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Ubajay, int. 



TT 0 vino 



Havana 



Vv 11 H I <hllcL 





of Cuba. 



coast. 



N. lat 10* 27'. 



December to February .... 64P.4 F. 



71°.2 



80°.4 





71P.2 



790.2 



83°.7 



June to August . . 



8i°.8 



830.3 



82O.0 



September to November . ,74P.8 



780.6 



82o.6 





730.2 



780.3 



810.7 



Coldest months . 



62O.0 



70O.0 



79o.2 



Hottest <• , . 



830.5 



83o.4 



84o.4 



At Rome, N. lat. 41° 53'— Mean temp. 





59o F. 



it 





, 77O.0 



u 



" Coldest ? 





, 420.3 



During the last fifteen days of the year 1800, I 

 observed the centigrade thermometer almost con- 

 stantly between 10° and 15° (50° and 59° F). * At 

 the hacienda Rio Blanco (in Cuba), it fell in January 

 to 7°.5C. (45°. 5 F.) In the country near Havana, 

 on a hill 318 feet above the level of the sea, water 

 has frozen, the ice being several lines in thickness. 

 Senor Robredo informed me of this fact, which 

 again occurred in December, 1812, after a preva- 

 lence of very strong northerly winds for nearly a 

 month. 



As it snows in the flat countries of Europe, when 

 the thermometer is several degrees above zero, 

 (32° F.), it is surprising that in no part of this island, 

 nor even in the hills of San Juan, nor in the high 

 mountains of Trinidad, has it ever been known to 



