METEOROLOGY 
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No. 3.—COMPARISON OF TEMPERATURES AT 42° NORTH LATITUDE AND NORTHWARD. 
Place. 
Winter of 1852-’53. 
Winter of 1853-’54. 
Winter of 1851-’52. 
December. 
January. 
February. 
Winter. 
December. 
January. 
February. 
Winter. 
December. 
January. 
February. 
Winter. 
Puget sound...-. 
32. 2 
39. 7 
39. 8 
37.2 
44-. 6 
30. 6 
39.6 
38. 3 
41.1 
44. 1 
43.7 
43. 0 
Fort Vancouver... 
33.0 
37.8 
42. 1 
37.6 
41.3 
31.0 
38.0 
36.9 
38.2 
44.6 
44.3 
42.4 
26. 1 
32.3 
37.1 
31.8 
40 1 
22. 0 
38.9 
33.7 
Fort Benton..... 
33. 0 
Cantonment Stevens.._____ 
13. 9 
31. 3 
26.1 
Fort Laramie. 
21.0 
34. 1 
29.7 
28.3 
33.7 
22.6 
36.4 
30. 9 
24.7 
30.7 
33.0 
29.5 
Fort Snelling...>. 
11.8 
15.2 
6.7 
11.2 
18. 3 
1.3 
15.4 
10.7 
10.7 
12.7 
23. 0 
15.5 
Milwaukie..... 
26.5 
28.1 
23.0 
25.9 
26.0 
14.7 
24.0 
21.6 
22.0 
20.7 
28.0 
23. 6 
Buffalo..... 
31.8 
26.2 
27.5 
28.5 
29.2 
25.4 
25.6 
26.7 
21.3 
21.0 
26. 0 
22. 8 
Boston..... 
36.7 
27. 1 
29.2 
31.0 
28.0 
25.0 
25.0 
26.0 
22.8 
21.0 
28.0 
23.9 
No. 4.—COMPARISON OF STATISTICS ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLATEAU IN DIFFERENT LATITUDES. 
Place. 
1852. 
1853. 
1854. 
January. 
February. 
December. 
January. 
February. 
December. 
January. 
February. 
March. 
Santa Fe. 
29.6 
35. 9 
30.1 
33.1 
28.0 
31.4 
28.7 
35.6 
41.4 
Fort Massachusetts. 
19. 4 
20 4 
18. 8 
Fort Defiance. 
30.1 
29.5 
28. 0 
28. 6 
24 4 
33 7 
37. 0 
Fort Laramie. 
30.7 
33.0 
21.0 
34.1 
29.7 
33.7 
. 22.6 
36.4 
36.9 
Fort Hall*. 
22 5 
24.3 
24.1 
Fort Benton. 
33.0 
St. Mary’s.. 
35 4 
Cantonment Stevens. 
33.0 
13.9 
31.3 
* December, 1849, and January and February, 1850, are used at this station as the only existing observations. 
No. 5.—AMOUNT OF WATER FALLING IN RAIN AND SNOW AT FORTS SNELLING AND LARAMIE. 
Years. 
Fort Laramie. 
1849 
1850 
1851 
1852 
1853 
1654, 
Mean 
Fort Snelling. 
1850. 
1851. 
1852. 
1853 
1854, 
Mean 
Mean for 15 years 
January. 
February. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
November. 
December. 
Spring. 
Summer. 
Autumn. 
Winter. 
Y ear. 
0.21 
0.22 
0.42 
2.74 
2.80 
2.72 
0.22 
0.36 
1.75 
0.68 
0.24 
0.28 
5.20 
6.13 
0.08 
0.38 
8.84 
1.23 
0.71 
3.17 
0.72 
5.98 
10.92 
3.56 
0.36 
1.51 
0.08 
0.18 
0.42 
1.11 
0.57 
0.40 
1.31 
0.10 
7.76 
1.78 
0.80 
1.03 
0.16 
1.25 
4.53 
1.41 
4.21 
7.29 
12.19 
1.40 
0.33 
4.08 
4.95 
1.80 
0.32 
1.88 
1.86 
0.51 
0.78 
1.46 
0.55 
3.75 
4.47 
16.30 
18.50 
3.71 
1.43 
7 42 
7.36 
0.72 
8.84 
3.84 
1.36 
8.90 
20.72 
38.47 
30.78 
0.63 
2.19 
1.74 
6.28 
2.69 
1.47 
0.82 
1.28 
1.15 
2.45 
2.23 
10.21 
4.98 
4.88 
3.38 
23.45 
1.67 
0.90 
0.60 
0.83 
0.13 
0.14 
2.23 
1.23 
2.04 
2.60 
2.68 
2.49 
0.73 
2.51 
0.57 
3.96 
4.72 
4.08 
4.62 
2.15 
0.08 
7.89 
6.15 
2.60 
2.74 
1.65 
2.97 
3.29 
0.89 
2.57 
1.82 
3.64 
0.72 
2.14 
0.32 
1.18 
082 
1.68 
2.31 
0.22 
0.56 
0.04 
0.10 
0.27 
1.11 
5.20 
7.87 
9.75 
13.74 
8.04 
4.43 
12.11 
3.82 
7.13 
3.82 
2.70 
2.54 
0.43 
2.85 
25.30 
23.47 
20.85 
0.72 
6.04 
i.03 
0.80 
0.28 
1.63 
2.20 
3.33 
3.68 
3.28 
2.43 
2.08 
0.58 
1.19 
0.38 
7.16 
9.39 
3.85 
1.46 
21.86 
0.78 
0.62 
1.37 
2.30 
3.18 
3.40 
3.95 
2.86 
3.11 
1.22 
1.38 
0.58 
6.84 
10.21 
5.72 
2.00 
24.76 
