1808.]° Observations on the State of the Weather, Sc. mi1s801l. 7 
whole hemisphere for upwards of four 
hours. 
February. In the beginning of this 
month we had some heavy falls of snow, 
which covered the eround ull the 9th ; 
the weather then conunued mild and w et 
till the 18th; this mild rato melted the 
snow suddenly from the mountains, which 
swelled the rivers here to such a degree, 
that in many places the banks and ad- 
joining grounds were overflowed to a 
great extent. The latter part of the 
mouth was changeable with intervals of 
frost and snow, rain and sleet : aurora- 
borealis on the 25th and 26th, horizontal 
arches and active streamers, which soon 
disappeared. 
Murch. The mean temperature of 
tlis month isthe lowest that has occurred 
here since December 1804, The frost 
was particularly severe and accompanied 
with strong easterly winds and some hea- 
vy falls of snow, on the last of the month 
(Raster Tuesday) snow lay five inches 
deep on the ground. 
the 13th, at AT eannties past mine o ‘clock, 
saw in the W. S. W. a very large meteor 
with a sparkling train fall obliquely to the 
earth: this phenomenon was also seen up- 
wards of one hundred miles northward 
of this city. 
April was intensely cold and frosty, 
with showers of snow till the 5th; the 
weather then continued mild and moist 
till the 14th, after which it was again ex- 
tremely cold, with heavy falls of snow till 
the 28d, w hen the temperature suddenly 
changed to the opposite extreme, ard the 
remainder of the month was uncom- 
monly hot and sultry. On the 30th we 
had a violent storm of thunder and 
lightning, which lasted upwards of five 
hours. 
May. The former part of tis month 
was cold and gloomy swith drizzling show- 
ers; atter the 15th che weather contmned 
warm bright and pleasant till the 25th, 
which was the hottest day that has oc- 
curred here since the commencement of 
this journal, viz. seven years (thermome- 
ter 85° at pitee o’clock P.M.) ahout six 
or seven o’clock P. M. dense clouds ga- 
thered, and distant thunder was heard, 
companied with dreadful flashes of ate 
ning which continued tll next morning 
At sun-rise; the flashes came in such 
quick succession that the atmosphere ap- 
peared in a continued flame. The re- 
mainder of the month was cold, wet, and 
gloomy. 
June. ‘The weather during this month 
was not marked by any particular o¢cur- 
In the evening of 
rence. It wasdry,andon the whole cold _ 
for the season. 
July. The first nine days of this 
mouth were cold and dry, the remainder 
was sultry, moist and showery. During 
the whole of the mghts of the 11th, 22nd, 
23d, and 24th, thunder was heard at a 
distance, accompanied with extremely 
vivid lightning + 
August, Yhe weather this month was 
invariably sultry and gloomy. The rain 
(1,93) fell in light showers, which were 
often accompanied with thunder and 
lightning. 
September was throughout remarkably 
cold for the season, the mean temperature 
being upwards of seven degrees lower 
than that of the same month of former 
years. ‘Vhe heavy rams which fell here 
this month occasioned destructive floods 
to the harvest in the low grounds in this 
neighbourhood. About the middle of the 
month we had some smart frosty nivhts, 
aud as early as the 2th, ice was seen 
here. 
October. The weather during the 
greater part of this month was uncom- 
monly gloomy, wet and sultry. So ex- 
tremely. humid and unfavourable has the 
weather been for gathering the crops, 
that the reaping which commenced in this 
district the middle of August, was scarcely 
finished at the end of this month, Oa 
the 23d, snow was observed tor the first 
‘tune this season on the tops of some of 
the highest mountaus in this neighbour- 
hood. 
November was marked i some of the 
most severe weather for the season, that 
the living generation has ever been wit- 
ness to. In the formerpart of the month 
storms of hail and rain, frost, and snow, 
occurred alternately; after the 14th, we 
had continued frost accompanied with 
frequent falls of snow, which at the con- 
clusion of the month amounted to abaut 
nine thcbes in depth; on the Sd, 4th, 
19th, 20th, and 28d, the wind blew vie= 
lent hurricanes, which drifted the snow ia 
the mountainous districts in this country 
to the depth of three orfour yards, and oc- 
casioned very vreat losses in the sheepe 
farms. In the evening of the 3d, saw a 
large ball of fire to the southward glance 
obliquely towards tlie earth, bursting 
1p its descent, it illuminated the sky si- 
milar to a gleam of lightning. 
December begau with open stormy wea- 
ther, which cantinned till the 6th; 1t was 
then frost, with beht showers of snow nll 
the 12ih; we then had open weather 
again til tke i7th, and afterwards Bi 
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