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Meteorological Observations. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR APRIL, 1848. 
Made at the Albany Academy, by Dr, T. R. Beck, Principal, &.c. 
THERMOMETER. 
WINDS. 
WEATHER. 
RAIN 
>. 
REMARKS. 
1 
6 a. M 
3 p.m. 
9 p. M. 
Mean. 
A. M 
P. M 
A. M. 
P. M. 
Inch's 
49 
48 
37 
41-67 
N.W 
N.W 
Cloudy. 
Clear. 
0-22 
Rain. 
9 
31 
45 
33 
37-83 
i\.W. 
N.W 
Clear. 
Clear. 
3 
30 
55 
44 
44-50 
E. 
.■^. 
Clear. 
Cloudy. 
4 
39 
47 
48 
46-17 
S. 
.S. 
Cloudy. 
Cloudy. 
0-4; 
Rain. 
5 
48 
53 
41 
44-67 
N. \V. 
N.W 
Clear. 
Clear. 
fi 
32 
55 
44 
43 85 
N. W. 
N. W 
Clear. 
Clear. 
7 
33 
56 
42 
43-50 
N. W. 
N.W 
Clear. 
Clear 
8 
32 
04 
51 
50 00 
N. 
N.W 
Clear. 
Clear. 
n 
38 
69 
51 
52-83 
S. 
B 
Clear. 
Clear. 
in 
39 
75 
63 
59-67 
E, 
N.W. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
11 
43 
68 
55 
56-00 
N. 
N. E. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
1-? 
47 
65 
52 
53-83 
S. 
,s. 
Cloudy. 
Cloudy. 
0-07 
Rain. 
13 
4*2 
42 
39 
40-00 
S. 
N.W. 
Clear. 
Cloudy. 
0-19 
Rain. 
14 
36 
52 
41 
42-67 
s. 
.8. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
0-0.) 
Rain and hail. 
15 
Ifi 
34 
65 
54 
52- 17 
N. W. 
N.W. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
Semi. 
mo'ly 
mean, 
47-29 
95 
4t 
66 
55 
54-33 
N. W. 
iV. W 
Clear. , 
Clear. 
17 
43 
58 
44 
46-83 
i\.W. 
i\. W. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
18 
31 
59 
35 
42-00 
N. E. 
N. E. 
Cloudy. 
Cloudy. 
0-03 
Sno-w. 
19 
30 
48 
35 
37-17 
N E 
N E 
Clear. 
Clear. 
9.0 
27 
61 
45 
46-00 
N. E 
N. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
'M 
37 
72 
58 
57-83 
j5. 
N.W 
Clear. 
Clear. 
9.9, 
50 
75 
52 
59-00 
S. 
S. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
0-02 
Rain. 
•?.1 
50 
72 
60 
59-00 
vv. 
.s. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
34 
40 
51 
42 
43-07 
N.W. 
N.W 
Clear. 
Clear. 
008 
Rain. 
••>.') 
36 
62 
57 
53 50 
.s. 
N.W. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
afi 
47 
61 
49 
50-50 
w. 
x\. W 
Cloudy. 
Cloudy. 
9.7 
36 
64 
49 
49-83 
N. 
.\.E 
Clear. 
Clear. 
38 
37 
70 
56 
57-00 
E. 
S. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
2<) 
53 
56 
45 
48-83 
S. 
iV w 
Cloudy. 
Clear. 
0-08 
Rain. 
30 
33 
65 
52 
51-83 
N.W. 
N.W. 
Clear. 
Clear. 
Semi- 
mo'ly 
mean, 
1 
50-4S 
21 
Rain Gape 1-16. 
Monthly mean, 48-88 
1st, Rain, 0-22 
4th, Rain, 043 
12th, Rain, early, 007 
1.3th, Rain from II A. M. to 6 P. M. 0-19 
14th, Rain and hail P. M 0-04 
18th, Snow P. M 0-03 
22d, Raju P. M 002 
24th, Ram, earlv A. M 0-08 
29th, Rain A M 0-08 
116 
Winds— N. 2 days; N. E. 3 1-2; E. 2; S. E. 0; S. 8; S. W. 0; W. 1; N. W. 13 1.2. 
Weather — Fair 24 days; Cloudy 6 days. Rain on 7 days; Snow on 1 day; Rain and hail 
1 day Rain gage r 16. Warmest day 22d; coldest 19th. Highest 75°; lowest 27". 
Earthqtjake and AtmoRA Borealis. — The ship Montezuma, eleven days from St. Tho- 
mas, reports, that on the 6th day of April, a severe shock of an earthquake was experienced 
at St. Thomas. No damage done. It was the evening of the same day, says the New York 
Evening Post, that shocks of an earthquake were felt at Zanesville and Norwalk, Ohio ; and 
the same evening, the Northern and Boreal Lights were seen at both New York and Albany, 
of a deep and red color. 
Snow Stobm at Toledo, &c — A snow storm commenced on the 18th, at 3 1.2 o'clock 
P. M., and lasted without intermission to 10 P. M. Snow three inches deep next morning; 
the niglit very cold and the frost fatal to fruit. On the 19th, snow to the depth of five inches 
fell at Springfield, Mass., and at Boston, from two to three inches. Rail road cars were con- 
siderably impeded in consequence, and snow plows were in requisition. 
