Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
409 
November 27, 28, and 29, 9 below, below for 6 days; December 24, 
35 below, below for 17 days; total days below, 45; aggregate, 439. 
1873— January 29, 18 below, below for 12 days; February 23, 20 
below, below for 8 days; March 4, 6 below, below for 2 days; total 
days below, 24: aggregate, 170. 
1874— January 15, 14, below, below 8 days; February 24, 5 
below, below for 1 day; November 30, below for 1 day; December 
29, 12 below, below for 2 days; total days below, 12; aggregate, 85 
degrees. 
1875— January 9, 28 below, below for 18 days; aggregate, 212. 
February 7, 33 below, below 20 days; aggregate, 322; aggregate for 
the two months, 534; 4 days in March, at zero and below; aggre¬ 
gate, 8. 
The foregoing record shows each month and the day of the month 
when the thermometer marked the coldest at or below zero. My 
altitude is 75 feet above the river, 240 feet above Lake Michigan, 
and 823 feet above the sea. 
The following will show the five coldest months: 
February, 1875, 20 days below zero, aggregating 322 degrees. 
January, 1864, 11 days below zero, aggregating 223 degrees. 
December, 1872, 17 days below zero, aggregating 221 degrees. 
January, 1856, 13 days below zero, aggregating 219 degrees. 
January, 1875,18 days below zero, aggregating 212 degrees. 
The coldest year (not taking into account the present year, whose 
record is not yet complete,) 1856, 40 days below zero, aggregating 
546 degrees. 
The warmest year, 1869, 18 days below zero, aggregating 67 de¬ 
grees. 
The warmest winter-month, January, 1858, when the coldest day 
was 2 above zero. 
January and February, 1875, the greatest number of days in any 
month, touching zero and below in the 20 years. 
January and February, 1875, the coldest consecutive months dur¬ 
ing the 20 years, 38 days below, aggregating 534 degrees; being 
119 degrees colder than the corresponding months of 1856. 
The aggregate of the coldest year of the 20 years, (1856,) is 546 
degrees, while that of 1875, with record not complete, is already 
542 degrees. 
