 







45 3 



10 " 



11 ' ' 







45 6 

 45 8 



12 Noon 



28 



3 



45 ™A 



I P.M. 







46 iy 2 



2 " 







46 5 



3 " 







46 7 



4 " 







46 9 l A 



