IX. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT EUTAW, ALA.

Abstract of Meteorological Observations kept at Mesopotamia Female Seminary, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama. By A. Winchell, A. M.

Lat. 32° 46' N., Long. 11° 3' W. from Washington.

Nov. 42.83 50.97 66.67 49 43 51 90 2 82 17 19 63 27 70 75 17 33.25 46 26
Dec. 44 10 47.10 54.32 41.39 47.47 3
Jan. 41.09 46 23 53.09 46.55 46.74 16
Feb. 45 36 49 61 56.96 49.93 50.55 27
Mar. 45 97 52.23 63.61 53.74 53.85 27
Apr. 53 23 61 27 68.90 56.73 59.87 29
May 64.65 74.39 82.97 69.58 72.89 25
June 70.50 81.53 92.47 72.77 79.32 14
July 72 61 86.16 96.55 31.48 84.04 17 104
Aug 73.45 84.84 89.61 76.90 81.12 14

78 42 Clear.

80

85

93

99

99

82 921 61 471.75 825.50 26
70 31 18 52 16 62.00 30 26 25
80 17 23 57 27 69.75 16 33.75
122 58 31 69.25 130 75
938 47 172.50 15 45.75 39
6 45 4830 81.50 153.25 37
10 61 38 684 75 1871.25 34
160 44 17 91.00 173.75 57
30 63 36 14 88.25 3072.50 23

56

28

29

74

50 Clear.

29

36

50

20

81

43 Clear.

Winter months rather dry; early spring months very wet; summer months unprecedentedly dry and hot. First frost in autumn, November 8th. Whole number of frosts, 14. Number of freezing mornings, 24. Snow 3 times; whole amount (unmelted), 3 inches. January 14th, frogs; 23d, Senecio lobatus. February 15th, Acer rubrum; 22d, Prunus Americana; 23d, Persica vulgaris; 26th, Hedyotis cœrulea. March 12th, Amelanchier Canadensis; 13th, corn planting; 21st, Podophyllum peltatum; 25th, cotton planting. April 6th, chimney swallows; 22d, ripe strawberries. May 1st, green peas and Irish potatoes; 24th, green cucumbers, &c. June 10th, green corn. July 15th, ripe melons; 20th, ripe figs (second crop); 25th, ripe peaches. August 1st, cotton picking.

Months.

X. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, MUSCATINE, Iowa.

For the Year 1851. By T. S. Parvin.

.40

1851. inch. inch. inch. inch.

January, 29.33 29.37 29.34 29.38 18.9 22.4 30.4 24.223.97 46-16 4.6 5.6 4.9 5.2 Feb'ry, .35 .39 .40

22.2 27.7 34.3 26 727.73 52

0

4.8 5.5 5.9 6.2

March, .35

.37 .36

.37

30.4 37.9 50.1 34.5 38.22

April, .31 .34

May,

.29

.29

June,

78 34.9 46.6 51.8 40.843.52 70 50.0 59.3 67.0 59.258.19 82 57.7 68.1 70.8 61.9 64.64

85

July,

August, .69

Sept'ber, .76 .76

.72

.74

59.9 71.1 77.1 65.268.34 91

30

5.9 6.4 60 6.7

October, .57 .56

.53

.54

42.9 49.9 58.5 50.150.35 79

18

5.3 6.0 5.8 6.7

Nov'ber, .58 .59

Dec❜ber, .64 .67 .62

An. M'n, 29.46 29.47 29.46 29.46 40.8 49.9 55.5 46.148.11 72 18 4.8 5.3 5.2 5.9

January, 2.0 2.3 2.9 2.8 2 2 17 10 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0 1 218 7 Feb'ry, 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 8 2 612 1.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 41 910 65 17 6 4.5 4 8.4 March, 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.2 4 613 8 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.0 2 210 8 11 2 18 4 3.0 3 .3 April, 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.6 14 111 4 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.5 13 1 6 9 7 4 19 8 3.62 6.0 May, 2.1 2.52.42.3 7 11 4 9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 5 9 213 83 20 17 12.6 1.82.0 2.72.0 7 10 7 6 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.5 1.7 1.81.6 7 5 5 14 4.0 2.3 2.2 2.4 August, 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 21 1 3 6 2.2 21 2.3 1.9 Sept'ber, 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.4 9 6 5 10 20 2.0 1.9 1.9 October, 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.9

1.92.1 2.2 2.0 8 5 9 8 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 4 3 9 9 7 5 18 8 6.0 3 3.0

Lowest temperature, December 16th, 180; highest, July 27th, 920. Range, 1100. Lowest height of Barometer, January 9th, 28.60 inches; thermometer attached, 60°; greatest, December 4th, 30.60 inches; thermometer attached, 280. Range, 2.0 inches. Mean, 29.46 inches.

Mississippi closed, January 30th; opened, February 21st. Closed 22 days.
Frost, last in the spring, May 24th; first in the fall, September 28th.

May 1st, thermometer stood, at sunrise, at 220, with severe frost, which killed most of the fruit. May 21st, from 5 o'clock, A. M., to 10 P. M., there fell 4.5 inches of rain, 2.5 inches of which fell from 7 to 8 P. M. Immense destruction of mills and bridges. August 10th, 12 inches of rain in 2 hours at 9 P. M. June 8th, Mississippi 14.38 feet above low-watermark, and higher than it has been since the spring of 1828. Total quantity of rain in inches, 72.4.

XI. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR ROCHESTER, N. Y., For the Year 1851. Lat. 43° 8' 17" N., Long. 77° 51' W. Tide-water, 506 feet. By Leander Wetherell.

Elevation above

1851.

Barometer.

January.

Febr'ry.

March.

October.

Dec'ber.

inch. inch. inch. inch. inch inch inch inch. mch. inch. inch. inch inch. Greatest height, 30.19 30.15 29.87 30.06 29.85 29.95 29 70 29.84 30.07 29.70 30.14 29.98 30 19 Least height, 28.67 28.80 29.08 28.83 28 96 29.03 29.23 29 30 29.11 28.95 28.78 28.67 28.80 29.40 29.53 29.44 29.47 29.41 29.48 29.46 29.58 29.57 29.36 29.34 29.43 29.58

Mean,

Thermometer. O

о

0

Monthly mean, 28.50 32.20 35.90 43.20 55.90 65.60 70.30 67.70 62 20 50.30 35.80 24 00 47.40

boookout August.

58 79

83 35

85 74 55 56 192

Lowest degree,

-1 2

16

55

156

Range,

49

56

54

28 29

16

3

1

5

10

20

11

6

20

10

0

0

Inch. of rain,etc.
Days of
N. wind,

1.36 2.00 1.38 1.1

23

3

13

21285

5 63 21

0

2.21 2.15 3.58 1.54 1.13 2.14 3.62 2.70 24.97

4102

2102

Prevailing wind. W.

01 41

314

13 22

17

20

39

3

12
21

321 20 16 33 6
W. N.WN.W.N.W S. W. S. W.

XII. FLOWERING OF FRUIT-TREES IN 1852.

XIII. FALL OF RAIN AT KING GEORGE'S COURT-HOUSE, VA.

As denoted by Crosley's (English) Rain-Gauge.